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Friday, 9 December 2011
Gluten Free Dairy Free Vegan Pizzas!
It can sometimes be a bit of a challenge to make party style snack foods on a gluten free dairy free diet...but I think we hit the jackpot with these:
The bases were made using Hale & Hearty Quick & Easy Pizza Mix which is by far the best gluten free mix we have tried (and we have tried quite a few...in the name of research of course ;-)). We made up the mix, rolled out and cut into 3 inch circles with scone cutters. The circles were then topped with tomato paste, some dried Italian herbs and grated Mozzarella style Cheezly then sliced tomatoes and sauteed courgette & red onion. Cooked for about 15 minutes at 200 degrees and voila - delicious mini pizzas without a sniff of gluten or casein.
Yum yum.
The bases were made using Hale & Hearty Quick & Easy Pizza Mix which is by far the best gluten free mix we have tried (and we have tried quite a few...in the name of research of course ;-)). We made up the mix, rolled out and cut into 3 inch circles with scone cutters. The circles were then topped with tomato paste, some dried Italian herbs and grated Mozzarella style Cheezly then sliced tomatoes and sauteed courgette & red onion. Cooked for about 15 minutes at 200 degrees and voila - delicious mini pizzas without a sniff of gluten or casein.
Yum yum.
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Making Pomanders
In Elizabethan times, people believed that the Plague was caused by foul smells, so they made pomanders to keep the air smelling sweet.
Yesterday, we made pomanders. This is Waif's in progress. I think this lovely chap will definitely keep the plague away this winter :-)
Monday, 31 October 2011
Halloween Art
Oh my, has it really been that long since I posted on here?!
Thought I would share the rather fabulous posters the boys made for Halloween this year. The instructions are on That Artist Woman's blog. If you haven't been there before, do stop and check it out. She has some wonderful projects for kids of all ages.
Here are a couple of progress shots:
And here are the finished articles. First up Gman (11):
I just love the little devil fella top right. He started out as an owl, but then when Gman stuck the nose on upside down, that changed! A great lesson in the art of accepting mistakes, and realising that sometimes great things come from them! Gman was especially pleased with his extraordinarily gruesome eyeball :-)
Next up, Waif (6):
Possibly the cutest, saddest Frankenstein's Monster you are ever likely to see!
Thought I would share the rather fabulous posters the boys made for Halloween this year. The instructions are on That Artist Woman's blog. If you haven't been there before, do stop and check it out. She has some wonderful projects for kids of all ages.
Here are a couple of progress shots:
And here are the finished articles. First up Gman (11):
I just love the little devil fella top right. He started out as an owl, but then when Gman stuck the nose on upside down, that changed! A great lesson in the art of accepting mistakes, and realising that sometimes great things come from them! Gman was especially pleased with his extraordinarily gruesome eyeball :-)
Next up, Waif (6):
Possibly the cutest, saddest Frankenstein's Monster you are ever likely to see!
Friday, 22 July 2011
An ICAD tribute to home education
When I bought a magazine this morning, I was given a complementary copy of a well known national newspaper...rather than waste it, I thought I would just start snipping words that attracted my attention and put these on my index card. It ended up as quite a tribute to the joys of home education, so I thought I would post it on here!
The boys have continued another week with the ICAD Challenge. Here's a card each from their week:
Gman -
Waif -
The rest can be found in our Flickr set here.
The boys have continued another week with the ICAD Challenge. Here's a card each from their week:
Gman -
Waif -
The rest can be found in our Flickr set here.
Friday, 15 July 2011
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Felt like making pizza
I know, it's been a while :-)
But couldn't resist sharing Waif's felt pizza with you:
We roughly followed this tutorial. I cut the pieces out but Waif did all the sewing. Very proud of him :-)
There is so much I could be reporting here. The boys have been busy making lapbooks, and writing poems and stories, and just generally soaking stuff up, but where's the time?!?!
They are still continuing with Daisy Yellow's ICAD challenge. Here's a couple of recent cards from each of them.
Gman:
Waif:
If you wanna see more, check out our Flickr set.
But couldn't resist sharing Waif's felt pizza with you:
We roughly followed this tutorial. I cut the pieces out but Waif did all the sewing. Very proud of him :-)
There is so much I could be reporting here. The boys have been busy making lapbooks, and writing poems and stories, and just generally soaking stuff up, but where's the time?!?!
They are still continuing with Daisy Yellow's ICAD challenge. Here's a couple of recent cards from each of them.
Gman:
Waif:
If you wanna see more, check out our Flickr set.
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