So.
In an effort to have a foodie post and to have something to eat this weekend,
I made a breadcake
with cheese
and garlic butter.
Put one layer of dough in the pan, then add a layer of cheese and garlic/herb butter, then add the other layer of dough on top and bake.
yea! Win!
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So, I was sent a few packs of the Queen Soft Sugar Pearls to try out, because I am such an avid baker. Plus I love the idea of silver balls that won’t break a tooth. Think of them as Cachous, but they don’t have to be swallowed whole :p
Having a few to eat on their own, they were soft (but not too sof), and kinda had the texture of jelly crystals eated from the packet, if you put too many in their at once. The rainbow ones also smell a lot like rainbow sugary popcorn, the sort that used to come in a carrot shape packet at the fete.
Blurry shot. I love Basco packet mixes. They always work out well for me.
Improvising. I have no bowl or electric mixer. Bowls are pots and containers. etc.
See? Awesome Basco mixes.
Yay! They also have white, baby pink, baby blue, gold and silver. But the rainbow is best, right?
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This bread was quite nice toasted. But like most gluten free bread I’m not entirely sold on it untoasted.
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Gluten Free Sponge from Slice of Life. Yum!
A family birthday dinner in a Malaysian Chinese Restaurant in the suburb of Redhead. Seaview Malaysian was able to adjust our meals so all dishes were gluten free, and boy we were stuffed by the end of it!
Prawn Toast (not GF)
Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup
Short Soup
Sang Choi Bao type Lettuce Wraps. This was my entree and it was awesome :D :D
So, Rish and I were starting to admit defeat after the entrees (I had only really had lunch at about 5pm too), but somehow, as the soft shell crab came out (no photos – way too yum in the salt and peppere gluten free batter!), and then the other dishes started to arrive we made an effort :p
(photos not included include the noodles, fried rice, honey chicken, tomato braised beef and probably one more dish!)
Sweet and Sour pork was … sweet.
Amazing lemon chicken. Nice tender chicken pieces, great sauce. I could have eaten this all myself!
My order. Veges and tofu
There was room for cake, or in Rish’s case, Deep fried ice cream! He can never say no!
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A weekend getaway, just up to Port Stephens for a couple of nights. Sun and sand, fish and chips, rest and relaxation. Much needed, and well overdue. Over too quickly. Here are some snaps…
(before I got sunburnt)
Now, Bub’s Seafood claims to have the best fish and chips in NSW for like a million years running. I so don’t think so. Give me the Esplanade Takeaway at Warners Bay any day. This fish was boring and the chips also…. boring!
(nice LLB though)
(grey and drizzly Friday evening)
We stayed at Colonial Ridge Resort (I believe the fact that there was a tennis court made it a resort?). Huge 2 bedroom cabin thing, with equipped kitchen, decent bathroom, and tiny tv.
Bed was comfortable enough, though on the hard sign for little princess and the pea here….
No oven, but stove, microwave, kettle and all the pots, pans and so on!
Kids’ room. I slept one night in one of these. And stole the pillows for the night.
Nice to have a laundry, and the hot water in the shower was AWESOME. Could have done with a little soap rest thingo.
Lost Rish for a few hours, after a noice sleepin on Saturday. Spent the morning wandering around Salamander Bay, getting sunburnt :/
The water is so clean here.
Much wading to be done.
Lunch was, of course, needed at some point, and when Rish got back we headed into Nelson Bay to Flipped for some burgers.
Rish went a lamb burger.
And I did too! (note the gluten free breadage). Mine was Moroccan. And better :p
Dinner in front of Toy Story 3, Thai from Sanook, Salamander Bay. All of the food was wonderful. Great Pad Thai, chicken in the smokey satay was excellent, and the fish cakes were yum!
(did anyone else find Toy Story 3 a little scary???? We followed that up with Die Another Day. Hilariously terrible.)
(ffs, don’t feed the birds!)
Sunday Brunch up at Nelson Lighthouse at the Tea Rooms.
Scones for Rish
And awesome date and banana loaf for me. I asked, and it seems the bakery at Anna Bay makes a great range of gluten free loaves.
(the one with aroma. for reals.)
Then for a walk (in terrible shoes) up Mount Hackey (thus named during a trip in uni when we lost a Hackysack over the cliff) at Shoal Bay
(nice view ;)
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Breakfast at Hippo, Warners Bay
A surprisingly nice combo of fruits – no kiwi to pick out!
Spanish Omellette
Hippo Munch
And lunch at Bella Natural Food Co, Terrigal
Gorgeous rice salad
Quinoa, lentil and chick pea salads
Dips with Turkish Bread
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