Sudokuaholics Anonymous 8

Well this little black duck will be have a major clean up for the BBQ next Sunday, so will not be going anywhere either! So there!

Oh two in a row, not that I am counting hehe!

Hello, Everyone! Finally, I have access to a computer once again - but nearly 25 pages to read. I'm off to bed, but hope to get back tomorrow. I hope you are all well!

Well but rotund Julie! Hope you are well too. Night.

Goodnight Julie.

yay Julie...we do shop in the same places....

Hi Bean, how are you?
I am just about to finish work for the day Yey!
Gail, we still love you whatever shape you are in.

Hello again. Those darn puzzles keep wasting all my chat time! (I must be the slowest on site!) All this talk of food is making me hungry ...
Bean, how would you rate that cake? (I don't usually put the icing on it, by the way)

Judy, I would rate it a YUM!

Ooh, thank you Gail!!
I've been looking at the recipe - it is very long, but if you want it, here it is ...

Hummingbird Cake (Annette Sym's)
2 cups SR Flour
2 egg whites
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup apple sauce (from jar, no additives - I use IXL)
1 tsp bicarb. soda
1 tsp mixed spice
3/4 cup drained, crushed pineapple, in natural juice (from can)
1 cup mashed banana
1/4 cup (125g)chopped walnuts (I prefer pecans)
cooking spray

Preheat oven to 180C
Drain pineapple, keeping juice for icing.
Using electric beater, in a large mixing bowl beat egg whites and sugar for 1 minute.
Stir bi-carb. into apple sauce (it will froth), and add to bowl. Mix in mashed banana, walnuts (or pecans), drained pineapple and mixed spice. Blend ingredients together well.
Gently fold flour into mixture in one go. DO NOT BEAT, as this will make the cake tough.
Pour into a 19 cm round cake tin that has been coated with cooking spray. Bake 35-40 mins., or until firm to touch in centre.
Allow to sit in tin for 5 mins. before turning out onto wire rack.

Icing (optional)
1 cup icing sugar
2 teaspoons reduced fat margerine (Flora Light)
about 1 tbs of the saved pineapple juice.

When cake is cool blend icing ingredients in a small bowl until smooth. Spread over cake top.

In humid weather keep the cake refrigerated.

Post it into the Recipe page too please Judy, then it can be included in the Sudoku cookbook (and I will be able to find it when looking for it!).

Done Gail, though probably breaching copyright ...
Shhh!

Mum's the word!
Thanks for doing that Judy.

You're welcome! Anyway, if enough people like it they'll all run out and buy the book, so really I'm doing her a favour ... right?

Now I must go - Rob's coming home early so we can go to the gym. See my halo? :)

Yeah, but it's a little tarnished and slightly tilted!

whooopeeeeeee son just got back from driving test and he PASSED

Good evening all -
Nola - hope the little one feels better soon and her Mum & Dad can get some rest.
Brenda - Whooppee indeed! Good on him.
Judy - those Annette Sym cookbooks have some good low-fat recipes in them, don't they? My daughter and DIL swear by them. I only cook when I HAVE to!

Now I will mind my manners and say good morning everyone.

I meant to say earlier in the day - nice to see Bean around the pages again.
Broni dear - you WILL let us know what you want us to do/bring etc for next weekend, won't you? I'll try to talk to you before the end of this weekend if we can connect.

OK Cyn, I have been slack and still need to sort out the spare bedroom and am in PANIC mode. Yes I am yelling.
For those on SA I am looking for salads and desserts, bring your own grog! Will be around all weekend Cyn and Mon and Wed. Teresa is coming with me on Sat to pick them up and we will be going "somewhere" to show them around. EEEEK! panic mode.

Take a deep breath Broni, everything will be fine so stop panicking.

Yes I know Brenda, just BREATH!

Hi Broni...I'm all stuffed up in the head at the moment...dust mite allergy...I have been attacking my 'boxes'...

I have been enthused by Junes activity and now yours..I'm trying to find my way into the lounge room...winter is coming and there is a heater in there... ALSO the Telstra technician is coming tomorrow and there is NO WAY anyone can near the 1st phone point in the house...
New resolution...stop shoving all the junk in there every time I clean up!!

Judy I thought your cake was yummo *****
I must look out for her recipe books... I mostly only use low fat and low GI recipe books now.

Cyn thank you for welcoming me back... I am very out of touch with all that has been going on...missed pages +++ while we were off air. I will post some of my photos of Keith's after we are back up speed...it takes too long to upload, shrink, download and then upload photo's to my page at this snail pace.

I can't remember if I have eaten anything since breakfast other than a banana... [I have been very busy]... the glass of wine I just had has made me think that I probably haven't!!! Wwoooo....

Ok Broni - will work on a Salad and a dessert - that's what I expected but now will consult my food advisor (sister/gourmet cook) on what she thinks would be a good idea. I'm thinking Greek Salad and I found a really diabolical recipe for a raspberry cheesecake on - wait for it - a chocolate brownie base. Will check out whether I think I'm capable of doing that without messing up. I was thinking pavlova or lamingtons but neither are my forte and I expect they have probably tried them before.

Head spin, Beanie??

Congrats Brenda's son..on getting your drivers licence.

Yea!!! ALL the ironing and folding up to date, including today's wash !!!

Seamstress will be happy, more time to spend sewing, without feeling too guilty!!

Sigh!!! Time to fling you know what...

Chops (lamb) with Bangers and Mash , steamed veg and onion gravy.

Bon apetite.

Cyn..not quite spinning...fuzzy...have eaten now so should be ok!
pavlova...you don't want it compared to our very own pavlova queen...she really is VERY good..
That diabolical cheesecake sounds like the go to me...might have to just jump on a plane and come up... spare bed Broni? [don't panic..I'm joking..]

but then again...didn't get around to ringing Keith and Lynne to say goodbye...

I am known for my pav...

Broni, chill out dude. Keith and Lynne are just like us, easy going and down-to-earth. They will love you, foibles and all.

Spare bed here that weekend, Bean. I did offer it to Viv. It's there if anyone needs it.

Brenda, as I said earlier, have not caught up on all the news, so did not know that son was going for his license.

Huge congrats to him, it is such a relief when they get it, it is like the final cutting of the umbilical cord!

Good morning all! The weather is getting warmer! By the weekend it is supposed to get up to the 80's!! Probably a record!

Brenda, congrats to son passing! Woohoo!!!
Now the scary part, when they're on the road by themselves! Yikes! I still get nervous when Meghan takes the car out and she'll be 21 in 6 weeks and has been driving since she was 16. It's not just them and their inexperience you worry about, it's also the crazy drivers out there on the road! Boys seem to be much more natural driving than girls.

Angelina Jolie is filming her new movie "Salt" in Albany today. They are closing the road to where Jerry works from 8am to 4pm, so he'll be stuck. (It's the ramp into the Empire State Plaza where the state offices are.) I don't know if she'll be there. I'm debating whether to go down and see. It's not very often that a movie is filmed in the area.

MizT, only Ian will be coming with us. We'll be passing right by Brendan's college but it will be very early in the morning and his finals start next week, so I don't think he'll come. We'll stay overnight at my sister's house. Even though her house is full(D1 and her 3 kids, D3, her hubby and daughter, and S1 live there and D3 will be there for the weekend) we usually find a place to squeeze in. If S1 sleeps over his friend's house, we'll take his room. We'll come back on Sunday afternoon and stop by to visit Brendan on the way back.

Good Morning ALL,

Stella, I see forecast from 81 to 85 for the next 5 days, here. You say it is early for temps in the 80's up your way?

OH, that hummingbird cake sounds delish. Would make it now, but no bananas in the house, bummer. Thanks for the recipe. Is that just one layer cake pan from my set of 2? or is it a larger pan? Me and metric, cannot convert CM once you get past 10.

Congrats Rolanda, so happy you have one pair of shorts finished. OH MY, 3 at once? Each with 2 secret pockets? You will be the secret pocket expert after those!

Congrats to the new driver, the roads will never be the same again! Brenda, are you happy to have a new driver in the house? When my first got her license, She also got the job of running many local errands. She loved being seen out and about in an auto, and I loved not having to do them.