Summer holidays weeks 1 and 2.

A snapshot of the first two weeks of the summer holidays. Along with enjoying the wonderful sunshine and watching the olympics its been quite a busy 2 weeks. It took us a while to find our feet as we all seemed to suffer the odd illness while our bodies relaxed and got used to being on holiday and then we hit our stride. Back doing what we enjoy most  - cooking and creating.

The children have been taking turns to cook ( with a little help from mum) dinner for the family one night a week. This is what they have cooked so far :-

Aimee -
Homemade chicken kievs - filled with green pesto and cream cheese , with baked sweet potatoes and fresh vegetables from the garden.
Marmite and cheese scones.

Corbin - salmon and pollack fishcakes with peas and sweetcorn , followed by krokan ice-cream ( ice-cream with nut brittle bits in it ( Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes cookbook for kids. )


Krokan ice-cream.
Ingredients: Servings: 4 Units: Metric 
25 g butter 
75 g almonds (skinned) or chopped nuts
150 g sugar 
vanilla ice cream 
Directions: 
1 Lightly grease a piece of kitchen foil (or parchment paper) placed on a baking tray. 
2 Mix the butter, almonds and sugar in a heavy frying pan. 
3 Place over a moderate heat and stir all the time, taking care that it doesn't burn. 
4 When it's a good golden color, pour the mixture onto the greased kitchen foil and allow to cool completely. 
5 Place in plastic bag and lightly crush into small pieces with a rolling pin. 
6 Soften the ice cream and then stir in the crushed Krokan until thoroughly mixed. 
7 Place the ice cream mixture back in the freezer until it is frozen again. 

We have also been crafting too -
After my last efforts of the pretty photo frames I made another batch for Corbin's room.

 

Made Aimee a new top with some lovely Hello Kitty Fabric.

Superheroes to the rescue - made superhero masks with the kids.

Baked a kit kat and krokan  ( almond / nut brittle  - see recipe above ) birthday cake for my niece.
A sponge cake with buttercream icing and kit kats round the side and crunchy sugaru nuts on top.
We are enjoying our holidays so far and more will follow soon.