YuM PuD!

So here we are on the 10th day of January… the 10th day of a New Year. We have been so busy at work that I honestly feel as though the New Year was several weeks ago! Not a mere 1.5 weeks ago!
The New Year hasn’t made a massive impact on me as yet, however is it safe to say the year is nowhere near over?

One thing I am proud of this year is making a homemade dish for the first time ever…. successfully! One of my favourite foods is YuM ChA! And traditionally when we go out to have it, we like to end it with either Mango Pancakes or Mango Pudding. Notice a trend here? LoL
As we have found a fantastic local restaurant right here in the Illawarra that does YuM ChA on weekends only Jasbelle Restaurant has made us VERY happy locals. However as their menu is limited no matter how divine their dishes are, they unfortunately do not make either of these dessert dishes. So instead of missing out, I thought I’d give it a try. And I successfully made Mango Pudding! It was so simple to make & so devilishly awesome to eat! I do believe it is the first time I’ve ever heard my fiance make a “noise” when placing a spoonful of food into his mouth!

So here is the Recipe I followed:

Mango Pudding

2 Mango
1/3 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Coconut Milk (replace some or all with cream or skim/full milk)
3 Teaspoon Gelatin

*Remove all Flesh from Mango.
*Place into Food Processor (or equivelant) & pulse briefly a few times.
*Place water into saucepan & bring to light boil.
*Whisk in Gelatin until dissolved.
*Add to water mixture the Sugar & whisk until dissolved.
*Add this mixture to Mango in Food Processor.
*Add Milk then pulse briefly 2 or 3 times.
*Pour into ramikins for individual serves.
*Chill in fridge for no less than 2 hours, the longer the better.
*Enjoy!

Couldn’t be easier?! Please give it a try for yourself!

Leave me a message to let me know your thoughts xx

Olli's Christmas Message

So it has been a very long time since I last posted & typical story.. life just keeps getting in the way! Haha.

We have some goals set for this year which are financially going to hurt us, but are necessary for the better of our future.
Dean has surgery due around the beginning of March in which we need a few thousand dollars for. Then once he has recovered, we are back on the Infertility train. We will be attempting our first try of IVF, using PICSI. We are needing to pay up front roughly $9000.00 of which we will get a fair whack of that back from both Medicare & our Health Fund. But it’s finding the money to begin with that is going to be the struggle.

On a brighter note, I am now working at My Baby Warehouse in Wollongong. I have been wanting this job since we moved to the Illawarra & applied for a position in the store a few times. I am a Casual employee, however I m getting plenty of work.

We have 3 birds as pets now in our household. Each of them I will blog about at a later date. Olli however, is pictured above wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas 2011!

As it’s now the first week of 2012 & indeed almost smack bang in the middle of Summer in Australia…. however the season has only just raised it’s head! We have the aircon on today & leading up till now, this Summer season of 2011 was very slow & quite cool. The New Year has brought the warmer weather. We have a good position where our house is situated, which brings the sea breeze in the afternoon & dies down enough to enjoy sitting outside during & after dinner in our outdoor area.

I wish everyone a safe New Year & hope that 2012 brings lots of fun & excitement to all of you.