Today is Vanilla Cupcake Day. When I was little cupcakes used to be called Patty Cakes here in Australia, as you baked them in patty pans. I just pulled a a box of the papers out of my pantry & they called them 'cupcake patty pan set'. Anyhow I thought I'd share a few… Continue reading Vanilla Cupcake Day
I've been to 3 events in the last 6 weeks or so. Two were events of about 300-350 people where we were fed morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. At one of these events we even got dinner on 2 of the nights. The other event was a training event with about 20 people. At… Continue reading Special Dietary Requirements at Events
I attended my first WordCamp last weekend. WordCamp's happen all over the world and are for anyone using WordPress in any way; developers, web designers, copy writers, business owners, bloggers etc. Here's a bit about what happened at WordCamp Brisbane 2018 and what I learnt over the weekend: They asked for volunteers to help over… Continue reading WordCamp Brisbane 2018
Here's the books that I read in October, four very interesting biographies. Irena's Children by Tilar J. Mazzeo This is the story of Irena Sendler who saved an estimated 2500 children from the Warsaw Ghetto. Irena was a social worker so for a long time had a pass that allowed her in & out of… Continue reading October 2018 Reading Log
When my husband was first diagnosed with his food intolerances he was struggling to know what to eat. He usually had wheat in some form or other for breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. There was also a lot of dairy which is one of his intolerances but to a lesser degree. Sulphites… Continue reading What My Husband Eats – Then & Now
In Australia, it's Grandparents Day this Sunday 28 October. It's not a very big thing here but our church celebrated a few years ago by asking everyone to bring photos of their grandparents. Grandparents were invited to bring their grandchildren and grandchildren were invited to bring their grandparents. At the start of the service everyone… Continue reading Grandparents Day
October 22nd is Nut Day. Apparently is was started by the Liberation Food Company, a fair trade company, that wanted to celebrate the long and storied history of the nut, to advocate fair trade nuts & promote healthy living. I've always enjoyed eating nuts but use nuts even more since we've been mostly dairy free.… Continue reading Nut Based Recipes
Apparently the 18th of October is Chocolate Cupcake Day. When I first started cooking gluten free I found that chocolate or cocoa helped hide the gluten free taste. Hence I made a lot of chocolate slice and chocolate brownies. I also found that it was very easy to sub your milk of choice (eg., almond,… Continue reading Gluten and Dairy Free Cupcakes
If you've been reading my blog for any time you'll have worked out that I love reading! I read many parenting books, especially when my children were younger. Here I've chosen 5 of these books that have influenced my parenting. Parenting in the Pew: Guiding Your Children into the Joy of Worship by Robbie Castleman… Continue reading 5 Books That Influenced My Parenting
It's World Mental Health Day today and also Queensland Mental Health Week. The theme for 2018 is to value mental health with six steps: 1. Be active – Physical activities like walking can positively influence the way you think, feel and function. 2. Keep learning – Our well-being can improve by taking up a new… Continue reading Connect for Life: Dinner at Mum & Dad’s
