emzio's birthday cake craziness

It was my best mate Emmas birthday last week and as I was on nights I decided to cook tea when her, Sarah and I were all free. We had meatballs and pasta for tea and I made her some special cupcakes. Surprise surprise I found this on pinterest. Basically put your batter in the cases as normal then just stick an ice cream cone on top then bake until cooked. I topped mine with fudge and sugar sparkles in oir favourite colour green! Plus a candle which until she blew it out I had forgotten I had bought re-lighting candles for Stevens older brothers cake earlier in the year.

a pinterest favourite

As we all know I am a bit addicted to pinterest! 
My favourite food pin so far is a rice and chicken casserole. I have had to update it as we dont seem to sell wild rice where I live and we dont like celery!

But here it is my version!

Preheat oven to 180 C. Prepare your rice as per cooking instructions on the pack. We use boil in the bag rice which I whack in the microwave. Chop mushrooms, onions and carrots and fry them with a bit of hendersons relish. Cube some chicken and add to the frying pan with some tomato paste. Start making a cheese sauce, this isn't how I normally do cheese sauce but it works really well for this dish. Put some butter and equals amounts of flour into a pan and cook together, season well, I add some English mustard too. Once the mixture has melted and thickened again add some cold water  just a little at a time and whisk, keep going till its the amount and consistency you want. Start adding grated cheese into your mixture and stir till its melted. Now your rice should be done, add your rice to the frying pan and cook off until you feel your sauce is ready. Pour the sauce over the rice and make sure its evenly coated. Put in an oven proof dish and bake for 30 minutes. Then serve!

Pin It Pinterest

So I'm a pintrest whore! Im on it on my phone and my computer loads I am slowly trying to get all my friends into it too.



See!! ^ right there whoring myself out only on pinterest of course.

Well after playing around tonight I came across a blog (http://cherishinghopesanddreams.blogspot.co.uk) that had 30 questions for 30 days and I thought why the hell not. 

Here's the list Jessi provides:

1. List 20 random facts about yourself.
2. Describe 3 fears and how they became legitimate fears.
3. Describe your relationship with your parents.
4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year old self, if you could.
5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?
6. What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?
7. What is your dream job and why?
8. What are 5 passions you have?
9. List 10 people that have influenced you and how.
10. Describe your most embarrassing moment.
11. Describe 10 pet peeves you have.
12. Describe a typical day in your current life.
13. Describe 5 weaknesses you have.
14. Describe 5 strengths you have.
15.If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?
17. What is the thing you were most great at?
18. What has been the most difficult thing you have had to forgive?
19. If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?
20. Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.
21. If you could have one super-power, what would it be and what would you do with it first?
22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?
23. List your top 5 hobbies and why you love them.
24. Describe your family dynamic of your childhood vs. your family dynamic now.
25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat? 
26. What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?
27. What is your favorite part of your body and why?
28. What is your love language?
29. What do you think people misundertand most about you?
30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for.

I will answer the first question in a new post as this is getting kinda long!

TTFN x