Beach with the Grants :)

On Sunday we went to have lunch at the Grants. It was such a nice time! We had a lovely lunch then went down to Muizenberg beach, the weather was amazing and the water was so warm!!!!! It's almost as if we aren't getting winter, only a prolonged summer, but hey, I'm not complaining! You know how people always say which their favourite season is, I have to say I LOVE them all! God made each one so unique and every season there is so special, they are all so different, but so amazingly beautiful! People always say, "oh it's just cape Town weather" but they always say it in a bad way, with a sigh. I have no idea what's wrong with Cape Town's weather, I love it here! Our city is so stunning and I don't think I ever want to live anywhere else! :D

The boys all got along very well, all playing together nicely.

The parents talked and talked and talked all afternoon!

We had a whole load of chocolates for dessert, YUM!

Josh, Alexis, and me :)

The guys took along a rugby ball.

There is a large man-made (I think) sand dune on the beach at the moment, Alexis and I sat on it for a while and raced up and down it a couple of times.

Alexis carried her dog, Le-Lou, when we raced.

The boys smartly wore their costumes so they could swim, lucky :)

It was such a lovely day! God has made such a beautiful world! I absolutely love the beach! Today at Looking Glass we were talking about whether we would rather live on the beach, in the country, or the city. I would love to live near the beach! I'm so glad we live near the coast!

~Keren

Granny arrives (arrived)

This is VERY delayed since my Granny is already gone back home! She left on Tuesday, it was lovely having her here and i miss her already :(

Zak sweetly made her a welcome sign, it's sort of a tradition :)

I spent the afternoon baking biscuits for when my Granny arrived and my Aunty and Uncle came for dinner.

I made two differnt types of biscuits, Munchies and Coconut lemon Crispies.

Here are the recipes from Lynn Bedford Hall's Biscuits and Breads:

Munchies

Ingredients:

125ml self-raising flour

5ml ground cinnamin (I also put in all spice)

250ml wholewheat flour

200ml sugar

150ml oil

2 eggs

200ml rolled oats

250ml fruit cake mix (if you don't have fruit cake mix, dont worry, substitute raisin and sunflower seeds!)

125ml desiccated coconut

Method:

Sift the self raising flour and cinnamon, then mix in wholewheat flour. Whisk together sugar, oil and eggs. Add to dry ingredients together with oats, fruit and coconut. Mix very well into a soft dough. Push large teaspoonfuls off onto oiled baking trays and bake at 180 degrees celcius for 18 minutes. Using a spatula transfer to wire racks to cool and crisp.

Coconut Lemon Crispies

Ingredients:

100ml oil

200ml sugar

7ml finely grated lemon rind

1 egg

500ml white bread flour

2ml baking powder

pinch salt

250ml desiccated coconut

Method:

Place oil, sugar and lemon rind in a mixing bowl and beat very well. Add the egg and beat until the mixture is creamy and yellow. Silt together the flour, baking powder and salt, add to creamed mixture and mix well, then beat in cocnut. Roll into balls and press flat between palms. Place on oiled baking trays, leaving room for spreading. bake at 180 dgrees celcius for 15 minutes until just browning around the edges. Cool on a wire rack.

Enjoy!

~Keren

Josh and Dad in the kitchen again!

On Friday night Josh and Dad did their monthly meal! They planned it so that it would happen when Granny was here, she left on Tuesday :( Anyway, Tori was here for the day, so she helped Josh make his part of the meal, a chocolate cake!

Dad did the main meal, Chicken Makhanwala! It was AMAZING!

He also made little roti things, yum!

Josh and Granny

With the meal Dad made Lassie

The Chocolate cake was amazing! I'm going to post the recipes soon!

~Keren

low GI muesli bars

I know I haven't blogged in ages, but I plan to more frequently now! Today I made some low GI muesli health bars from a recipe in a Your Family magazine. Here is the recipe, I suggest you try it!!!

Makes 16 bars, prep 20 min + cooling

Ingredients:

1 cup (250ml) rolled oats

1 cup (250ml) desiccated coconut

1/2 cup (125ml) oat bran

1/2 cup (125ml) sesame seeds

1/2 cup (125ml) sunflower seeds

1 cup (250ml) raisins

125g butter

1/2 cup (125ml) honey

1/3 cup (80ml) brown sugar

Method:

1. Grease a 16cm x 28cm baking pan

2. Toast the oats, coconut, oat bran, sesame seeds ans sunflower seeds in a frying pan over a medium heat, stirring for 8 minutes or until golden, and transfer to a bowl. Allow to cool then stir in the raisins.

3. In a small saucepan combine the butter, honey and sugar over medium heat, stirring for 3 minutes or until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat to low. Simmer without stirring for 7 minutes or until the mixture forms a soft ball when a little is dropped into cold water. Add to the dry ingredients and mix well.

4. Spoon the mixture into the baking pan. Use a large metal spoon to press down firmly.

5. Allow to coll and then cut into bars and enjoy! These bars will keep well for up to one week in an airtight container.

I just tasted the finished product now, they are great!!!!! The only thing is, you have to wait until they are completely cool to cut them, the waiting is agony!!! I hope you enjoy them!

~Keren