The Knit Guru

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  • Muffin Tin Monday – I didn’t manage a theme…..

    Well, I just had one of those days where I spent the whole thing chasing my tail.  I got home, and was not interested in doing MTM, then I stopped, and just did it.  And I was pleased that I did. Here we have, with no panache or style:1.  Green grapes2.  Gingernuts3.  Marshmellow ducks4.  Berry… Read more

  • Apple fritters on a Sunday Morning

    Well…. I was going to make waffles…. but after all the cleaning from making naan bread last night, it was certainly time for something that used less bowls and cups and measuring spoons.  So back to the quest to make the best apple fritters in the world. Mum used to make great apple fritters back-in-the-day,… Read more

  • Saturday… lunch in a hurry

    With music lessons to get to, and reports to be dropped into school, lunch had to be a rush…. shame I left my sewing machine at school….. I wanted to try something this afternoon with it. Divided platter, with:1.  Pear, nectarine and strawberry slices (Giant strawberry actually!)2.  Gingernuts – chocolate and regular for comparison.  Prefer… Read more

  • Thursday….. ARGH!

    The day of the school Cultural Awards evening… so it was going to be a MAD day setting up the auditorium, checking certificates, polishing trophies etc…. sigh. This was designed to be snacked on at the big table where we were organising the certificates…. Bottom layer…. nectarine, pears and mini M&M’s.  In theory, a good… Read more

  • Wednesday…. food in a box….

    A particularly wonderful lunch, I may add.  Noms all round.  In the green tupperware container- 2 vegie wraps, an apricot yogurt tub.  In the bottom bento layer, waffles with peanut butter and cashew pieces with a run of grapes (which in retrospect should have little legs to become ants or something… time for ones thinking… Read more

  • Easy like Tuesday morning?

    I wish!  Yesterday was a public holiday here in good ol’ New Zealand…. so the day was a total relax-fest…. not.  With gardens to overhaul and school reports to write, there was not a lot of time for chillaxing in the sun. And on Tuesday morning…. well…. it’s rubbish day, so out goes the wheely… Read more

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