Little Harvey Turns Three

There he is in his thermals for under his pjs, it gets very cold in the mountains.

Those three years have passed so quickly and I haven't seen my little grandson nearly as often as I would have liked but he knows me, I'm his Granny and I'm thankful to his mother for keeping the lines of communication open.  He is such a bright little boy, funny and inquisitive and very much like his mum as a littley.  Serious beyond their years both of them, but they are both eldest children so....

Weekend passed in a flash, my pork sausages turned out well, as did the cake.

I've banned bacon (and all other processed meats) from the house so was wondering what I could replace it with for an occasional Sunday b reakfast treat.  I decided to make my own "sausage and egg" muffins similar to Maccas but without the preservatives and fat.  I got some lean pork mince and flavoured it with ground fennel, garlic powder, black pepper, a little brown sugar and some chilli flakes, rolled it into a sausage shape wrapped in baking paper and froze it overnight.  The next morning I defrosted it a bit then cut into patties and fried them in cooking spray.  We had them on wholemeal English muffins with a dry fried egg, thick slices of tomato, red onion and lots of black pepper.

 

 

  The boys loved them, I enjoyed mine but am finding any kind of meat just seems to sit in my stomach and feel heavy lately.  Yesterday I didn't eat quite as much fruit and veg as I have been, and I did have three cups of normal tea at breakfast.  I didn't feel too good last night, not sure if my eating had anything to do with it, but I'm back to my normal pattern today and will see how I feel.

We did homemade pizza last night, it's our new Sunday night ritual, and I made a smaller one for me this time, and we used all wholemeal flour for the base.  It was okay, but not as good as last week's using the bread flour.  I'm thinking we might try half and half next week, or even the bread flour with added wheatgerm.  I had pumpkin, sage, capsicum, red onion, mushrooms, black olives and a few pieces of anchovy with very little low fat cheese with Italian herbs and some evoo with fresh garlic drizzled over the top and it was once again, excellent.  Added some fresh rocket after it was baked as well.

Just about to drive Phill to Junee for work so better put my jeans on and get moving, will finish this later.

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Well it's later, much later.  I rang Harvey for his birthday, he is talking so well now, I understood everything he said and he loved the present I sent up for him, he calls it a "little computer".

Feeling a bit blah today still, think it might be hormonal.  An early night is in order.  Got the kids fed early, made a Thai turkey dish thingy which they hardly touched.  It was okay, but I wouldn't make it again.  Have a lamb curry planned for tomorrow, in the slow cooker. 

So tired, going to watch BB out here then taking this party to bed to read for a bit.