Fast Ed

Mr10 won a local cooking competiton and the prize was a special night at the local Bunnings Warehouse , with Mr 10 cooking with Fast Ed

It was a wonderful experience for our boy and he talked and interacted with Ed and with the audience- 160 people were booked to come.

Ed was busy entertaining everyone and Mr10 just got on with it behind him.

That is the BBQ he won , and he enjoyed his special night, but he is always a star in our home.

BBQ Brie Pizza

We have had some wonderful news to soften the sadness of our week-

My Darling Husband (DH) has got a job in our local town-
Yipee!!!!
So we do not have to move :-)

And more exciting news, Mr10 has won a cooking competion.
He had to send in his recipe and it had to be a BBQ recipe
He has won a BBQ and will be cooking his recipe on his BBQ with Ed from Better Homes and Gardens at the local Bunnings.

He will be attending a 6 day art workshop next week- Artsfest- and will be so tired by Thursday night, so I better look after him extra well this week and get him into bed early every night.

here is his winning entry.

Hello,

I love cooking and especially on the barby, I like doing sausages and steaks but my favourite is pizza, we live out of town so don't get to buy it much and it is quick and easy to do on the bbq.

Recipe

Dough

I make it in the bread machine, an hour or so before I want to cook.

water- 250ml

olive oil- 2 tablespoons

salt- 1 teaspoon

sugar- 2 teaspoons

bread flour- 450g

yeast- 2 teaspoons

BBQ Brie Pizza

1 batch dough

olive oil for brushing

2/3 cup tomato sauce

2 tablespoons tomato pesto

1 small red onion finely chopped

8 cherry tomatoes- halved

250g brie- thin sliced

handful of basil if there is any in the garden

salt and pepper

Roll out the dough.

Brush dough with olive oil and place oiled side down on medium bbq plate- grill

Cook for 6-8 mins till firm and golden underneath.

Brush the uncooked side with olive oil and turn the pizza over

Mix together tomato sauce and pesto, and spread over the cooked side of the pizza, careful not to go too close to the edge.

Arrange the onion, tomato and brie on top, sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Cook for about 10 mins till golden and crisp.

Sprinkle on the basil and serve.

This is delicious and can have any other toppings, as long as they are not too thick.

Getting back to Normal

As homeschoolers we tend to do a mixture of natural learning, unit studies and follow some curriculum for maths and english. As long as we get the basics done- maths and english and some of our unit studies on most days the boys can follow their own lead for the rest of the day.

Mr5 decided he wanted to learn how to weave today and collected a basket full of seed pods.


We strung up some cardboard and I showed him a couple of rows and he was away.


Of course Miss Em had to 'help'


He worked steadily for a while but needed to help his big brother taste some new cheeses, we will finish it off tomorrow. He is keen to make a woven hat.


Meanwhile Mr10 is fascinated by cheese and cheese making and developing his very own unit study. He is researching cheese history and how to make all sorts of cheeses and recipes to use them as well.

He has also emailed a few boutique cheesemakers and asked them some questions- he is learning so much about cheese making. We are planning on having a go at making some next week.

We are also buying a small pack of all sorts of new cheeses to sample when we go shopping, he started buying them himself with his pocket money, but I thought as it was an 'educational' expense I should cover it- lol

All that has inspired him today, to create a
spinach, cheese, bacon and egg pie


Using some of his favourite things all together-

ingredients:

4 rashers bacon, diced
1 onion, diced
250g frozen spinach
1/4 cup cream
100g fetta, diced small
4 eggs
parmesan cheese
1 sheet frozen puff pastry

method:

cook bacon on low heat till starting to crisp.
remove bacon and cook onion in same pan till soft
add spinach and cook till liquid has evaporated
stir in cream
line a pie plate with baking paper and then puff pastry
spread spinach and onion over base and mix in fetta
make 4 indents into the spinach mix and crack an egg into each
sprinkle over bacon and parmesan

bake about 35 mins or untill egg is cooked.


Our Mr10 is a bit of a cooking legend in our family and has been cooking since he was 5 or 6yo. His favourite dish to make was a beef madrass curry for a long while and he likes it hot and spicy. He has been busy doing other things for the last couple of years, but it looks like things might be swinging back again as he has been doing a bit of cooking lately.

He also made a lovely pot of vegie soup in the slow cooker for dinner- yum.


And here a couple of pics for you Nanny-
Mr5 wanted to say thankyou for his nice new fluffy sheets
and is snuggled up in them tonight for the first time.