Simply Delish Salmon

Sometimes i have this thing where i find something i like and i obsess about it, maybe a little too much… But you know, thats my thing… So right now i am absolutely OBSESSED about grilling fish coated in Flaxmeal… Yes flaxmeal, and once again before you screw up your noses, it really is quite nice… What is it? Well have a lookski over here and there is a little more info here as well.  Basically its low carb a little nutty tasting and great for your digestive and immune system… AND when you coat your fish in it and stick it under the grill it tastes like crumbed fish – no oils :)

Stuff you’ll need

  • Golden Flax Meal
  • Salt & pepper
  • Salmon or other fish of your liking
  • Broccoli to serve

How i did it

Place some of the Flax meal on a plate and season with some salt and pepper, if you like a little spice add some cayenne pepper as well…

I couldnt last night because a certain someone (to the left there) decided to get into the pantry!

Now cut your fish into even portions, or leave it whole completly up to you.  Then stick the fish in the seasoned flaxmeal and push down, both sides of course.

Turn your grill on, stick the broccoli in the microwave…. Then when the grill is red stick the fish under it and cook for about…. Well however long fish takes to cook, turning half way, making sure it doesnt burn.  I could have done my salmon a little less, but it would have only been in there for 10 minutes, not even…

And, there you go.  Not only do you have dinner done in 10 minutes, but its healthy as well! Who would have thunk? Oh and if you have big beefy men who dont eat broccoli – give em a spud to shut him up! ;)

The Things He Does

Day 376 in my miracles life

Why am i doing this? Read it here….

  1. Last monday dh came for a walk to the park with me… Not just the little park, but the large one about 2km away… So sweet, i hope we get to do it again!
  2. Yesterday when i was sad he called me and even though i know he was super busy he spent 5 minutes talking about nothing to me
  3. Most weeks as much as he hates doing it he comes with me to do the grocery shopping, yeah we end up spending more than we need to, but eh he makes me smile most of the time
  4. When george was sick and i was really tired last night he took her and rocked her to sleep just so i could get some sleep in myself… AND he took care of her while i went to the gym this morning!
  5. I know no matter what i choose to do he will support me in everything, even when he may not 100% agree with what i am doing
  6. Something silly, when i fart he says it smells like pot puree… (as if!)
  7. Have i mentioned that he is the best dad ever?

Motivation & Inspiration is everything…

Day 375 in my miracles life

Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose. Tom Krause

I smile…

Number 1….

All i can say is that i smile…

What is normal?

Day 375 in my miracles life

I am beginning to feel ‘normal’ and i am beginning to feel happy again… I can see now that i was not myself and i can see now that there was in fact something wrong, but while i am now happy while i feel ‘normal’ there is a small part of me that wonders for how long, and whats next?

I am not sure how all this works and the inner workings of my brain confuse me even when it is explained to me at the best of times, so i sit here and i wonder how long will i feel ok for? Will i have to take these little green pills each and every morning just so i wake up and feel ‘normal’?

I feel content for the first time in a long time, yet i dont know where i am headed, i dont know what is next, i am not sure what my future has in store for me or what i want for my future… And i guess a little part of me wonders if that is normal?

Is normal living each day just for each day? Is normal wondering whats next? I want someone somewhere out there to be proud of me and while i am happy while i am feeling no sadness, i still want motivation and i still want to feel something toward my future… Yet, yet well i have no plans and i am happy and i am left wondering is this what being normal is, what being happy is suppose to be?

Maybe i am just so lost down a long history of feeling like i have to work toward something, that now that i have everything, now that i feel happy i just dont know what to do with myself…

Or maybe i am not really happy, maybe these little green pills are just masking everything?

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don’t put off being happy until some future date. Dale Carnegie

Happy Fathers Day

Day 374 in my miracles life

To my dearest husband,

The days may roll into each other, the weekends may pass by too quickly and day in day out we face challenges we never thought we would have to overcome…

I look back on the year that was, over the years that have been, and i think back to all the challenges and obstacles we have overcome to get to where we are now, and right at this point in time i know that nothing could be better, that you and i have been through it all so there is nothing we cant face as long as we have each other.

Right now as our precious daughter sleeps, as your beautiful son snores in his dungeon room, as i sit here on this ‘silly’ computer, as you sit over there watching home and away (yea who would have thunk that to be your programming of choice) i think nothing could be more perfect, we seemingly have climbed so many mountains to get to where we are and now finally while i know there will be many other small mountains to climb, finally i know that right now in this moment, on fathers day 2011 we are happy.

My darling husband i want you to know just how much ‘your girls’ love you, and just how much we appreciate what you do for both of us.  For being the most wonderful husband to me, for putting up with my ‘crazy’ and for giving me all the time in the world when i ask for it.  Thank you for the days you come home and take over so i can get to the gym, for all the days you give our little girl her baths, for making her dinner, for changing her dirty smelly bums, for waking up in the middle of the night when i have fallen into a comatose sleep state after a long day…

There are no words to say just how much you mean to us, and i know in my heart that the look our little george gives you when you come from work each afternoon sums up everything… That no other look could be more perfect… Thank you my beautiful husband for being the best father to our precious little miracle…

Happy Fathers Day & Happy 4th Anniversary…

We love you more than words will ever say, and we will love you like that forever and a day…

Cookies Slice

Who doesnt like cookies? Well if you are reading this and you do then there is something SERIOUSLY wrong with you and i want you to go to the doctor like… NOW! Anywho, when i found this recipe i thought it sounded just devine!

I did also think it would be a lot softer and more like brownies (cause thats what the picture looks like), but as it seems either i have a really hot oven and they needed less cooking time, or it is just THE BEST cookies slice recipe eva!

Stuff You’ll Need

  • 2 3/4 cup plain flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup butter, softened
  • 450 grams brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 375 gram package milk chocolate chips

How i did it

Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Set aside.  Stir brown sugar into softened (not melted) butter in another large bowl until butter disappears. You can use the back of your spoon to help incorporate the two together. 

Add eggs one at a time to butter mixture and stir well after each egg.  Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts. Mix well.  Add dry flour mixture and stir until well combined. (oh and when it says the mixture will be thick… The mixture WILL BE THICK, so my advise… Use a thick spoon – otherwise your spoon will end up broken like mine!)

(oh and if your on a diet, make sure you dont weigh yourself for about a year after you have eaten this, my lord there is A LOT of sugar in it!) Coat a 13 X 9 pan with non-stick spray and spread batter evenly into dish.  Bake at 180 degrees cel for 30 minutes or until top is golden brown. Make sure you don’t over bake.  (see it says dont over bake, but i did, never mind it still tasted awesome, just more crunchy than soft!)

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Motivation & Inspiration is everything…

Day 372 in my miracles life

Purpose is what gives life a meaning. Charles H. Perkhurst

Raspberry Lattice Slice

Apparently its an old favorite that i hadnt heard of – probably because i dont like cheese cake, which is weird because i love cheese, and i love cake… Humph, never mind, i made this one for my husband so that he had something he would enjoy at the party, oh and i know his family all likes this sort of thing too… :)

Stuff You’ll Need

  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 2 packets of lattice biscuits, trimmed to fit pan
  • 395ml can of condensed milk
  • 5 teaspoons of gelatine mixed into 1/4 cup boiling water
  • 500grams softened cream cheese
  • approx 1 cup of frozen raspberries (or fresh, but the frozen are cheaper)

How i did it

I placed and trimmed the biscuits to fit the bottom of a linned tin.

Beat the cream cheese until soft and smooth, add in the condensed milk and lemon juice and beat again until smooth, add the gelatine mix and if like me you are having a pink fairy party – add a few drops of pink colour, then mix in the berries.

Smooth the mixture over the biscuits in the tin, then place a layer of trimmed to fit biscuits on top.  Place in the fridge until set. ENJOY!

orrrrrrrrrrr…. If your like me and decide that the peices are just too big to serve at a kids party…..

Pull apart. grind biscuits into crumbs, add some melted butter, squish into mini patty pans then pipe the cheese cake mixture into the mini patty pans… VWALLLA…

Mini Cheesecakes suitable for a kids party!! Much more serve-able than the original slice!

 

Motivation & Inspiration is Everything…

Day 371 in my miracles life

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. Leonardo da Vinci