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Dinner with BB

Tomato Tapenade

300 g dried tomatoes in olive oil
2 roma tomatoes chopped
3 garlic gloves chopped
1/2 bunch of basil
chopped small red chilli
125 g parmezan cheese finely grated
cracked black pepper
handful wild roquette
sprinkle of lemon juice
100 g walnuts
-extra-virgin olive oil-

Put all the ingredients -except for the walnuts and the basil- in a food processor. Pulse until smooth but still chunky. Add the basil leaves and the walnuts. You can add some more extra-virgin olive oil if the mixture is too dry. Delicious on crostini's!!

Dinner with BB

Pineapple-Apple-Walnut Muffins

Combine:

2 cups self raising flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegie oil
1/2 cup sour creme
1/2 cup yoghurt
1/2 cup finely chopped pineapple
1/2 cup finely chopped apple
1/2 cup crushed walnuts
1 table spoon caster sugar
1 table spoon cinnamon

Bake in a preheated oven 180ºC/350ºF until cooked through......
we have an oven built in the early years of the last century..... it takes a little bit longer.......but still 40 minutes max.......YUMMY!!!!

no better Sunday morning breakfast with fresh orange juice and a cafe latte!

Hugmugs

Big Ears!!

I love my hugmugs.......can't help it...... but a latte or green tea never tastes better than sipping it from one of these big ones......and big ears are sooooo handy.....

Dinner with BB

BBQ-ed Corn:

4 corn cobs
4 garlic cloves
1 chopped chilli
parsley
1 teaspoon of ground chilli
1 table spoon of olive oil

wash the corn and pat dry with paper towel.
put all the ingredients, the corn (some salt) and black pepper in water.
steam over boiling water for 5 minutes, then pat dry.

cook on a hot. lightly olied barbecue for 20 minutes.....turn the corn cobs regularly and spray them with water during the cooking to keep them moist!

it's delicious!! sweet hot corn!!

BB Belly Bowls

Wheelthrowned bowls of earthenware with a bit of a belly shape......
and ofcourse not only bowls.....it's a whole series of platters, cups, and mugs.

carving and smoothing......
a decorating slip is applied to the clay - at a leatherhard stage......
the glazed result:

Belly Bowls & Belly Mugs

Belly Platters & Bowls

Tea&Pots

Handmade tea sets and handprinted tablerunners.

Tea set brown

Tea set olive green

Tea set lime green