Easy Peasy Four Beans Salad

What a weekend!!!!

Full of baking and birthdays parties. Mondays are usually the day when I am on Domestic Goddess duties but not today, today I was Kaput I knew I was Kaput when I was too tired to make myself a cuppa so for the first time in a very long time I only had one cup of coffee who would have thought.

The boys requested BBQ and I nearly jumped into song "The hills are alive with the sound of music" and if I didn't have white couches I would have been dancing and jumping on them.

Since we were cooking the BBQ I just made a very easy bean salads mainly because it was the first thing I found in the pantry and fridge. so here we go it's easy and super yummy.

Ingredients

400g four bean mix (rinse)
400g corn kernels
1/2 red onion
2 slice grilled zuchinni
Balsamic Vinegar
a dash of olive oil
a pinch of salt.

Mix everything and VIOLA!!!!!! 

so easy so yummy just perfect for a lazy Monday night like tonight

In Retrospect - Hasting Street at night

This evening we walked down to Hasting street for a bit of a wander and a Gelato, Hasting St looked marvelous like a scene from a romantic movie the trees have been dressed with fairy lights the street looked so whimsical, we had to take a picture under this beautiful tree, just wonderful.

The tourists were walking about, having dinner in those amazing restaurants or they were just like us sitting on a bench at the Gelateria enjoying a delicious Gelato, while farmer Joe and I finished our gelato the munchkins ran up and down the street, I never get bored of hearing the ocean waves breaking so it's nice to enjoy them as a background noise

Well it was getting late and it was time to walk up the hill to burn off the delicious gelato we just chowed down.

Karla

In Retrospect- WhiteCottage by the Sea - Day 3

Today everyone woke up late, we had a wonderful huge hot and cold breakfast it was delish and afterwards we were all like stuffed olives so we rolled down the hill for a bit of sand, beach & sun.

we spent all morning down at the beach the munchkins running in and out of the water trying to catch waves, little miss munchkin and I were building sandcastles well I was trying to build sandcastles little miss munchkin was destroying it and eating sand.

it was getting hot so we made our way back up to our place we had a swim and a splash in the swimming pool, we had one of those days a very lazy day.

while the munchkins were having a nap farmer Joe and myself got to watch another movie one of the highlights of this trip is probably the fact we have been able to just relax and catch up in some much needed movie watching

the day is nearly over the kids have spent this afternoon swimming in the pool, i am preparing an early dinner later on we are walking down to Hasting street for an ice cream.

I cant wait.

In Retrospect - WhiteCottage by the sea Day 2

This morning we were up at the crack of dawn, we went for a morning walk along the boardwalk towards the national park, the weather was just right, the tourists so friendly.

After breakfast myself and little miss munchkin were totally kaput the boys on the other hand were full of beans so off they went for a swim to the beach while they were gone and baby was napping I finally got some time to myself to enjoy a cuppa and catch up on some tele, a cooking show was on I was on heaven.

The munchkins returned from the beach one would think they would be kaput but NO!!! that would be foolish of me, we had lunch and a swim in the swimming pool followed by a nap hoorray!!! Farmer Joe and I watched another movie - AMAZING!!!

It was early afternoon we walked down to Hastings St to have a wander around, the noosa fashion never disappoints all those amazing kaftans and accessories HEAVEN!!! just up my alley we finished our walk by stopping at the local vegie store and the Gelateria we enjoyed our chocolate ice cream.

Its is late afternoon we are laying around like a bunch of seals enjoying the sounds of the waves and the sea breeze.

For dinner we are having gourmet sausages and green bean salad.

we have really enjoyed the day of just......WELL doing not much.

Cheers

Karla

WhiteCottage by the Sea - Day 1

We woke up early this morning after arriving last night for our holiday at Noosa.  we are en route to the Eumundi markets for breakfast, to buy fresh produce and to have a general wander. It was beautiful the sun was out the sea breeze was blowing we enjoyed some hot food rotti bread, Malaysian chicken curry I know it was a strange breakfast but it reminded me of my travels to Malaysia and Fiji where that was the norm. We finished breakfast now and it's time to wander around having a feast for the eyes from all the stalls, the artisans, the homemade & handmade products.

It was getting to that time, the time that every mother knows strategically to call it quits before the munchkins start cracking up and the wonderful experience turns into the story from hell but we left at the right time so the story continues.....

We then returned to what we decided to temporarily call it "WhiteCottage by the Sea"

This afternoon we took a stroll down to the beach, the munckins are super excited about having a splash and building sandcastles.

as I sit here with little miss missy she is enjoying digging holes and the occasional eating sand, I am writing this post and I am ogling the bride and the groom that just walked past they are photographing memories just the same way we are.

Cheers

Karla
 

A keen Gardener

The other day we went to visit a dear friends of ours, she has recently become a garden enthusiast, after breakfast we spent a good time just wandering around her garden and the new things she has done to it, including the new plants she has added to her garden, we exchanged ideas on how to improve the foliage of this how to prune that, you know just the normal natter of two gardeners.'

My friend reminded me of ME  a few years ago before The cupcake lady and Farmer Joe met and came to live in the WhiteCottage. 

The things is a few years ago I knew what I liked and what I wanted I had a vision but I didn't know how to put all these things together. I remember when I was 20 years old and I lived in my little post war house which I adored and I still adore, I had a huge garden and it had some established trees but I was dying to have a cottage garden, it was pretty difficult to grow a cottage garden when we live in a subtropical weather and I had no clue about gardening or what a garden bed was. Oh lordie!!!!

Fast forward - The Cupcake lady and Farmer Joe met and a while later we came to the WhiteCottage and VIOLA I hit the jackpot farmer Joe actually grew up on a vegetable farm and he actually knew what a garden bed was (Thank Goodness) what grows well in our climate although its a ongoing learning experience for both us our humble garden is looking promising.

As for my friend she is well ahead onto having a fantastic garden, she has the enthusiasm to make her garden an amazing place and as she told me she has Google to help her when she has a question, If Google does not answers her question she always has Farmer Joe to tell her and if she wants to know what a garden bed is well she can always ask me :)


Cheers,

Karla 

*here are some pics of her pretty flowers

The Big Smoke

Today I had to run errands after school and Kindy drop off, after that I had a couple of hours to spare so miss munchkin and I set out on the train to the Big Smoke aka Brisbane CBD. 

I do go to the CBD quite often really but not usually for me, when I go it is to take the munchkins to the library and museum so there is never enough time to go and wander around the stores, but today was different I only had little missy and she was asleep in her pram for a very long time. 

I went to my favourite store to buy a few cosmetics and perfume, I know I have to admit I love wearing make up and lippie even if the only exciting thing I am doing is taking children to school,  mulching the chicken coop and attending to the vegie patch, I have to look good doing it right?

I saw this fabulous swarovski crystal necklace so fabulous but really I think it's too much for moi I don't think the chickens will appreciate it while I am telling them to get out of the way as I throw sugar cane mulch around their house.


As I write I smell delish and I am sporting my favourite Lipgloss.... you can never look to fabulous even if you are just mulching chicken coops.

Cheers 

Karla

*The Big Smoke..... The Brisbane CBD

 *My favourite place to buy cosmetics especially Lipglosses

*One can only dream........ I wonder if this necklace goes with my gumboots