The Love of cooking

Good Morning all,

The other night I cooked Cauliflower & Leek soup I had all the kids complaining do we really have to eat that! I had never made it before so not knowing what it tasted like I did say to them all have a try and if you don't like it you don't have to eat it!

Well they couldn't get enough of it. It was the easiest soup I had every cooked and tasted beautiful. So I thought I would share the recipe with you (I did forget to take a photo) so I have used one from the Internet.

Cauliflower & Leek soup

You will need

I large Cauliflower

2 x Large Onions/Leeks

200 grams bacon

300 mls Cream

1lt Vegetable stock

Parsley

Thyme

Dice onions/leeks and bacon put into saucepan with olive oil and start the cooking process cut the cauliflower into small pieces add to the onion and bacon add vegetable stock and cream and thyme and cook on slow for about 20 or until cauliflower is all mushy (good cooking term) at this time you can blend or keep it chunky! Pop the parsley in just before serving next time I cook this I will take photo's.

Serve with crusty bread!

Have a beautiful weekend Lisa

Beautiful Images

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Wonderful Day

Roses from my Darling Husband! He is the best Husband in the whole world

Vintage style rosary beads from my beautiful girl She so knows me and what I love.

I have a collect of old bibles so these just work so well together.

and the above presents are from both my amazing boys!
I am so lucky I really have the best family in the world.

Hi all,

I just had to do a quick post to say thankyou to you all for my beautiful messages I have had many phone calls from friends and family.

I woke up to these beautiful gifts from my kids this morning.

I went shopping with my son and daughter she bought morning tea for us we shopped till we droped! then we went into the city to have lunch with my husband and then afternoon tea with the 3 of my kids, we have an amazing dinner planned and baked chocolate cheese cake for desert!
Have a beautiful Evening Lisa

Look what I got in the mail this morning

I have two patterns and this gorgeous doll from Nicole Ellison of Raggedy Old Annies

A New sewing book this is the third one from the Sewing Homestyle by Tone Finnanger.
I would love a couple more.

Good Morning all,

Well it's my birthday tomorrow and I have a couple of presents already my wonderful Husband has been so busy and this is what I opened already I know I should have left them till tomorrow I am really bad at that.

My beautiful kids keep reminding me every day how many sleeps I have to go and this morning they all said Mum only one more sleep to go. I'm glad they are counting, we have this tradition that every birthday they all come and wake me really early and all sit on the bed and we open presents then I normally have breakfast cooked for me. Tomorrow I have planed a day out with two of my 3 kids as one of them has a day off for study and my youngest I home school so it should be a wonderful day and I plan to have lunch with my husband as well.

Have a beautiful day Lisa

New Hair style and loving it

This is after my hair was cut.

Before.

I went to the hairdressers this morning long overdue, it always makes me feel so good after my hair has been done, It had grown so much and I thought it was time for a change.

Have a beautiful evening Lisa

Things I love

I just wanted to share a photo of some things i love. Have a beautiful Evening

Lisa

My Creative Space

Well I hope I am not to late "My Desert Cottage" held a "where bloggers create" party on the 31st July. I was so inspired by so many bloggers out there that I went straight to my little space that I share with my husband out Study. And set to work on fixing it up it got so untidy and I couldn't find anything. I will share with you all "My Creative Space" and I wil also share with you all the things I love. I so love my new space and can't wait to use it.

So the above photo is some things I love a vintage baby dress with a mixed media print by Natasha burns, Please pop across and visit I have a lot of her work and just love everything she does.

All of my paint brushes. And a framed vintage style postcard.




This is the sewing side of my "creative Space" my sewing machine is sitting on an old singer sewing machine base. The book shelfs above hold all my baskets that hold my ribbon button etc.


this is my other desk for doing all my creative work! and I get to look out into my back yard which is full of palm trees and a large bali hut! Just beautiful.

one of my porcelain dolls this one is sleeping and dressed all in pink and is about 14cm long

Hanging on the wall is another painting by Natasha burns this one is painted on an old board I really love the cup cakes

here is one of the baskets that contains beads that I use in my sewing.

This is a beautiful folk art painting of some old bears this one is painted by Kathy Karus.

She has a blog and also sells on ebay. But you have to be quick to get one of her peices.

up the back on the shelfs is another Kathy Karas artwork. this one is a vintage beauty bag

below is a close up of the beauty case.

You can pop over and visit her blog http://www.kathykaras.blogspot.com/

this beautiful cabinet once lived in my kitchen but we have just finished renovating my new kitchen and there is no room for it so I have claimed it for all my craft items and collections.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my little creative space, It has taken me 4 days to rearrange everything and move all the furniture, and wow I am so pleased with the end result.

Have a beautiful Day! Lisa