A Refreshing Lemonade for our Indian Summer!!!

We were lucky enough to have been given some Lemonade Limes recently...

something I had not heard of...

and easy to turn into a Lemonade!!!

Not knowing which was the best 'squeezer' to use...

I settled upon this glass one...

Just perfect!!!

Squeeze...add some sugar...soda water, I used mineral water..., a twist of lime and some Lemon Balm...

and wow, this you beaut home made Lemonade!!!

Thank you Caroline for these Lemonade Limes...just perfect for our Indian Summer!!!

The Mantle at TAFE...Rememberance Day 2009...11 November

Here I am catching up with end of 2009 cooking meals at TAFE (Technical and Further Education)...

this will be my last post on cooking meals at TAFE as the course is now over...

and next week I will graduate YIPPEE!!!!

Nearly 2 years worth...along with theory...

I'm so pleased to have made it!!!

Looking back I have surprised myself...

I didn't realize the work this course would entain...

Having just done our Sea Change (we were here 7 months when I thought I would do this)...

Bringing up a Daughter with a disability...

Surgery and re-cuperating in between and now finally...officially a Graduand!!!

I have now confidence in tackling recipes at home...

have bought some beautiful cook books...

and look forward to practicing more here at home...

along with Cook Ups with Vicki at my other blog Queen of the Armchair!!!

Here's a look at the board for the final time with the menu on it...

Preparation of Zucchini Moulds...

Leek and other greens...

Zucchini Moulds with Mushrooms served with a White Wine Sauce...

Salmon Fish Cakes...

Thai Beef Salad...

Steak and Kidney Pie with Garlic Mash and Vegetables...

Filled Chicken Breast with Pasties and Leek...

Trout Meuniere with Vegetables...

Apple Fritters with Apricot Sauce and Anglais...

Strawberry Bavarois...

Bread and Butter Pudding...

Sable Shortbread out of the oven...

ready for Petit Fours!!!

Meanwhile, I was given Sable Shortbread to make...

Carrot Cake...

and Australia's favourite...Anzac Biscuits!!!

This blog was set up 12 months ago...a year after my course started to record my classes...I wish I had of set it up at the start of the course...

I did post some of the course up at Queen of the Armchair...TAFE under labels (from memory)...

Not sure which direction I will go now...

perhaps record some of the food I cook at home here...

books I come across...

and aprons that I love to wear...

even food places I visit!!!

Also thinking of doing a Julie & Julia here...

Cooking from a Celebrity Chef's cook book and challenging myself and then blogging the outcome...

I'll see how I go...

Meanwhile it's off to Graduation for me on Tuesday evening...

Bon Appetit...Dzintra