fast but slow............

Time is flying by...........this time in 2 weeks i'll be in Sydney at the Quilt show.................catching up with lots of friends...meeting some online friends......checking out the amazing quilts.........shopping supporting the shops who make the effort to go to the quilt show............I know it is a huge effort and I was disappointed to find out this last week that a shop I loved visiting last year isn't going this year  :(

Anyway the blog meet is going to be on the Friday and i'll put some details up when and what time etc in the next few days...........

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The slow bit is the slow cooker marathon I was on.............4 days in a row I cooked in mine and this in another recipe we used...........I wasn't in town so couldn't try some of your recipes........

heard a couple of girls have tried Lisa's whole chicken and said it was beautiful............

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Butter Chicken........

sort of followed the recipe...........I had a couple of trays of chicken legs and put them all in the slow cooker and added the packed mix and onion, 1/2 cup tomato paste and a large tin of crushed tomatoes (my addition to cover the chicken a bit better)..........it worked out fine and I served it on a bed of rice..........

Thanks to all the girls who put up posts and/or a tip/recipe in the comments............I added that post to the left sidebar and added more links to the girls posts as they have put them up..........i'll still add more as I find them............need to go shopping for a few ingredients for some.........

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Supposed to have some friends coming to sew this weekend but rain is forecast so who knows what may happen.............

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

Slow Cooker recipe weekend..........

Hey does anyone want to join me.............

With a big cold weekend forecast for at least South Eastern Australia and everyone had so many great suggestions I though if today and over the next few days maybe you could post your favourite recipe for the slow cooker.............

Yeh I know you could google slow cooker recipes but I do love the recipes best that I get from friends.............

So today I am painting a room and the slow cooker is going on now..........

This is one of my quick ones and wonderful in the campoven too............

Mild Chicken Curry

McCormicks have some other great slow cooker packets too

I vary mine as needed..........unfortunately I can't always get coriander even though I love it so today with the packet i am adding

 chicken thighs 

(they say 1kg for the packet but I only have 760grams)

1 x large onion

2-3 x carrots peeled and sliced

1 x green capsicum chunks

1 x 400g can coconut milk 

I'll flour the chicken pieces before I pop them into the slow cooker.

I won't pre cook anything today........

Mix the coconut milk with the packet mix and place everything in the slow cooker.....

hoping this will be lunch so high setting for 4 hours

I also have a bunch of bok choy that I will add when I come in to cook the rice

Joolz posted this slow cooker lasagne and I will be giving it a try as soon as I get the ingredients.

Go dig out your recipes and if you post one on your blog pop a link to your blog in the comments so we can check out the recipes.

I love meals like this in cold weather............

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

PS we got 39mls of rain which is wonderful..........

ADDING links here
Deb's Mexican Chicken
Lisa tells how she does her Roast Chicken
Narelle Beef and Vegie Soup

Jane's Chicken and vegies
Sisbabe has her Chicken Casserole 
Sue Meatloaf
Fiona's "Cheating" casserole (she told me it is cheating)
Kris' Burgundy Beef with cheese & herb dumplings
Sue's chilli dish
Sue's Meat Loaf
Lise's Silverside
Chookyblue's Pumpkin Soup
Bev's Chicken and Lentil Curry
Gayle's Beef Stroganoff

I'll keep adding links here so if you look at this later and want to do your own post with a recipe then leave a comment here and I will add links as required..........

cheap chairs........

Hey what do you think of my new chairs..........

on the weekend I checked out some second hand shops...........then I was told there was a second hand shop at the garbage tip so I called in there............

they had some good stuff  and some very ordinary 

BUT

Look what I found for the sewing space.....

grey and black is definitely NOT my colour for sure but hey they were a bargain at $5 each and are very solid and if I recover the bases they will look much better.......

The 5 chairs cost me less then one chair at any of the other second hand shops..........

Chookyblue

Slow Cooker /crock pot recipes..........

So what's for dinner at your place..................

Sausages with tomato and onion gravy is on the menu at my place...........

I'll do some mash potato to have with it.......

I speeded this one up by giving the sausages a quick cook in the fry pan first and then into the crock pot..........

usually I am lazy and just like to throw everything in at the start and give it an occasional stir.......

Used one of the slow cooker packet recipes with it.............

Sometimes I do my own thing...............

what do you like to cook in a slow cooker/crock pot.............

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

cooking, shearing, autumn.........

Extra cooking this week for shearing...................scones

Choc Chip Biscuits........

also did Anzac Biscuits and a chocolate cake.........

Shearing.............

more autumn colour...........

a great succulent..........

clear sunny day.............chilly nights......

.....couple of light frosts this week......first for the season...

Really need some rain.........

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

Bloggers meet = Sydney Quilt show???

It's only a month away in Sydney but throw in a weekend away, visitors and the June long weekend and it will be here...............

So anyone going????

Thinking Friday????

Craft and Quilt Show details can be found here

I know quite a few people going and I should be there for a few days but what's the best day to meet up............

If your going what day are you going???

Would you like to meet up?????

leave a comment here or email me.............

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

Autumn in the garden.........

My garden is a pretty hardy garden.........but I am enjoying the little bits of autumn colour I have at the moment............

Crepe Myrtles.........something special every season from them..............

My Bouganvilleas are flowering.............this very dark one just starts to flower and sometimes gets frosted...........love this dark colour...............

these 2 are on a trellis together they flower numerous times...............

pods on a Goldenrain Tree...........

Chinese Tallow Wood

the leaves on the right are from a second tree I have in the garden and although no very far apart has much more burgundy in the colours

Pods from a Queensland Lacebark

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mothers out there............
Have a wonderful Sunday
Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

does this look better................

No wonder I couldn't see the mistake................lots of you girls couldn't see what was wrong either...............now I feel a little better..............

Was hanging out waiting for an appointment yesterday and got this one fixed................

see the one I pulled out...........

And instead of trying to tackle the other one and fix it I worked on a new one.............

Just loving working with these fabrics............

Bookwork is calling..........

.....enjoy a nice sunny day before the cool change comes thru on the weekend...........

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

can't see for looking............

not much sewing going on here at all........life is busy..........

.....these are cut and some glued but I needed some more papers............

I got one finished..............can you see the problem.......

.....and I have taken the papers out of the star....bugger........

and then I was dumb enough to do it again................seriously what kind of an idiot am I????

No actually don't answer that question..............this will be easier to fix then the one above...........

lets hope sewing restores to this blog...............

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue