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In a recent post I suggested that the popular entrepreneurial venture of a lemonade stand was a good activity that was free, yes, I know the lemons and sugar will cost but you will make that back when you sell the lemonade!

Here’s a recipe I found (Juliet Moxley book again!), I haven’t tried this recipe so don’t blame me if it’s foul and you don’t make any money - only kidding, how foul can it be, it’s just lemonade!

Lemonade

You need;

4 Lemons
4 tbsp castor sugar
Water

A Pint Jug

1. Cut the lemons in half and squeeze the juice with a lemon squeezer (I don’t have a lemon squeezer so I would use a fork).

2. Pour the juice into the pint jug, add the sugar and enough boiling water to dissolve it, stir well.

3. Fill the jug with cold water and refrigerate. Serve with ice*.

*Tip Charge a premium for your lemonade by making lemon ‘n’ lime ice cubes. Cut thin slices of lemon & lime, cut into triangles and put one of each into an ice cube tray, top with water and freeze.

A while ago I was approached by a McCain representative offering me FREE samples of their new gourmet range, not one to say no to free food, I accepted.

We tried three varieties from their gourmet range, to be honest, although I accepted (free food!) I was pretty sceptical. I don’t usually buy these type of ready made potato products as I find them expensive and they usually have that fake potatoey taste with too much cheap flavourless sauce added to make it vaguely edible. Hmmm…. here is my honest opinion on each product!

Cheddar Mustard Gratin

This was tasty, potatoes layered with mustard and cheese sauce topped with cheese. The potatoes tasted ‘real’, and the mustard wasn’t too strong. We had it with ham, and for a quick meal I was very impressed. So far so good….

Potato Crumble with Four Cheeses

Layered potatoes with a four cheese sauce and crumbly top. Thick potato slices with a nice rich sauce. The sauce was a pleasant surprise, cheesey, thick, and not drowning the potatoes like the usual watery concoctions I have tasted. My only complaint would be it could have done with one more spoonful of sauce. The crumbly topping was a welcome departure from the melted cheese standard. All in all very good and a perfect quick tea served with ham or salad.

Diced Potatoes with Leek, Onion & Parmesan

This dish was afforded the least expectation (I expected it to be rubbish!), but it actually delivered the biggest surpise of all. Crispy little roast potatoes with bags of flavour mingled with roast red onion and leeks. The parmesan was present but more in the background I would say. Very tasty, and would be difficult to guess that it wasn’t homemade.

Apparently it’s National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day ?!? Happy Peanut Butter & Jelly Day everyone!

I don’t usually do memes, mainly because I rarely get tagged (all say ahhhh), but my friend Megin has tagged me and I thought it would be a good departure from my bumper book review.

Instructions: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what they are. They must be songs you are presently enjoying. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.

1. Grace Kelly - Mika

2. Patience - Take That

3. Tiny Dancer - Elton John

4. New Shoes - Paulo Nutini

5. Alfie - Lily Allen

6. These Arms of Mine - Dirty Dancing Soundtrack

7. How to Save a Life - The Fray

And tag 7 people…. Glennia, Trent, Michelle, Hsien, Ben, Leslie and Asha

If you loved me you would…right here. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

It’s my birthday today and amongst other things (thorntons chocolates, silver bracelet, cool waters lotion, poker voucher) I received a costa coffee card. It’s kinda like a credit card but for coffee and you can’t get into debt You credit the card with cash and use it to buy coffee on return visits. I used it today, what a good idea, especially for parents. No more scrabbling around for cash while juggling jimbob the giraffe, a dummy and whingeing young’un.

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Photo by flickr user noodlepie

1. Childbirth will happen when the baby is ready, not when you are ready.

2. Patience (real patience!)

3. How to put someonelse before myself

4. Parental love

5. How to Blog

6. How to prepare formula milk

7. How to Podcast

8. I am quite entrepreneurial at heart

9. The colour green suits me

10. That next year I need to aim high, because when I aim high I’ll always achieve something even if it wasn’t the full ambition.

Part of Instigator Blog’s ‘What I learned…’

I was on amazon looking for a link to baby barney when I found this super cute baby barney costume

Fussy has organised NaBloPoMo, which is a blog posting challenge borne from NaNoWriMo which is a challenge to write a novel during the month of November.

The long and short of it is that I’ll be writing an engaging, interesting and valuable post here every day in November.

Think I can’t do it - subscribe to watch progress!

Check out this burger made with a whole pumpkin!