Saturday 28 February 2015

Project 365 week 9


Well another bog standard week, nothing much exciting happening here, so I give you more of last week - food and geocaching, with four of the grandchildren thrown to balance it off.


Sunday

Have been looking for handy nutritional foods to eat in between shifts at work. I get lunch at half eleven and don't get home for my tea until half seven so need something when I finish at two and the canteen is not open. So I cooked up some bananas and apples sprinkled with cinnamon. I then mixed up three eggs with some milk and poured it over the fruit, sprinkled some omega mix on topped and popped it in the oven for 15 mins until the egg was set. Very nice sliced it was.


eggs, fruit and omega mix




Monday

I went into the local park to pick up a new cache that is there and thought while I was there to go for my walk. But sadly they have shut off a lot of the paths as they are felling trees so I did not get as far as I expected, only managed two muddy miles, but I did find the new cache.

tree felling in progress


Tuesday

Between food and geocaching lately my life must seem repetitive, but hey ho I enjoy it, not to mention the exercise. Today when I was in town I checked my e-mails and noticed three telling me that three new caches had been published along the River Ayr walk. Well I was in the area and when I got chance to go and get them it appeared nobody else already had. In the world of caching there is a slight prestige in finding them first and logging them as a FTF ( first to find).

So I parked the car and was getting ready to set off when the heavens opened and the hailstones started, but I just dug out my waterproof trousers, zipped up both my jackets and set off regardless. I found the first cache, to find that two other cachers had beat me to it, but hey ho I was out now and so decided as the sun was out I would just carry on and get the other two.

I had just picked up the second cache and was leaving the scene when I spotted a couple walking along staring at their phone, acting like they were looking for a cache. and they were -  so I shouted "you have been muggled" and laughed.

They admitted they were looking for the cache, an they were one of the others that had beat me to the first cache, and it turned out they had also found the other one and this was their last. We had a good blether and introduced ourselves. So as at this stage my trousers were covered in mud from where I had slid down the muddy hill side I gave them the hint that the cache was at the top of the hill. So I managed to find all three of the new caches, walked two and a half miles, got battered by hailstones and covered in mud but I really enjoyed it.


Mr and Mrs Ayrbrain



Wednesday

Think there is a pattern happening here, we are back to food as I have not been anywhere interesting today and tea was a disaster from a photographic point of view, tasted good but fell apart just before I popped it in the oven.

I made some biscuits while I had the oven on. Peanut butter and oatmeal cookies with raisins in. Had some with a drink of hot chocolate.


only managed one,they were filling



Thursday

Well its not food and its not geocaching. The older two came to stay today as they normally do on a Thursday. They decided when they got here they were going to play on their phones, one on Facetime and the other watching videos on youtube. After tea they decided to play with the knex bricks, so I left them to it. They came and got me to play games when they felt like it, so we had some happy families, some frustration and lastly deuce.

playing nicely with Knex





Friday

Is toddlers day, and as daughter runs the toddler group then Bob gets dropped off there. Had hoped to get a few action pics of the gruesome twosome enjoying playing with or on something, but both of them were grumpy and sitting on mum's knee, oh well maybe another week. Had I had my camera when I dropped  n on the way home I may well have got better pictures, like Minky playing with the cat basket - I mean what else when you have hundreds of toys?


on mums knee at toddlers






Saturday

Back to food.....sorry folks.....lol.

I bought a bag of bulgar wheat the other week and was looking for suggestions of what to do with it. A few people suggested throwing it in the bin as its tasteless, but I bought it because of the nutritional value. So if it is tasteless I needed to make it with something full of flavour.

I only made a smallish quantity as was not sure what it would be like. But I took a cup of orange juice and brought it to the boil, Added a banana cut into small pieces and tossed in some diced dried apricots and some raisins. Simmered for a few minutes, stirred in half a cup of the bulgar, switched off the heat and left it for thirty mins. For most normal people you could probably just stir the fruit in after it had cooled but I cant eat uncooked fruit.

Not sure why they spell it different but all google searcher come up with it spelt bulgur.

That is today's snack at work sorted




TheBoyandMe's 365 Linky .

32 comments:

  1. I really must get Mummy on to this geocaching thing! Sounds fun! You have had quite a busy week!! #365

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    1. you should get mummy out doing it, I am sure you would all enjoy doing it.

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  2. Lol to the food pics Elaine! We are obsessed with food hey! All looks healthy though! We've not yet tried Knex here yet. Maybe now big monkey is almost 7?

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    1. It is healthy enough as far as food goes, better than junk food. Knex can be difficult but I think a 7 year old should manage to make things with them.

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  3. I like the look of your egg and fruit creation! I found it very interesting to read about your geocaching - I like the idea of trying to be the first to find one. I hope it happens for you soon!

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  4. Your first pic I guess is like a sweet omelette?! I wouldn't think to do that but sounds good. Never tried bulgar wheat, sounds interesting though :)

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    1. yes I suppose it is a sweet omelette, like to experiment with different things, and its adaptable to use what you want.

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  5. The geocaching trip sounds eventful, must be nice to meet like minded people, especially when you've beaten them to the cache! Thanks for your FB comment earlier too x

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    1. your we3lcome to the FB comment. It is nice to bump into like minded people, and even better when they agree to be pic of the day and mingle on hobby with another!!

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  6. That egg slice sounds lovely, now my tummy is rumbling!! I really need to try geocaching - I think the family would enjoy it but no idea how / where to start

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  7. The egg and fruit dish sounds delicious. You do seem to experiment quite a lot with your cooking and pick out some healthy dishes.

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    1. I am trying my best to stick to low carb high protein and as I am new to this its nice to - you just don't get to see the disasters!!

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  8. I love bulgar wheat and have it with everything. I put it with chicken and salad for lunches, or serve it with salmon which is nice.

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    1. going to try adding it to mince to bulk out burgers this week I think. What do you add to it to give it taste?

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  9. It sounds like fun geocaching. It is something we haven't done but I bet Joseph would enjoy it. Those cookies look lovely, I love peanut butter :-) bet they were perfect with a coffee. Hope you have a good week x #project365

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    1. geocaching is great fun, you should try it, even the twins would enjoy it and it gets you out and about.

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  10. Those biscuits sound amazing, must try making them.
    Interesting to read about your Geocaching too. :)

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    1. they were very nice, sadly they were all eaten over as few short days....lol

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  11. i so what to get underway and get out for our first geocaching trip! .. Elaine those biscuits look amazing! xx

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    1. the download the app onto your phone and get ging Mrs, look forward to reading the result

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  12. those peanut coolkies sound yummy Elaine and that sweet fruity egg slice. i have never tried bulgar wheat though and i think your sweet take on it sounds nice x

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    1. have been using the bulgar wheat in a number of things this week.

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  13. I like all the photos of food! The peanut cookies look amazing and the egg & fruit dish! Yum! Geocoaching sounds very exciting!
    Lovely photos!

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    1. egg and fruit is just that bit different, and great for people like me who cannot eat raw fruit

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  14. If we had known we were would have our photograph taken when out geocaching we would have 'dressed' lol those were hubby's words just now when I showed him the photo.
    Yes, to all the folk who read your blog, Geocaching is fun and good exercise, and cheap, I started with a secondhand gps unit to see if I would like the sport first. Now I use my phone although hubby uses my GPS that he bought me as a replacement a few years ago when I decided I liked the game.
    Ann (Mrs Ayrbrain)

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    1. I have a fellow blogger who started with pen and paper last year as she had no other means to do it and wanted to try it, enjoyed it that much they bought a unit.
      Tell him shirt and tie for my event then as there will defo be pictures.....lol

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  15. Hi Elaine
    My blog is mycornerofscotland.blogspot.co.uk

    Regards Ann

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  16. I would never have thought of making a sweet omelette! We haven't been geocaching for ages, although several feet of snow would make it a little tricky at the moment :) Like the sounds of those cookies...!

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    1. yes that much snow would make finding a cache difficult, bit like the nettles and brambles in summer

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  17. There is nothing wrong with repetition if it is things you enjoy! Your homemade cookies sound really yummy. Geocoaching sounds really interesting I really should see if there is anything near to us.

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    1. geocaching is a fad pastime, and yes your right repetition is my life so it is good

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  18. You have got in interested in geocaching now, is this something I really want to start ;0)

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