Pretty Girls

Bob

We have this thing.

It's icecream in a slurpee

It's called a snowbob

They are summer

And 

That is how we celebrated today.

And a little ride 

But not at the same time

That's dangerous.

Spring

Our little family has been busy.

Life takes us in many directions. 

Ellie and Lucy are both in basketball camp.

 Penny is busy being Penny and dragging us to costco for poutine....

 I don't see Dusty anymore. I have lost him to the great outdoors or barn or shed.

 Andy is growing. We got put on a two hour feeding regime.... 

It's time consuming.... 

Life consuming....

I got back at lessons this week. I am excited for this spring set. I have a new plan. More fun. They went pretty well. It helps that Andy usually loves his car seat. So hopefully he continues with that trend and we'll be set!

Helping me pack.

Ellie hanging out with Rockster. Lucy reeking havok in the background.

My little bossy babushka

Lucy taking selfies with my iPad. She deleted them off the iPad too bad she hasn't figured out iCloud! Mwhahaha!

My baby's favourite place to hang out.

Life is really just pretty awesome in this neck of the woods!

With a Smile and a Song

Andy is three months old.

There have been lots of little changes with him.

He is turning from a very serious scowler into a happy smiley baby.

We even got a good belly laugh from him last night.

We had a family meeting last night. Nothing major. We try to do one every once in a while just to see what's going on.

We started with Lucy. She wants allowance. She also wants it without doing any work! Haha yah right kid!!!

Then Ellie... There was nothing wrong or right.

And then it was Penny's turn. That kid can talk.... And sing. She kept creating little dramas or things so that her turn wouldn't end. What a kid!!

Superior Species...

Today Andy has cried a lot.

He is hungry and angry

My lambs are cute

And fat

And frolicy

They jump on the ewes

They steal their grain

And eat their hay.

Andy lays 

He cries.

And I go to him.

I change him

I find him so he can eat.

He is completely and utterly dependant.

It's actually a miracle we were never wiped out...

That was my thought for this lovely Friday.

Gluten free Dairy free Egg free Corn bread

Corn bread

1 cup cornmeal

1 cup rice flour

3/4 cup margarine

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup almond milk

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

2 Tablespoons chia seeds soaked in 4Tbs of warm water

Mix wet together. Mix dry together. Combine stirring the least amount of times possible. Put in greased 8x8 pan and bake at 350 for 20+ minutes.

The taste and texture were great. It was a bit crumbly.

Gluten free- diary free- egg free- sugar free Banana Walnut Muffins

I browse through pinterest daily for some sort of light bulb moment or hope that I find something that looks like what I want.

Last night I found a banana muffin that looked like it could pass

www.gluten-free-vegan-girl.com/2014/01/gluten-free-vegan-chocolate-chip-banana-muffins.html

You can check out her recipe.

It has buckwheat in it.

Not my favorite...

So I swapped it for Sorghum

There were a few more trades made...

Banana Walnut Muffins

1 heaping cup sorghum flour

1 scant cup of tapioca starch

2 heaping teaspoons of baking powder

1 cup of walnuts smashed

Put above in bowl

Get out food processor.

1/2 cup almond milk

3 bananas

1 tsp vanilla 

1 cup of dates (soaked in hot water for 10 minutes)

Process.

Add dry.

Scoop into greased muffin tins until full.

Bake at 375 for 20 minutes

Penny ate hers with homemade chocolate sauce.

All Things Baby

This week was all things baby...
and birthday
but I didn't take pictures of that...

Both my sister and my SIL had birthdays this last week
we ate
we visited
it was good.

but in between all the birthday stuff
was baby stuff.
  

 

This is our only ewe lamb.

Her name is Jackie...

you will see why tomorrow...

 This poor wee gaffer had a rough start.
He was rejected.
We are going to wether him and keep him for a companion.

 And this is the big boy.
he's a solid sucker.

and to top off all the babes at home...

a friend and I threw a little shower for another friend.

I should of gotten someclose-ups 

but the theme was camping and it turned out super cute!

Now we are on to the next week

and

Andy has a man cold

i think we will be hanging out at home!!

Labels

A few years ago

Like 5

My friend introduced me to "clean" eating.

Not a new concept

More of a throw away processed foods and get back to "the good ol' days"

You know like horse and buggy cooking.

Since then I read a lot of labels at the grocery store

(yes I am one of those people who spend an agonizing amount of time reading labels, blocking amd contesting the isles at the store)

I am always amazed at the crap that is in food.

Now more than ever I am scouring labels again

With greater purpose I suppose.

It has really brought me back to cooking.

I found a recipe for condensed cream of chicken soup.

I have been missing creamy sauces on rice

So when I saw this I knew I had to try to make is gluten, dairy, and egg free.

RECIPE

3 cups of chicken broth 

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp parsley

1/4 tsp pepper

Sprinkle of paprika

1/2 cup of tapioca starch (or corn starch)

3 cups of coconut milk or almond.

Boil the stock and 2 cups of milk with the seasonings. Add the starch to the remaining milk. Whisk into boiling stock (medium heat) and cook 2 minutes. Keep stirring. Turn off heat and carefully ladle into jars. It will make about 3 500ml jars. Store in fridge.

I found the original recipe on pinterest. There was a ton of them all the same if you want to make it with dairy

Spring- weather we like it or not.

So last night happened to be one of THE coldest nights of the year.

And true to form

Our ewes decided to give birth.

Burr.

Wet 4lbs babies in -45.

Not such a good mix.

After some help and a really long night 

ALL three seem to be eating and warm.

Not as warm as Andy

Who got to sleep all night in a heated bed.