Sunday 3 May 2015

Chocolate Fudge + Pink Blossom + 5 o'clock Fruit: 25 April - 1 May 2015

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful




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this week, there's been heavy rain, chocolate fudge, new plants (pray that they grow!), giant trifles, cookies and sticky chicken.

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we've had beautiful, peaceful sunsets, roasted broccoli, praline filled chocolates and pasta bakes.
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I've snapped plenty of moments including a tiramisu in the making, pink candy-floss blossom and 5 o'clock fruit bowls.
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finally, April ended, a biscuit spread became my new addiction (Nutella has serious competition!!) and I learnt how to pot plants.

Here are my highlights:

 we begin the week with a very rainy Saturday morning.
for which spicy scrambled eggs and toast were perfect.
later, I wanted to make something sweet but no-bake.
I tried a recipe for chocolate fudge which I covered with pretzels and fleur de sel.
new plants ready to plant.
I'm aiming to grow my own tomatoes and chillies this year - let's see how it goes.
later later, ingredients out to make Anzac cookies. oh, and a giant bowl of custard in the back for a huge trifle.
a buttery, syrupy mixture of oats, dessicated coconut and orange among other things.
the recipe I used is here.
then, a fragrant tarka being added to the daal that was also being made.
for dinner, there was a bowl of baby spinach.
a spicy, sticky, sweet marinade.
more fragrant onions, ginger and garlic.
all to make this sticky, sweet, spicy chicken with pea and spinach rice. the recipe was adapted from here.
finally, a ginormous strawberry trifle with plenty of chocolate sprinkles.
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in our house, Sundays mean plenty of Indian tea.
and this week, chocolate fudge!

clouds at sunset.
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 lunchtime on a Monday and with tea, more fudge.
it's kind of addictive.
for dinner, I roasted a head of broccoli with garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper.
next time, I think I'll follow my mother's advice and blanch the broccoli before roasting.
also, a tuna pasta bake. the recipe is here.
and, these praline filled beautiful chocolates.
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reading the Quran on a Tuesday. have you read the Quran today?
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 making tiramisu on a Wednesday morning.
the recipe is here.
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 cherry blossom on a Thursday afternoon.
seeing the blossom makes me so happy.
5 o'clock fruit bowl - oranges + pears + grapes.

dinner made using this peri-peri marinade.
simply marinade a slit chicken breast in the marinade.
then roast with potatoes, carrots ..
.. peppers and juicy cherry tomatoes. yum!

April ended today - here is my round up.
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Friday morning with this stuff.
it is so good!
time to plant my chillies and tomatoes.
oh, and the tulips are still as pretty as ever.
a lunch of leftovers with a spin on this salad.
 a reminder on the most blessed day of the week.

On the Blog this week:


 Spiced Fruit Buns
April 2015: 30 Photos for 30 Days

A few of my favourite links from around the web:

1. calling all coconut lovers!
2. perfect veggie dinner.
3. cannot wait to give this curry a go.
4. these rolls though.
5. comfort food central.
6. I think we'll like these cookies.

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have a beautiful week everyone - be kind to others, drink plenty of water and enjoy the blossom before it falls!

Wasalaam!


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