Sharing is caring!!

Hi lovelies,

As you may or may not know i've launched a share and win Mama skirt competition..
The lucky winner will win a custom mama skirt including postage.....FOR FREE!!

Just my way of saying thanks for being here and a gift to one lucky mama for mothersday :)

I'll collate all of the entries the evening before mothersday and draw the lucky mama out of a hat on mothersday ~ when I can :)
( This is a game of chance and who ever I pull out of the hat wins, no if's or buts!!! Okay..)


So please go forth and Share, Share, Share!! On Facebook and instagram (kylie1rubyroad)
Share on both to gain 2 entries!!
**make sure your settings let me see your shares!

Love Kylie x

Cheesy Bites

Hi My Dears :D

Firstly I apologise for the length of time between posts!
A LOT has been happening in the world of 1 ruby road indeed!
Here's a small snap and I promise to fill in the gaps ASAP!
1. We went unconditional on a little house after months and MONTHS of stressful looking

2. I decided to change our families lives and go sugar-fructose free, additive free AND organic as much as we can too!

3. Settled on our house on the 21st of DEC 2012...STUPID IDEA!!!!!

4. have 3 weeks of manic renovations, packing, moving...fitting in a Christmas and new years somewhere! (also a birthday and anniversary :/)...all with our 4 kiddos underfoot...DO NOT RECOMMEND!

5. Our beautiful Town of Bundaberg was Devastated with floods :(

6. Our girls started their new school and miss 5 started prep... after a bit of a delay due to the floods (anti~climax to the MAX! Miss 5 thought she had to wait ANOTHER year! :/)

7. We raised a FANTASTIC $1800 for the Red Cross Flood appeal via an auction on our facebook page... CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU!!

8. Hubby took 3 weeks off work to ripout and replace our DISGUSTING dumpy kitchen and replace it with a functional, CLEAN and stylish new one!! Huzzah!!!
In the included 3 weeks our youngest grub (miss 3) fell ill with a BAD tummy bug...it was horrendous and she had to be monitored in hospital twice...Oh and in the thick of the spew and poo bug our washing machine died...YAY! :/
AND we bought a new one and it took a week to arrive DUE TO MORE FLOODING! Gaaaaaaa!

9. Hubby is now back at work...and miss 3 is back at daycare.. freeing up 10mins for me to share a recipe I posted this morning on my instagram!

Cheesy Bites!

These are so tasty! They remind me of cheese shapes actually! Bare in mind my taste buds have changed....so if you are still a sugar eater it might taste different to you??????
Ps...maybe not decide to make them at 7:30am for your kids lunch...You WILL be late for school! ;)

So here it is...

Ingredients:
75g butter chopped (NOT marg)
100g Plain Flour
100g cheddar or tasty cheese (grated)
approx 1 tsp water (I just put a splash in to make it less dry, if your game you could use lemon juice!)
salt and cracked black pepper to taste
(I used 4 turns of salt and 5 turns of pepper...my kids like pepper! and it doesn't taste "spicy" to me at all)

Method:

Place butter and flour in the food processor and blitz until mix resembles breadcrumbs.
Add the cheese, water or lemon juice, salt and cracked pepper and blitz till it forms a ball.

remove the dough and plop onto some glad wrap...roll into a log...wrap and put in the fridge for 20mins for the butter to set. (this step is VITAL or your bikkies will just be a crumbly mess)

After 20mins break into walnut sized drops and roll, pop onto a lined baking tray and press with a fork. Should yield about a dozen or so bikkes with that size.

Pop into a preheated over at 200 degrees for about 15mins...till golden.

Enjoy Hot with a cuppa or cold in the kids lunch box....YUM!!!!!!

*Please note...this recipe is NOT gluten free but could easily be adapted with gluten free flour
*We eat FULL FAT in our sugar free diet...I'll explain more in my next blog post!
*I used organic flour, cheese and butter for Woollies Macro range (LOVE!!)

Let me know if you cook these and your thoughts! Take a pic and hash tag #1rubyroad on instagram for me to take a look! ALSO follow us on instagram at kylie1rubyroad.

Love xx

happenings...

Afternoon M'dears

I have been away from facebook most of this week getting orders finished up and in the post, I'm hoping to have the rest posted out by next Thursday (at the latest!)

I have had so much fun sewing with the latest mama skirt fabrics...
so summery!

Here's a pic of some of the skirts that left for their new homes yesterday.

 

 

Aren't they pretty!!!
I was tempted to keep the one in the middle ;)
i've also sewn up OVER 150 little hand quilted coasters in the last 2 weeks! Whoa!!

I've also been giving our blog a spring clean/face lift! Hope you like it! It only took me 12hrs! ;)

We added to our brood 2 weeks ago....
Here name is Lou~Lou and she is such a JOY!

 

Lou~Lou was a rescue kitty from the dump! Our girls wonderful/fantastic/special family daycare educators looked after her and hand fed her for the first 8 weeks of her life!
Below is a pic of Lou~Lou before her eyes and ears opened...awww!

Best get back to it, I have a hot date with a sewing machine and my order book.... then searching for a sugar free cake recipe for miss 11's, 12th Birthday this Sunday!.....Oh and maybe think about making a  start on organising and  packing for our move on the 21st! Eeeek!

Ps...Any sugar free cake recipies would be appreciated...just link me in the comments! TIA xx

Love

Share Winner

Evening lovelies!! Sorry for the delay in announcing a winner! I've had this post ready to go but forgot to push PUBLISH! Eeeeek! Sorry xx

I'm here to announce the lucky winner of our "SHARE" competition!!

BUT before I do i'd like to take the opportunity to Thank those lovelies who took the time to share!
Thank You!! xx

Without further a do....

The Lucky WINNER is....

Kelly Brown! Yay Kelly!!

Please email me at convo_1rubyroad@yahoo.com and we can arrange delivery of your prize!!

Food...glorious FOOD!

Evening dear ones,

I promised a recipe for apple pikelets...sans sugar!
so here it is!!

1.5 cups of S/R flour ...white spelt flour works as long as you turn it into S/R first!
(1 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder and 1/4 to 1/2 of a teaspoon of salt to every 1 cup of all-purpose flour.) Wholemeal flour does NOT work! Lol....I tried!!
300ml of butter milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
1tbs xylitol or 2tbs caster sugar, stevia/natvia
1/2 cup pureed apple (fresh preferably!)
butter for frying

Method
combine flour and sweetener of choice in bowl, make a well in the centre. Whisk egg and buttermilk together in a jug. Add egg mix to flour, whisk till smooth. Stir in puree.

Heat fry pan over medium, melt a dob of butter and spoon batter into pan. There good to turn when small bubbles form. Eat cold...OR straight away with butter!! YUM...

My kids went NUTS for these! The apple adds a natural sweetness and is a great way to use up apples that have lost their crunch!!!

Eat for brekky or in a lunchbox cold.

These were all that was left after brekky....they were all gone by lunch!!

Other things we have had this week are:

Simple coconut cake

Preheat oven to 180

1cup shredded or dessicated coconut
1cup S/R flour
1cup full cream milk
1/2 cup Xylitol  OR 1 cup sugar
 (we used just under a half a cup of Xylitol...note when using xylitol you won't get the same rise results as sugar)

Method:
In a medium bowl add all ingredients and mix well till combined. Pour into a greased round cake tin and bake for approx 35mins.

Tastes yummy warm for afternoon tea

I also discovered some fresh whole egg mayo in the fruit section at woolies so we've been enjoying using that!

Crunchy Tuna wraps..
Whole wheat mountain bread
Large can of tuna (good quality) in pure olive oil (chilled would be best!)
stalk of celery (chopped into tiny pieces)
1 cob of sweet corn removed from husk OR small tinned corn
about 2-3 good dessert spoons of your fresh mayo
alfalfa or shredded lettuce
makes about 5-6!

method
drain oil from tuna, add to bowl. Add your chopped celery, corn and fresh mayo stir till combined.
On your piece of mountain bread add mix down one side (like a tuna sausage!) then put your alfalfa or lettuce on top or beside (be careful not to over fill!) then roll them up and enjoy!
My Father in law had 2!

Miss 5 LOVES beetroot so today I made a simple beetroot dip for her. It consists of a decent sized baby beet chucked in the food processor and chopped tiny but not pureed. Along with about half a tub of cottage cheese pulsed in the food processor to combine.
It still has the beetroot flavour but can now be spreaded onto a sandwich or use plain crackers to dip!
I broke up pieces of the mountain bread, drizzled with olive oil and cracked some sea salt over them and placed under the grill....YUM!

I have to say that eating healthy has been more expensive...initially BUT I've found some GREAT Organic, Additive free, Low or NO sugar alternatives at Woolies and Aldi that are in our budget without the usual sugar and preservative laden foods we'd buy...and I'm feeling so much more confident in feeding my kids Fresh foods!
Just a side note: We use full fat milks, cheeses and yogurts. I believe in getting back to basics is eating foods as close to their natural state as possible and osteoporosis runs in females in my family so I'm dosing myself and girls up on calcium now!!! Lol

Hope you got some ideas there for healthy snacks for your family


Love

Chocolate Chip Cookies (wigth chickpeas!!)

Evening Lovelies :)

As promised a recipe for the chickpea/choc chip cookies!!!!!

Preheat your oven to 180 degree (moderate)
line a cookie sheet or baking tray with non stick baking paper

Ingredients:

half a cup of Xylitol (sugar free, diabetic)  (I used just under half a cup and they were sweet enough for us)
OR 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup of organic butter (or reg butter or marg)
2 large organic free range egg whites (save the 2 yolks for homemade mayo!)
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 425g can of chickpeas drained and rinsed
2 cups of choc chips (I used pure cocoa nubs from the health food shop, and only 1 cup....this ingredient is expensive!!) Lol
3/4 cups of chopped walnuts or macadamias (optional)
3/4 cups of raisins (optional) raisins will increase the sugar/fructose content
2 cups of organic all purpose flour (or reg...I'm on an organic diet)
1/2 old fashioned steel cut oats
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Method:

in a bowl cream the butter and xylitol (or brown sugar), when nice and creamy smooth beat in the 2 egg whites and vanilla till mixed.
Add in the choc chips and drained/rinsed chick peas (might want to use a tea town around your bowl if using beaters or a kitchen aide...they fly everywhere!! LoL) (add in the nuts and raisins now too)
Add the flour, oats, baking soda, salt. Mix on a low speed until a thick dough forms.

Roll into tablespoon size balls and place onto baking tray, press gently with a fork.
Bake till golden...Approx 12-15mins.
DO NOT OVER BAKE!
Transfer to a cooling rack and ENJOY!

Store in an airtight container for around 3+ days.

Next time I cook these I'll be adding some chai seeds to gibe them some added extra nutrition wise. About a table spoon should be plenty :)

These are SUPER yummy and my hubby and 4 kids have not even batted an eyelid at the chickpeas or xylitol! There is NO yucky aftertaste with xylitol compared to stevia or natvia also! Yay!!!

 

I'm currently turning this

 

into homemade slowcooked, sugar free tomato sauce!

 I'll let you know the results!!!!!

 

Love

houses

Hello again!

As I mentioned in my last post that we had finally taken the plunge and purchased our first home!

We have spent most of this year looking and dreaming about our family home... my dreams were vastly different to my hubbies! :/

Our house is the second we have had under contract in as many months with the first one not coming back with a satisfactory building and pest :(
I have been the primary negotiator in everything and it has taught me A LOT about sales people and myself!!!

I ALWAYS get asked all the time if I live at 1 ruby road (no I don't!) but I couldn't resist looking up houses for (crosses fingers) that last time for a while and here's what I uncovered!

Houses of 1 ruby road!

Houses of 1 Ruby road!!!!http://www.trulia.com/property/3083622170-1-Ruby-Rd-Chadds-Ford-PA-19317

http://www.newenglandmoves.com/property/details/507360/MLS-71436508/Lot-1-Ruby-Road-Gardner-MA-01440.aspx

 

 

How CUTE are they??? Totally up my ally or road ;)
Can't wait to share pics of our little 60s cottage in the next month...(once the tenant is out)
Sqeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :D