Week 6 MasterBLOGchef - spinach and three-cheese pie

 Told you i would catch up!!
This was lunch today.....

Ymmy too!

spinach and three-cheese pie

•  5 sheets ready prepared filo pastry
•  50g butter, melted
•  1 bunch English spinach, trimmed and blanched
•  ½ cup (100g) ricotta, crumbled
•  ¼ cup (50g) feta, crumbled
•  ¼ cup (20g) finely grated parmesan
•  3 eggs
•  ½ cup (125ml) pouring (single) cream
•  2 tablespoons chopped chives
•  sea salt and cracked black pepper

 Preheat oven to 180ºC (355ºF). Layer the filo sheets together, brushing with the butter between each sheet. Trim to a 30cm x 20cm rectangle. Line a 10cm x 20cm shallow ovenproof baking dish with the filo sheets and top with the spinach, ricotta, feta and parmesan. Whisk together the eggs, cream, chives, salt and pepper and pour over the spinach mixture. Brush edges of pastry with remaining butter. Bake for 30 minutes or until egg is set and pastry is golden. Serves 2. 

(I dont know about serving two though........ i had about 1/8th and was totally full!)

Scrap with V Christmas Cybercrop

Hi everyone

Well it's that time again, where has the year gone?? This will be our last Cyber Crop for 2010 so come on over and join us. 

This will be a first Cyber Crop using the blog and our new chat area.

More information will be coming soon with Challenge requirements prior to the Cyber Crop so keep watch.

So mark it on your Calendars!! bring your friends along too, the more the merrier!!

MasterBLOGchef Week 5 - Crispy skin tarragon chicken with beans

 This is Week5

Loving this challenge 

and i am realising, thats its not necessarily the cook.. 

Its just the unexplained incorrect receipies ive followed, because so far its all good!!!

WEEK 3 Is:

crispy skin tarragon chicken with beans 

• 80g unsalted butter, softened
•  1 tablespoon chopped tarragon leaves
•  2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
•  sea salt and cracked black pepper
•  4 x 240g chicken breast with part wing bone, skin on (I used 5)
•  150g green beans, trimmed
•  100g butter (yellow) beans, trimmed
•  3 sprigs lemon thyme
•  1 cup (250ml) hot chicken stock

 Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F). Place the butter, tarragon, lemon rind, salt and pepper in a small bowl and mix to combine. Place the butter under the skin of the chicken. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Cook the chicken skin-side down for 4 minutes or until crispy, turn and cook for a further 2 minutes. Place the beans and lemon thyme in a baking dish and pour over the stock. Top with the chicken, pour over the butter from the pan and bake for 12−15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the beans are tender. Serves 4.

This was totally YUMMY!!!

Introducing Punky Scraps Design Team Blog Hop

 This weekend we are introducing the Design Team for the Brand New Challenge Site

Punky Scraps

We are celebrating by having a BLOG HOP!!
There are some great prizes to be won, so leave some love and become a follower and you can be in the running!!

This challenge site has been started by Nat who I came up with idea for this blog as she couldn't find a challenge blog to get down and dirty with paints, inks, mists and create projects using our favourite manufacturers.  So She made one.

  Wereally hope you enjoy this blog, marvel at the amazing team and take part in the challenges! 

This blog doesn't work without you - so THANK YOU :)

Introducing the

 

Visitors have come to my site via Marianne's Blog from Sweeden

My name is Jodi and I am from Country NSW Australia!!

Gidday Mate!!!

Im so thrilled to be part of the Punky Scraps design Team

and to be able to bring awesome Punky Challenges to you.

Traditionally, i am a bit of a flower girl, but i can mix it up with ink, paint and glimmer

and i look forward to challenging myself in this area....

Here is one of my fav layouts for the year.

Ive used Glimmer mist as a base

and lots of yummy flowers....

"Red Cherry Dress"

 

 Mixing up the grunge look with a femine touch is

"100% Pure Princess"

Now go over and have a look at the wonderful Hayley from New Zealand

Her style really rocks!!!!!!

Keep your eye out for upcoming challenges soon....

DONT FORGET to become a follower.....
and leave some love, theres some great prizes to be won!!

A Double Birthday!!!!! Nearly....

Our little trio has now become quads,

but it still only 3 birthday parties

cause these girls are so close together!!!!

Its Jacks Birthday today and Bridgeys on Saturday...

Here they are with their balloons..

As per usual, we had a breakie at the Verdict...

So Yummy

and exchanged gifts!

So funny though,

Jack gave Bridgey the exact thing i gave her.....

(Which is ok, cause Jack had trouble parting with it in the first place......)

and then Bridge gave Jack a spottie plate and i gave Bridge a spotty dish!!!

I think we have to start varying our fav places to shop!!!

Hope you had an awesome birthday Jack

and you have a great day on Saturday Bridgey!! Mwah!

Macro Monday - Fluffy Flowers

Stu and I went up to the lookout over the weekend 

having a look at the river which was breaking the banks... again!!!!

I saw these flowers....

They are actually a thistle, Variegated Thistle

A weed!!

Arnt they adorable but??

See here for details

And here are some photos of our little town at the moment!!

The Jacarandas are flowering 

and its just a carpet of purple!!!

And finally!!
This is me lately!!!

The Colour Room Palette #33

This weeks The Colour Room Palette is this....

Here is what i did with it

"Beautiful Girl"

Layout 3 - Run on Water

Ok, its official!
This was the totally easiest Kit Club

(Apart from Brendas 100 years ago where i did the same thing)

that i have ever used!
The pages just made themselves

and all so very different from my usual style!

This one i have also used heaps of WOW Chipboard

3 Layouts in about 3 hours,

so Im thinking that's pretty damn good!!
Good on you Bridgey for a fabulous Kit!!!

Switch

Here is another layout using 

The Polka Dot Place Kit..

It took like  half an hour!!!

Just popped into my head!! lol

I've had the WOW Chipboard sitting here for a little while

and they really suited this layout.

The little adorable blue flower with the black button is a custom made embellie by Bridgey!
She is such a clever chook!!

The Big Freeze!

I love kits!!!

There is no way i would have bought this stuff myself

But it looks pretty awesome for a boys layouts!!

This is from Bridgeys

The Polka Dot Place Kit

but i have also used WOW Cogs

and also some extra buttons.

(I think there is still a couple left)

I also did some sewing on this layout!!!! I never sew!

A closeup

 A also used a sketch from Sketch Thursdays

Blog 2 Print *Jodi's Scraphaven* Book 3 In Print

Ive been doing my blog since 2007!
So much has happened over that time and i have shared it all.

Lots of personal successes

and a few failures

lots and lots of heartaces and tears..

Deaths of loved ones

New Pets

Kids leaving school...

So many things

And how exciting is it to read it all in print!!

Each 6 months i am having my blog printed into hard covered books...

Like this

The pages look like this...

Just like you type complete with spelling and grammer errors!!!

This page is my 40th Birthday party!! 

Look him thinner i was!!

Oh to be that size again!! (Damn kids and their stress) 

 See my fancy cake!!
Loved my cake!!

I get mine done through Blog 2 Print

and when its working, its excellent!
Average cost about $80 a book including postage

When i am 80 years old and demented

and the kids have grown and left me

i am going to LOVE these books!!!

The Polka Dot Place First Kit

Its no secret

I LOVE kits!!
Huge fan of them!! They are really great to push you outside your comfort zone!!!

Today i was in receivable of my very first

The Polka Dot Place Kit!!

Look at it!
Adorable!!!

In Bridgette's sample layouts

she has actually used this pattern packaging to cover some chip board in the kit!!

See her layouts here

(Hopefully we can convince her to put a bit of a tutorial on her blog about how to cover chip board in the tissue paper!!!!)

Here is what's in the kit:

Love the Scenic Route Lettering!!

(See, I would never buy that kinda thing, but i love it!) 

 Jenny Bowlin Papers

Webters Pages

and this awesome transparency

 And look at all the embellies!!!

Plus 2 custom made Bridgette Specials!
The little blue/green flower and the red flower on the front are custom made by Bridgette,

you cant buy these anywhere!!!

This is the first kit

and there are only 4 left!!
So get in quick!!!

Go here