Filling the pantry

Well, the  weekend was a bit tiring. Little Fran was a bit unwell, running a high fever pretty much all weekend, steady at 38. We weren't really sure what was wrong, so we decided to take a little trip to after hours Doc to make sure wasn't anything serious. So, Doc said it is a viral tommy infection and it should go away soon, and fever should come down soon. Still you can't help it but to worry about it, specially when those sad little eyes look at you like saying "mami please help me am sore".

In between Francisca's naps I manage to get a bit of jam in the pantry. We had run out of all the nice homemade jam  made by mother-in-law. So I took the blackcurrant and raspberries from the freezer (that she had given me) and made about six jars (500ml each) of fresh yummy and juicy jam. I learn that blackcurrant set a lot faster than rasberry jam. I only had to boil blackcurrant for 3 minutes and it was ready, and the concistency is like plum jam. On the other hand, raspberries took about 15 minutes(or more) of boiling to set. Must be pectine content that makes the difference. Anyway, I never had blackcurrant jam in my life before and it taste pretty good, I am sure it will go nicely on some freshly made scones... yummm

This is us, on Saturday trying to hide the tired faces.

Alison Holst Books.

Yesterday I went shopping, I used my gift card from whitcoulls and I bought two books from Alison Holst the 100 Great Ways to use Slow Cookers and Crockpots and Baby Food and Beyond - Revised Edition.
I tried a recipe already from the slow cooker book. We had some people over for dinner tonight and I decided to do a Lamb curry. I know I don't eat meat, but I don't mind cooking it, specially using the slow cooker it is just so easy. Everybody seemed to like it, so may do it again...perhaps when Clive comes around next.

Next time I need to try some of the desert dishes from the book, yummy...