A Year Of Blogging

It's been a year since I started my blog. Well a year and one month today to be exact. I'm a month behind on posting. When I first started I really didn't know much about blogging. I moved to another state that was unfamiliar to me. I didn't have any family at all or friends. I had to start my life all over again with my 5yr old at the time. The hubs family lives here and they've been kind to me. I didn't have my mum, gran (Lola), brother, and sisters here. I was living in the middle of nowhere. There were times I felt very alone and I would find myself crying at times. I think that's a natural feeling for anyone isn't it?

When I lost my gran I was heartbroken. I was having a hard time healing. I started taking courses in Cake Decorating which I found quite therapeutic. I learned about blogging when a girl from class said she had one. I was missing loads of food I used to eat particularly the one's that Lola used to make. I started teaching myself how to cook home made meals. 

One day decided I would go for it. I would start my own blog I began visiting other blogs and saw amazing dishes, beautiful sites and photos. I started taking photos of what I was cooking and baking to keep records of what I have accomplished as a new home cook. I didn't have a proper camera so I've used my mobile phone. I discovered that I had a passion for cooking, baking, and collecting cookbooks. I found joy creating meals for the family. My kiddies are my biggest fans and sous chefs.

I started meeting blogger friends online who all have the same passion for food, creating them as well as eating them. I found myself drooling over everyone's dishes and being inspired by it all. I'm very thankful for the few who had been with me since the beginning of my journey as a blogger. They have often left me kind comments and to be honest their comments has helped my mending process and lifted my spirits. 

It's been a fantastic experience and I'm learning from each and everyone of you. I'm thankful for everyone who's joined my journey and the new one's that have just now stumbled upon my blog. I've learned that "Food does feed the soul."

TTFN : )

Kale Chips

Yesterday's weather was pretty strange. It started out very windy, not too cold, and the sky and clouds were shades of grey. After a few hours the sound of thunder began. My son remembered the story I've told him about the thunder. My sweet boy said "Mummy they're bowling up in the sky"! You would remember reading the story about the thunder from a post a while ago. In case you haven't read it, when I was a little girl my grandparents would tell me that the sound of thunder were the gods bowling. The sound I hear was the bowling ball rolling down the lane and the pins being hit and falling. The first time I told my son this story there were lightning as well. He said to me "Mummy they have a camera too"! It started to rain which made me happy. There's just something about the rain that soothes me. I guess I long for it more because we don't get much of it in the desert really. It was a short rain, the sky cleared up, and dried up all the rain (the itsy bitsy spider....)lol. It got very hot again and my allergies started to bother me. Now, I'm awake typing this blog with my left eye shut from the swelling red and burning. The right eye is the same but not as bad as the left.

My sissy and niece came by for a visit yesterday. We just had some smoked brauts and I made some Kale chips. They are so good! My sweet boy and daughter loves them. They are very easy to make as well.

I'll tell you more about that green drink on the left on my next post.

Ingredients

3 stalks of fresh Kale
3 tablespoon olive oil
sprinkle of seasoned salt or any seasoning you like

Method

Set oven to 350F
Wash kale, cut the the leaves from its stalk and pat it dry or use a salad spinner if you have one. Place parchment paper on baking tray. Lay them flat on the baking tray and drizzle olive oil. Sprinkle with seasoned salt and bake in hot oven for 10 minutes. You want it to be crispy not burned. Then enjoy with your favourite drink!