How was your long weekend?
As per usual, I feel as though ours was over in the blink of an eye. We didn't get up to a lot (for a change) just pottered about the house, getting a few things done along the way. Oli put together Blakes new playpen & we cleared up the spare room in order to get things ready for our impending visitors (only 5 weeks til Mum arrives yay!)
We did venture out for "Straya Day", coming out from our cave to enjoy a spot of people watching in the city. Nothing beats a good public people watching session don't you think? However we didn't last long there as it was horribly windy & stinking hot, so we ended up at a friends place which was conveniently river side- therefore we got to see the spectacular fireworks show on display later in the night. But by 8pm (midway through fireworks bonanza) I was struggling to keep my lids open, as was B. Oli had a merry glow going on but I had to be a party pooper & drag us all home...
8pm. That's all it takes these days. Tragic.
Anyway, last night I made dinner for the first time in 4 nights (takeout galore round here) & it was a massive hit. So easy aswell! If you're into the Mexican flavours of chilli lime garlic & coriander you will love this dish too;
Fish Tacos;
Ingredients;
1 red chilli finely chopped
1 clove garlic finely chopped
Handful of coriander chopped
Teaspoon red wine vinegar
Tbsp Olive Oil
Red cabbage
1 Lime
Fresh white fish fillets (we used snapper)
Mini tortillas
Handful spinach
Mayonnaise
Method;
Combine half of the chopped chilli with the garlic & olive oil & a squeeze of lime, and marinate over the fish fillets in a bowl, refrigerate for 15 minutes
Whilst the fillets are soaking up those flavours, chop the cabbage into thin strips and put in a bowl. Add the red wine vinegar, coriander, chilli, and a squeeze of lime to it & season thoroughly with salt and pepper.
Heat up a frypan with plenty of oil & cook the fish fillets until golden (approx 2-3 minutes each side)
Whilst they're cooking, put the tortillas on a plate and put a damp handy towel over them. Microwave for 40 seconds until they're all nice & warm through.
Then you just serve them all up however you'd like! I had a smear of mayo & a handful of spinach with the cabbage & fish and they were incredibly good!
Classic Choc Chip Cookies;
Ingredients;
1/2 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup plain flour
1 cup self raising flour
125gm melted butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup dark choc chips
Method;
Preheat the oven to 180degrees & line a tray with baking paper.
Combine the sugars with the butter, vanilla essence and egg, and beat until smooth. Sift in the flour and the salt and mix until thoroughly blended. Add the choc chips and then refrigerate for at least half an hr.
Roll into balls and place on tray. Lightly press each ball with a fork but don't flatten them.
Now I like my cookies soft and almost cake-like in the middle rather than hard & crunchy so I only ever cook them for 10 minutes. If you like them a bit firmer cook them for 12-15 mins. And always let them stand on a tray afterwards before putting them in containers.
These are the best cookies, I'm not kidding. Both batches were gone within 2 days around here & I'm considering making more today. Try em!
So over the entire 3 day weekend, these are the only 2 things I managed to cook. Luckily they were both amazing so I may just get back in the kitchen this evening too!
On today's agenda I'm thinking a workout is a must (I haven't moved a muscle in 4 days), and then B and I are off for a play date at chipmunks with our friends Angie & Kaiden before they skip town (nooooo!)
Hope you all have a wonderful day
Thought of the day "my heels feel like those of an elephants"
Gemma
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