Best Blogs Comp 2013

 Hi all, I have entered my blog into the Asutralian Writer's Centre Best Blogs Comp for 2013. Can you please vote for it!!

Thank you :D
http://www.writerscentre.com.au/bloggingcomp/index.html

Tomato Chutney

Last month I made Tomato Chutney and now it is nearly ready! I am so excited to see how it tastes :D Has anyone else made their own Chutney and how did it turn out?

Book Review: Finishing School #1 Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Set 25 years before the parasol protectorate we see some of our familiar characters (in their younger forms) and we meet new people. Well written and just as funny as the previous series, we meet Sophronia Temminnick. She is a fourteen year old girl who is not very lady like, so her mother sends her off to finishing school. Only it's not like any old finishing school - it is an espionage school. I loved it and can't wait for the second one to come out.

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Homemade Bacon and Cheese Pull Apart

Today has been a day for baking. I found a recipe on a blog called Food Wanderings in Asia (a seriously fantastic blog) that made a awesome looking pull apart, so I decided to give it a go. Only I didn't have an Italian Loaf Roll and I couldn't be bothered going up to the shop, I made my own.

The bread roll turned out beautifully. In fact, I think it is the best handmade bread (I didn't use the breadmaker) I have ever made.

Now the recipe I got from Food Wanderings, I have changed a bit but it is still the basic recipe. I have linked the blog up on the first paragraph.

Here is the recipe for the pull apart.

1 Italian loaf, about 12 inches long 

Half a cup butter, melted

2 Tbsp olive oil

3 tsp minced onion

2-3 cloves garlic, grated

1 tbsp dijon mustard

1 bacon rasher, chopped finely

1 cup grated cheese

Preheat the oven to 200.C

Fry off the onion, garlic and bacon till just cooked then mix the melted butter, olive oil, onion, garlic, dijon mustard and bacon in a bowl. 

Cut the bread into cubes with X slices without cutting all the way through the bottom crust. 

Pour the butter-onion garlic mixture carefully into those cracks using a small spoon and over the top of the bread. Then fill the cracks with the grated cheese.

Wrap the entire loaf with foil, sealing the sides properly and bake for 15-20 minutes. Remove from the oven and unwrap, let cool down for 5 minutes before eating.

Written by Tarran J

The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society by Darien Gee

The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society by Darien Gee
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a gentle read. I loved this book. The town of Avalon has its ups and downs and we follow the lives of 5-7 core people in the book. Each one is effected by the Avalon Scrapbook Society. A witty, emotional and very moving story. It brought a tear to my eyes a few times. You get to see how one person can effect so many people without knowing it and how we can grow as a human but interacting with others.

I would highly recommend this book and if you love scrapbooking (as I do) you will find inspiration it's pages. I know I have!!

I want to now read the Friendship Bread by Darien Gee which is set in Avalon as well.

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