Easy Lemon Butter

Lemon Butter

3 Lemons ( Juice & Rind)
2 cups Sugar
2 tbsp. Butter
2 Eggs (beaten)

Combine the juice, rind and sugar, heat until sugar has completely dissolved.
Add the butter and beaten eggs, bring to the boil and simmer until mixture thickens. Keep stirring
so it doesn't catch, it only takes about 5 minutes. 
Cool a little then pour into hot sterilised jars. Try to have the jars and the butter at about the same temperature.

Can be used as a spread on toast, crumpets and scones. Also great in pies, tarts or with ice cream.

Keep refrigerated.

Has a few air bubbles because the jars were very hot when I
poured the butter.
 Nevertheless DELICIOUS !

Easter Blessings

Celebrating Easter Sunday
 and Autumn



Navarin of Lamb

Adapted from a Taste.com.au recipe: 

2 tablespoons olive oil
1kg lamb chops, fat trimmed, cut into pieces

2 tablespoons plain flour

2 tablespoons tomato paste

3 garlic cloves, crushed

3 cups Chicken stock

1 cup dry white wine

dried thyme

dried bay leaves

chat potatoes, halved

carrots, ends trimmed, peeled

2 spring onions, ends trimmed

Brown lamb and vegetables, make sauce, add to casserole dish,
cook for about 1 1/2 hours @ 180

Serve with Green beans, peas and cauliflower chesse

                     

Blood Moon the rare Lunar Eclipse
Easter Saturday

My photo is not particularly good however I did
 stand on the veranda at 11pm and take it!
 

Family Dinner



Perfect for Easter -
Chocolate Pudding and Ice-cream

Happy Easter

Hot Cross Buns & Fish

Traditions...love them and so do families.


Seems traditions are what makes some families special.

Easter has come around again and on  Good Friday we always have Hot Cross buns for breakfast and always have fish for dinner. We never eat meat on this day, my Mother never did and neither did her Mother or her Grandmother...Tradition!

This year for the first time in my entire life I have made our Hot Cross Buns, they were pretty good and the family loved them. I thought they were a little dry and needed heaps more spice, the main thing is of course is that they all enjoyed them.

Crosses look yellow because I used custard powder, yum yum

Good Friday Breakfast

Dinner tonight is a family favourite Easy Fish Pie.


Cut Fish Fillets into cubes (I used Blue Grenadier)
Steamed vegetables (any) I used potato, pumpkin, kumara, zucchini, carrots & peas.
Add to onion and fish that is cooked in a little olive oil.
Add a creamy sauce ( used my SOS mix and that's another post) topped with shards of filo pastry sprayed with olive oil.
Cooked for about 20 mins.
Sorry no recipe just experiment and it should work for you xox

After church on Easter Sunday we always have a lamb dinner and lots of chocolate xox

Wishing you lots of blessings on this Good Friday

#hotcrossbuns #fishfordinner #easterblessings