What are you been cooking today

[kt2]

WOW Maddy! That looks sensational! I just love how you get into the spirit of occasions!! I'm lost for words on how good everything looks

[Cornish Cream]

Fantastic cooking everyone It all looks delicious

[droverjess]

Lovely everyone, and lovely pics.
When I was a child we had chestnut trees all around, you can get very sore fingers from peeling chestnuts  and holes in the carpet from roasting them in the open fire!

Forgot to say that as I made the cake from the cupboards I had no colouring and wanted to make a contrast. In desperation I melted one jelly square and mixed in in the glacé icing. It worked and we are now eating jelly and ice cream for dessert. It's hilarious as haven't made it for YEARS and we had a visitor yesterday and they thought it very funny.

Only cooking lunch today.

[Amy :-)]

Great cooking ladies, and wonderful photos as usual Maddy

DJ, I used to love jelly and ice cream as a kid

I made Hot Cross Bun Cookies (recipe posted) and Hot Cross Bun Pudding in my slow cooker

[Wonder]

We were out all day so quickly made pumpkin soup, whole orange cake and apple crumble to take with us to two different houses.

[cookie1]

I have at last finished the jelly mould thing a ma jig. I served it with fresh fruit salad.

[Kimmyh]

Lovely cake wonder,
Great jelly cookie.

[achookwoman]

maddy, all looks beautiful.  Tell Dad that he can come and visit any time.  I have a friend who is known in Australia an Mr Dutch, (Professor of Dutch),  i will invite him also.  
GF,  thanks for sharing with us your day in the country.  Sounds like Heaven to me.  We have Chestnut and walnut trees but the birds enjoy them.  We have a Nut festival in Victoria at the end of April.  We went a couple of years ago and had a great time.  Each year we buy Chestnuts to roast on the fire.  It is a fun occasion and everyone enjoys it.

[fundj&e]

Great cooking ladies

frank and i are still trying to eat low fat low carbs 

[goldfish]

 Each year we buy Chestnuts to roast on the fire.  It is a fun occasion and everyone enjoys it.

A pleasure, Chookie...it was an exquisitely beautiful day weather wise, too. The kind of day you just want to bottle and keep!! My DD has made her paste (boiled the chestnuts before peeling... Wants now to roast them to see how it affects the flavour ) and enjoyed it on crepes this morning.  I'll post her notes a little later..

[obbie]

we are having friends for drinks,

so i have prawns, scallops,bugs, and about to make Thai fish balls.
As well as dips, biccies ect.

Ran out of red curry paste, so I made some, so easy..

[Amy :-)]

frank and i are still trying to eat low fat low carbs 

Uni... almost all carbs are low fat Pasta, bread, rice, potatoes and grains only become fattening if you add butter/cream/lots of cheese

No cooking for me today. We have biscuits, brownies and hot cross bun pudding that needs eating before I can do anything else

[fundj&e]

frank and i are still trying to eat low fat low carbs 

Uni... almost all carbs are low fat Pasta, bread, rice, potatoes and grains only become fattening if you add butter/cream/lots of cheese

just the way we like them 

[goldfish]

 

[fundj&e]

this is  what we are eating most of the time, plus lots of soups and huge salads

cant wait until bali no more diet