home made pizzas

josephs favourite thing to eat right now is pizza, which is fine by me, as i have a quick and easy way to do it! here's some shots from our last effort. i buy a pack of 5 of lebanese wraps from the local fruit and veg shop or just 99c and this mum is thrilled because they come in wholemeal and white. yes i am that person, i love wholemeal bread.

so, 20c per base, add some sauce (i used to use tomato paste, but i have since found that tomato or bbq sauce from the bottle works just as well) and then your toppings. believe me when i say you can add anything. pictured above are the leftovers from our roast dinner last sunday. corn cut off the cob, roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes... pieces of chicken from the cooked chicken we had bought the day before, cut up zucchini, tomatoes, capsicum, tinned pineapple... i have cooked up silverbeet, chinese vegetables... you name it. it's probably been on a pizza i've made at some stage.

and these ones. joseph was so happy. he also loves sausages and dougs mum had brought over cooked breakfast on the weekend, leaving us with a couple of sausages left over. i sliced them up and threw them on hahaha. 

add some cheese on top, bake at 200 degrees celcius for 12 minutes and enjoy the heck out of them. we always do! easiest pizzas ever! 

baked nachos

a favourite dinner in our house, which we have probably once a fortnight (more often if joseph gets his way!) is nachos. they are super yum (and easy and even somewhat healthy!) so i am more than happy to make them for him. they are easy to throw together last minute and a great option if i need to take dinner around for someone (that's what happened this time, please note the foil tray!)

baked nachos

1 diced onion

250g mince (500g if you're not adding grated veggies)

1/2 zucchini grated

1 carrot grated

1 can diced tomatoes

1 can baked beans

1/2 sachet mexican seasoning (1/2 is fine for us, use a whole one if you like)

1 bag plain corn chips (you can use seasoned, i'm not a fan)

grated cheese to top

*optional, sour cream and avocado to serve

1. fry onion, add mince and fry until brown

2. add grated vegetables and fry until they are soft and mixed in well

3. add tomatoes and beans and stir to combine

4. add seasoning and allow to simmer for 5 or so minutes

it will look something like this!

5. pour chips into dish and evenly spread mixture over the top

6. top with cheese and bake until cheese is melted and going brown

serve immediately before the chips get too soggy. we top with sour cream and avocado.

i love making these as they are just so easy to do. plus, it's so easy to modify the recipe...

it's gluten free and dairy free prior to cheese and sour cream, can be made meatier by adding extra mince and less vegetables and can even be made vegetarian by leaving out the meat and adding more veggies. there's something for everyone. enjoy!

doug’s bday

yesterday this guy had his birthday... disclaimer: i generally get it right, get the best presents and never have any complaints. but this year, i was at a complete loss. he's just been to brisbane to visit his best mate james, bought himself a heap of stuff while he was over there and had a good time... what's a girl to do/buy? sooooo i actually bought him nothing. however, we went off to eb this morning after my hospital appointment to get one of the two xbox games he plays (maddeninsertyearhere and nba2kinsertyearhere - which is out next week) as a birthday gift from the kids. he seemed happy enough. and he went and got his hair freshly cut at his new favourite barber in caversham - prestige barber lounge. the guys there seem lovely and he's been very happy with his last two cuts. lunch at the coffee club here in ellenbrook then picking our monkeys up from school. all in all an uneventful day, but we got to spend it together and that was nice.

butttt tonight was the highlight for him, dinner (with his mother's instruction to order whatever he wanted - don't need to tell him twice!) at hogs breath steak house in midland with his parents and some mates of ours. best bit was me going to pay and finding out that the kids got to eat for free. woo! i've made a mental note of that, if we want hogs breath in the future, mondays and tuesdays are the way to go.

as you can see, he's got his head tilted just right here to show off his fresh fade... what a dag. butttt i love him. happy birthday to the love of my life. another year older - another year stuck with me ♥

dinner with sally

we had dinner last night with a lovely lady from church, sally. she was one of madeline's nursery leader and is now joseph's... and they absolutely adore her. she loves to sing and play instruments with the kids and we had such a good time. madeline wanted to play the drums all night and the minute the music starts, joseph starts to dance... we love her and will miss seeing her each sunday. ♥

double date

last night we were treated to dinner at silks restaurant (part of the crown burswood complex) by our beautiful friends jo and thomas as a last hurrah before baby k2 is due to join our little family. spoiled rotten... it was a wonderful dinner, beautiful food, amazingly attentive staff and fantastic company. highly recommend you go check it out.

maddie and baby k also got their fair share of spoiled, with maddie getting some gorgeous clothes (including some from witchery kids... droooool) and a whole bunch of beautiful outfits for baby. maddie is quite the fashionista and loves getting dressed up, so she was stoked when she got up the next morning and found all  these clothes waiting for her. she proceeded to sort through them a few times in a row, placing them all carefully on to the table and telling me all about them. such a crack up...

we feel so loved and spoiled and are so grateful for beautiful friends. ♥

good friends!

last night we had a dinner at the sicilian in subiaco as a send off for rob and bianca... rob is studying at the school of mines in kalgoorlie, and bianca (after the last few lonely months she's spent in perth without him) is now off to join him!

old photo... back from before they were even married (when we had first just met miss b), but a good one. we love them to pieces and will miss them lots... but know that you have to go where the opportunities are... and who would say no to an actual gold mine!

so... good bye and good luck! :)