A snapshot of our Brunch.

Sunday morning, Father's Day here in Australia, I let the Mr B sleep in.

Meanwhile I donned the gardening gloves and braved the sting of nettles for my pesto. I followed Kates at Lunchlady's recipe. I didn't have sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds worked fine. I must say I could not proceed beyond the pesto making as Mr B is the best egg poacher I know.

Mind you, no man minds being woken to be told that their poaching magic is required in the kitchen. I did have to butter him up with a kiss.

June Ten on Ten

Joining Ten on ten, it's been a while but I always enjoy being here.

1. Why Hello there Miss Circe, is that outfit Numero Uno for the day ?
2. Can you spot the kitties?
3. My late breakfast of something gluten free.
4. Circe wanted to box after my pilates class.
5. Ikea is even harder when you add two kittens.
 6. My first ever attempt at a hoodie, the lining is a repurposed dress of Beatrix's Thank you for the help Miss Funkbunny.
7. Kittens again, they were both unharmed.
8. Beatrix and nutella by the spoonful.....
9. I'm attempting to snack healthy, whilst a nutella jar is two feet away.
10. Fuzzy Phoenix coming home from camping with our neighbour.  Is he still in the same clothes he left in four days ago?
11. Oops eleven.  Too many I know, but Mr B looked too cute, earmuffs are a requirement in our kitchen.

We made breakfast in our local park.

I woke this morning and just had the idea to make our breakfast in the park.

I jump on my ideas sometimes, last week it was to have a yard sale, today a humble brekkie in the park. Well it took some preparation but it was worth it.

The Autumn weather has been just perfect. So with basket in hand we simply crossed our street and headed to the park, how easy is that.

Whilst we were there we attempted a family shot what a flop that was, there was wiggling, sunlight in our eyes, one wanting to go home, oh well it was fun and comical none the less

If you are interested here is my recipe for Ricotta hotcakes is down below, they are gluten free.

The flour mixture used in my hotcakes is gluten free and is a blend of red sorghum flour, rice flour, tapioca starch, and yellow maize flour. I have learned a ratio method for flour blending which has been so successful. Basically It's a 40% wholegrain flour to a 60% starch ratio. It means as long as you stick to this and are accurately weighing you can mix whatever you have on hand to make up this ratio. I feel better adding in the whole grains, starches just make me feel like all the goodness is gone.

Today's hotcakes were fluffy and light and so scrumptious.

Here is my recipe.

200g ricotta
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/4 cups of a gluten free flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
2 pinches of bi carb soda

In a medium bowl whisk together the ricotta, eggs and milk.
In a separate bowl combine the flour, bicarb, xanthan gum, and baking powder. Sift these together.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet, mix it all together.
Pack in a container and head to the local park.
The mixture keeps for the day quite well.
If you need to add extra milk please do, as some flours may absorb more liquids. For me the batter should be dollopy not runny.

Ricotta cream

Ricotta as much as you like
Runny honey
Lemon zest

Whisk the cream up till it's lovely and smooth.

These are so good, Circe is eating pancakes for the first time in I don't even know how long. She loves them, I feel like I have conquered something, even if it is just pancakes.

Ten on Ten - It's been a while.

I'm always inspired by "ten on ten" over at a bit of sunshine, where you take ten photos over ten hours on the tenth day of the month. Without further commentary, here's today's result.


On other news, we've been eating up a storm! Banana cake to die for, ricotta pancakes, bread so good I forget what that other bread was even like, biscuits, it's all happening here. Circe's showing the goodness of all the eating, having gained two kilos in three months, huzzah!

Coeliac Australia is an amazing resource, and we have the fatness to prove it.