Chickpea and Spinach recipe

this is where I found my inspiration for my own chickpea and spinach recipe, I did make the smittenkitchen recipe once and it was delicious!
Anyway this is how I made my version;

You will need: 
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
Hungarian paprika
finely sliced silver beet or spinach
1 can of chickpeas + liquid from can
big dash of tomato sauce
dash of red wine vinegar
salt & pepper

You then need to:

pan fry onion & garlic until soft (or however you like it),

add paprika, cook stirring continuously for 1-2 minutes,

add silver beet or spinach, cook until soft

add can of chick peas & liquid

stir through ingredients

add tomato sauce, red wine vinegar, salt & pepper

bring to the boil
stir occasionally and simmer for approx 15 minutes [or until chick peas are warmed through].

  
Enjoy

Made by Mama

Mama has been busy, click click, chop chop, mix mix, sew sew, wash wash, clean clean........

Finished: one cosy crochet blanket for the couch, Abbey enjoyed a snuggle within it's warmth last night.

Sewn: one jersey top to wear around the house, made from material found at the op-shop.

Cooked: Chick pea & Spinach ala Sharon.... recipe soon..... yummmo.....

Stewed: Apples and plums.... with a dash of honey, very delicious.

Baked: one home-made loaf of Oatmeal and Spelt Bread, recipe soon....

Eaten: one dozen Berry Coconut Muffins,

Clean windows thank you Evie, you and the vinegar/water did a superb job!

and then Mama started .....

little treasures

I just love little feet,

and little foot prints,

small memories,

and small treasures that grow so quickly.

I love all things purple,

Miss Evie loves her big sisters' shoes,

I love sunny wash days and the girls playing and enjoying the fresh autumn air.

I will post things Abbey loves and more of Evies' loves.....

Wash Wednesday

Finally a sunny sunny Wash Wednesday and some photos of our outside washing line.

The washing line is situated out in the backyard, along side my vege garden. Our strange looking scarecrow keeps an eye on things......

over the past week or so;

What a busy time, doing not much except the norm.....
And yes, I am hearing the little voice inside my head telling me 'you have not posted anything this week!!;
I even missed Wash Wednesday.

Driving home from Miss Abbeys' craft class last week, I looked to my right and thought "WOW" ...the urge was tremendous - I just had to have a photo,  I pulled into the first car park and only just managed to capture this gorgeous sunset over the bay.
It made me think - we do not take advantage of living so close to the water, we really need to spend more time on these sandy shores....

and then on the way home from Miss Abbeys' dance class, I looked out to the bay and thought 'where is the horizon?', it was a kind of foggy and eerie afternoon....

In between Miss Abbey's after school activities, school drop off and pick up, and when all is quiet I have managed to get stuck into some serious crochet. I am determined to have a blanket on the couch before winter officially starts;

Almost there....

My friends' little man is turning 1 this weekend, I have started and will finish these little balls for him;

Slow happenings in the veg patch, I have just sown some seeds which will be planted out in a few weeks until then they are in my little green house;
the nasturtium has gone a little crazy - the leaves are looking rather large.....









and the garlic has sprouted...

Wash Wednesday

I must admit that I am quite obsessed with washing - not so much because I love doing the washing but more so because it has to be done just right, and when I came across GardenMama's blog on Wash Wednesday  I got a wee bit excited.
I like my washing hung out and folded neatly and orderley.  Do I sound AR??? Yes I think I do....oh well,
I have been doing the washing since my early teens - household chores were allocated to each of us by my Mum - so I  have a fair amount of experience!
Anyway, here is my Wash Wednesday photo for this week!

My indoor clothesline - due to the wet and cold weather here!

A load of girly colours and a load of floor mats from the bathroom!

My Mother's Day

Thank you to my family for making my Mother's Day very special. After being made a delicious cup of coffee, my presents were gifted to me!
And WOW, what a lovely surprise to receive a "very-much-wanted & needed" tiered mini hot house (just perfect to get our vege seedlings off to a strong start!!)
Also a gift voucher to spend at Bunnings, and Miss Abbey chose some wonderful presents from her school Mother's Day stall.










Miss Abbey also made me lots of special cards with words of love and appreciation.

We headed out for breakfast and then it was time for some shopping!!

Thank you my wonderful family for your appreciation and love, I love you all very much!

I LoVe My JoB!!!

xxxx.

hey soul sister...