Domestic Bliss #100creativedays Day 89

I'm finding so much joy lately in cooking, baking, sorting and just making our home perfect.

I suppose I get the urge every so often to sort, purge, rearrange and scrub. Maybe its seasonal? Maybe an outward manifestation of how I'm doing the same emotionally and spiritually. Getting my house in order, as it were.

I made a pot of butternut soup that will sort out our lunches for the next two days. Butternut is Dukan friendly, tasty and cheap. I portion out servings into glass jars. I screw the lids on while the soup is still hot for a super tight seal - ensuring freshness and no drips. I know The Squire gets ragged a bit at work, but jars of soup are the way forward... And jealousy is rife in the plastic-lunch-box-boring-sarmie ranks.

I get a feeling of satisfaction from "looking after" The Squire... Yes, I might put women's lib back a few years, but I'm taking good care of myself too.

I also derive weird joy out of folding laundry. Maybe it stems back to it being my main chore when I was little? Sorting was always a good way to keep me busy. Or my retail background and the strange zen of folding shirts with military precision? Who knows? I like folding, The Squire loves ironing... We really have the perfect set up.

I also pottered around on the balcony, checking on my plants, tidying up empty pots, putting aside a pile of pots for charity.

I sorted some of my grocery cupboards too, and the fridge. Everything feels fresh and neat.

Now I can rest comfortably under fresh bedding too... Mmmm... I love it when I've been in housewife mode... Makes me fall quite in love with myself :)

Creative Cooking #100creativedays Day 71

Exhausted and drifting off... I keep imagining a morning where I might sleep in...one day... Or an early night. Gosh.
 

I whipped up a little Mexican feast for The Mutual Friends, a motley crew of The Squire's friends who I have come to love as my own... Hee hee.
 

They have had a standing reservation at a local Mexican restaurant for years, but things have been weird with service and short paying - too political for the average person. I have a standing Wednesday commitment of my own so hardly ever get a chance to see this group. With the assurance that 75% of them are now boycotting the whole get together, I needed a plan.
 

So The Squire and I hosted a Mexican dinner at home for a total steal of R30 a head towards costs.

Honestly I blew my own socks off! With a slim budget, I served up:

Corn Chowder
Cheesy nachos
Chilli Con Carne
Beans
Fixings for borrittos (cheese, guacamole, sour cream, lettuce)
 

And sweet almond sugar cookies known as "Mexican Wedding Cakes"
 

OK I fell asleep for a few moments now, enjoy photos.
 

Quiche #100creativedays Day 45

I made a quiche and Instagram'ed it... My creative hipster work is done

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OK OK - recipe

I think I either got the milk wrong or used too much butternut. But here goes:

Bacon
Butternut
Onion
Rosemary

All precooked and spread in a baking dish

Then 8 eggs with half a cup of milk - pour over the mix.

Pop in the oven on about 180 celcius until browning - test the middle to check that its cooked through.

Ta daaaa and its Dukan PV day friendly

I've made it a few times. Butternut works well, bacon is a must, don't use chicken its weird in egg.... Green pepper and tomatoes are good too.