Walnut Keks – Traditional Polish Tea Cake INGREDIENTS 1½ cups plain flour (250g) 1 bar (250g) unsalted butter (chopped and softened) 1¾ cup icing sugar (250g) 2 cups of walnuts (250g) 5-6 eggs (I used 6 small ones) 1 tbs vanilla extract 1 tbs 95% rectified spirit – optional 1½ tsp / ½ tbs baking powder + 2 tsp of butter to […]
Smoking at Children’s Playgrounds I’ve been meaning to write this article for quite a while now but I tried to talk to school and other parents first to see what can be done. And the reason for that was an unpleasant encounter with a smoker I had that left me very angry and willing to take some action to ban […]
Lunchbox # 119 & # 120 – For My Girls Lunchbox # 119 (for 7 year old girl) quartered mini naan bread octopuses made of chicken Frankfurters cherry tomatoes steamed mange tout peas seedless black & green grapes one home grown strawberry (there were last two in the backyard) mini mango jelly raspberry fromage frais Lotus biscuit bottle of water (not pictured) Everything placed in […]
Lunchbox # 118 – A Reminder of Summer: Sausage Octopuses & Watermelon Tomato Lunchbox # 118 (for 7 year old girl) halved mini naan bread octopuses made of chicken Frankfurters + fish food pick seedless green grapes cherries watermelon tomato + 2 other heirloom tomatoes mini papaya jelly Lotus biscuit bottle of water (not pictured) Everything placed in pink LEGO lunchbox inside Smash lunchbag with separate bottle compartment. […]
Easy Wooden Sticks Shopping List MATERIALS about 150-200 wooden craft sticks or ice lolly sticks dark colour ballpoint pen (markers may smudge on the wood) 2 small cups or glasses blank sticker METHOD Using a ball point pen write down usual shopping list items on both sides of the sticks, on one end. Mark one of the glasses with a […]
“Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games” – Movie Review I meant to write about “Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games” DVD for ages now but with the all this “back to school” fever we completely couldn’t find a peaceful moment… until this weekend. It was nice finally to seat down, relax and watch family movie together, especially that kids are still excited about Olympics and Paralympics, they […]
Hamster’s Playground Project Since we got my daughter’s hamster at the end of July this year playtime has been always a struggle because we had to monitor hamster’s every move because he could very easily escape from the metal enclosure we were using. Later we were trying some plastic storage box but it was not tall enough and […]
DIY & Low Cost Hamster Accessories Bunches of twigs tighten with natural jute or cotton twine, I used Tilia tree but there is more hamster safe wood you could use, just make sure they are from safe, clean place… best directly from the tree, washed in hot water and dried. Corn silk is comfy nesting material while tangled corn husk are […]
DIY Apple Seed Choker Necklace I made this necklace ages ago… when I was still at school. During my last trip to Poland I found it in my parents house and when I brought it to UK my 7 year old daughter liked it so much that she took it away from me ;) MATERIALS apple seeds (while still fresh) […]
Cobnuts, Hazelnuts and Filberts Hazelnuts, Cobnuts / Cobs and Filberts are all varieties of the same fruit from hazel tree. Pictured above cobnuts came from UK, Kent to be precise and they are in season now, other varieties are more popular in other parts of the World. From what I understand hazelnuts are the most round ones in shape, […]