Author: Oana
Cheat’s Cinnamon Rolls
Good evening, everyone, a late post tonight but I promise you, a yummy one once again 🙂 The Brick Castle gave me the inspiration for this one on Monday. I do love cinnamon rolls but I find the bought in ones generally too greasy and heavy after a few bites so I have been forever looking for a good, semi-healthy recipe. I say semi-healthy because dough is generally seen as the bad guy in the nutrition game and if you add to the equation sugar and fat then things get one a bit…on the wrong side of the track. But since my appetite was whetted with the very visually appealing recipe mentioned above I decided to see if I can healthify it a bit and was very pleased with the results (read: I ate most of it myself over two and a half days. Blush…) Right, ingredients used: puff sheet, ready rolled,light version 55 grams of cane sugar (I am not for very sweet desserts, plus fruit in puddings brings its own sweetness and flavour) …
Thrifty second pregnancy shopping
Okay, I am six months pregnant officially but my thrifty shopping started a few weeks back. You see, things are different from when I was first pregnant. Since then, many changes occurred in our lives: – We moved house SEVERAL times and in the process most of the baby things and apparel were donated/lent to friends/damaged/lost. – I was working as a substitute teacher back then and making my own money to buy things for baby. This time we decided it was best for me to stay at home at least until baby is six months so I have to watch the pennies hubby is working extremely hard for. – Most importantly, I was a new mum and had no clue about thrift shopping and wanted everything brand new for baby. I was reading all the glossy mummy magazines and wanted all the stuff those cute babies were featuring. This time around, I decided to do it totally different, to the delight and relief of my hubby :-). I started by asking friends for apparel …
My first ever pumpkin pie!
You must know this by now about me as I have said it so many times: I LOVE autumn and everything that is associated with it! When I still lived in Romania I loved the leaves changing colour and falling and the crunchy noise they made when walked upon. I loved my mum’s winter can and preserve-making and a good baked potato with plenty of butter. Since I moved to Northern Ireland I came to love everything that has to do with pumpkin: pumpkin soup, pumpkin carving and now, this year, for the first time, pumpkin pie baking! I researched a lot for the perfect pumpkin recipe last week. I pinterested, I Googled, I checked other mummy blogs for tips and advice. In the end, I decided to sum the knowledge I acquired into my own(sort of) recipe, taking bits and bobs of advice from here and there. But I will acknowledge the contributions: Mummy Alarm gave me the idea of decorating the top of my pie and reinforced the need to prebake my pastry …
Mama's Haven 