my feet move forwards: rocky road

Friday, 7 August 2009

rocky road

i'm trying to simplify my life, trying not to buy myself 'things' and trying to to buy othe people 'things'. this is all very well and good but what do i make for my little brother when he turns 22? rocky road of course!

take lots of chocolate (but not quite this much... half is for me)
i made the mistake of assuming all Green&Black's chocolate was fair trade but isn't, i should have read the packaging instead of assuming...

mix together mashmallows, red rasberries, cashews and almonds

melt the chocolate and combine with the nuts and lollies, while trying not to think about the sugar...

then spread out the mixture, put it in the fridge and wait for it to set

cut it up into peices the next day and you end up with a huge bowl of rocky road, too easy! hopefully my brother takes his time eating it all...

there are lots more people taking a photo a day in august at The Byron Life.
these are my photos from thursday and friday ... i'm all caught up again!

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Kelly7 August 2009 at 12:07 pm
oh god! Im at work and this looks divine!!!! hmm, this weekend looks like bagels, rocky road and maybe some dinner on the cards!
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Katy7 August 2009 at 2:30 pm
I think I might make this too! (I also think I put on 5 kilos just looking at the pictures!)
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Jen7 August 2009 at 7:01 pm
two words: yum YUM
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Katrine8 August 2009 at 12:57 pm
I'm gald you all liked it! :)
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101 things in 1001 days

start date: 24th July 2009
end date: 20th April 2012
green is underway
red is finished!

1. Walk the Overland Track in Tasmania. (It was AMAZING!!!)

2. Climb Waterfall Gully to Mt Lofty (or similar) 30 times before walking the overland track. (30/30)

3. Walk the Yurrebilla Trail through the Adelaide Hills

4. Walk the Deep Creek National Park section of the Heyson Trail (camp halfway)

5. Find another trail that excites me and walk it. Maybe in Victoria, Northern NSW or SE QLD?

6. Walk the Marino cliff tops from Brighton to Hallet Cove Conservation park with Belinda

7. Do the Victor Harbour walk Ben's dad recommended

8. Walk through Mt George Conservation Park with my boss

9. Walk from home/the city to Victoria and Nakita's house along the Torrens River.

10. Try taking Radish (our apartment cat) for another walk on her leash

11. Do a term of Belly dancing lessons.

12. Go on a picnic

13. Visit 15 exhibitions (4/15)

14. Hire out the Mt Lofty youth hostel with friends

15. Go to Deep Creek National Park

16. Go to Kangaroo Island

17. Go to the Flinders Ranges

18. Climb St Mary's Peak in the Flinders Ranges

19. Go on a holiday with just Ben, no one else.

20. Go to a Rainbow Gathering

21. Go to a Confest

22. Go to a Folk Festival … not Woodford again … preferably the national one in Canberra with Belinda.

23. Make sure I see my globetrotting friend Emma.

24. Grown my hair and plait it like it was when I was 17

25. Get a henna tattoo … but not at a festival … little A would be really good at this

26. Visit my nana in Melbourne

27. See my family 4 times a month for 6 months (haha, we ended up living with them!)

28. Do something fun with just my siblings (it's not so hard now we're back in the same house)

29. Practice yoga five times a week for a month so I get into the habit again. (This one doesn't count until I've inevitably gotten distracted from my yoga, then had to drag myself back to it)

30. Do sun salutations every morning for a few weeks and see how I feel (I'm usually a night time yogi)

31. Do 108 sun salutations to celebrate something

32. Organise my pantry (which is really a pile of boxes full of food in the bedroom because my kitchen is that small)

33. Empty my cupboards of nasty things and start cleaning using green, frugal methods

34. Learn to make soap

35. Clean up the plants on my balcony.

36. Clean out my closet and donate at least 2 big ikea bags worth of clothing

37. Sort out my superannuation.

38. Make and bottle lots of tomato sauce

39. Make and bottle lots of jam

40. Make sourdough bread

41. Make ginger Beer

42. Make a fruit or vegetable wine

43. Cook Christmas Pudding with Belinda

44. Cook Sri Lankan wedding cake with mum

45. Cook with duck

46. Cook with rabbit

47. Cook with goat

48. Cook a cassoulet with Ben

49. Cook using another ingredient I haven't used before (i used pomegranate molasses in a persian lamb and rhubarb stew)

50. Cook 10 things from 101 cookbooks

51. Cook slow roasted pork with Jel and steal her secrets

52. Learn a delicious Japanese dish from Jel.

53. Find the perfect Japanese cookbook

54. Cook an Indian feast to share with Ben's siblings.

55. Cook up a tajine feast with Belinda

56. Eat at Bridgewater Mill

57. High Tea at the Apothecary on Hindley St with Belinda

58. Eat/drink coffee at 10 new places with Belinda (3/10)

59. Go to the Willunga farmers market

60. Go mushrooming

61. Only do food shopping at the farmers markets and the central markets for a month. No quick trips to the Woolworths near works or the IGA down the street because I haven't been organised enough to buy what I need or I don't already have what I really want to eat.

62. Only buy organic or 'in conversion' food for a month. See if I feel any healthier…

63. Acquire bags for fruit/veg/loose grains etc from Kel … and use them

64. Don't use a microwave for a month, re-examine whether or not I need to have a microwave afterwards

65. Eat nourishing traditions style for a month and see how i feel ...

66. Learn to sew something wonderful from Anakin

67. Learn to sew a quilt (and finish it)

68. Finish knitting Ben a headband/hat thingamajig

69. Knit dishcloths

70. Learn how to knit something more complicated than a single rectangle/square

71. Learn to crochet

72. Crochet a granny square rug

73. Learn to embroider something pretty

74. Make 10 presents for friends/family instead of buying things (2/10)

75. Sew myself some cloth pads to complete my stash, or get a moon cup (i got a moon cup and it's wonderful!)

76. Give blood. last time i gave blood was also the first i ever fainted so i'm scared of this one

77. Learn to recognise 20 new plant species

78. Learn and draw 20 construction details for work (5/20)

79. Find a way to use Adobe Illustrator usefully for work

80. Learn something about photography/my camera from Victoria, my boss, J and the internet (2/4)

81. Learn something about using Photoshop better from J and the internet

82. Make and Send 10 Postcards

83. Write a letter to Cagri, my highschool penpal from turkey who recontacted me through facebook

84. Write my nana a letter

85. Take photos … one a day for a month

86. Write posts … one a day for a month

87. Read 20 novels recommended/borrowed from Belinda (1/20)

88. Read 20 non-fiction books recommended/borrowed from Belinda (3/20)

89. Read/watch 20 Ben recommended things (7/20)

90. Read 'How to be a better foodie. A bulging little book for the truly epicurious' by Sugi Pigott as recommended by kel

91. Move out of our apartment and into our house (when its finally built)

92. Be 3 years ahead on our mortgage

93. Learn about companion planting

94. Start a Vegetable Garden

95. Start Composting

96. Plant 20 different vegetables/herbs/fruit (kale, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, sage, rosemary, parsley, thyme, basil, oregano, chillies, Vietnamese mint, rainbow chard, silverbeet)

97. Harvest 20 different vegetables/herbs/fruit

98. Get chickens

99. Hold a working Bee at the community garden

100. Start planting in the community garden

101. Harvest something from the community garden

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Friday, 7 August 2009

rocky road

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