It's the Sticks Note!

I love Winter!

Ok, I try to love winter! It's the cold part, and the shut inside part, and the grey skies which we seem to be
having a lot of at the moment due to the 'Winter' part.

Then, Kelly from Be a Fun Mum posted this (click here), and we just knew this was the way to keep our smile on our face and bring some color and cheer back into our Winter: Pretty Painted Sticks.

This is our version of pretty sticks. My girls loved this activity and while usually I groan when it comes to doing indoor painting with a three year old because the paint usually ends up everywhere - it didn't, the focus was on making those sticks bright and happy - and not everything else! While not as elaborate as the original post, they came out great and it was really fun -  Miss 3 and Miss 6 said so!

I say give winter the sticks - Pretty, colourful, sticks! It really is a burst of colour!

 What is your fave thing about Winter (even if you are making it up!)

Footy Food Note!

I love footy food.

It must be tasty, with crunch (ok, lot's of crunch), salty, and eaten with fingers so you can lick them clean afterwards.
There must be sauce.
There is always just never enough.

This Wednesday my friend cooked up his yummy calamari. It is fried (cringe), but what's life without a little 'fried', right???  It hit the spot - oh yeah!

This is perfect food to cheer on your winning team and satisfy the taste buds.

Salt and Pepper Calamari with Lemon:

2 fresh Calamari tubes - washed and towel dried.
1 x bowl of almond/hazelnut meal.
1 x egg beaten.
Oil of choice for shallow frying - coconut oil, olive oil, it's really up to you what you use but go as healthy as you can - this helps the 'cringe' factor.
Salt and Pepper

Dipping Sauce :
3 tbs of natural Greek yogurt
1/2 clove of garlic grated finely
fresh chives
pepper and salt to taste.

1/2 a lemon each to drizzle/drench your calamari in.

Heat oil in a fry pan until really hot - test by dropping some bread in and if it bubbles and fries your ready, too hot and it will burn. Monitor the heat of the oil as you go.
Cut calamari tubes into thin circle strips. Coat rings in beaten egg, then toss and coat in bowl of nut meal seasoned with salt and pepper. Place each ring into hot oil and cook for around 2 min, flipping calamari half way. When golden remove onto paper toweling to drain off any extra oil.

In separate bowl mix yogurt, garlic, chives, salt and pepper.

Serve calamari hot with dipping sauce and wedges of lemon to squeeze over. Enjoy.

What is your fave footy food to eat while watching the game?

Have a wonderful Friday.