pumpkin pie, tassie style

Step One. Decide that it's a good afternoon to cheat, and buy pre-made pie crust.


Step Two. Make pumpkin pie using awesome and super simple recipe.


Step Three. Realise you have boatloads of pie mix left over. Add a bunch (that's an exact amount, no really) of SR flour and make pumpkin pie mini-muffins.


Step Four. Stare in horror at the mess you've made. Decide to blog instead of cleaning up.


Step Five. Eat pie for dinner (no-one wants a photo of that).

because it was on special and I was having a crappy day...

And I cooked a stirfry in it tonight. Waaaay better than a tiny frying pan!

Wok + glass of red with housemate + chocolate = much less crappy day.

while waiting

a review, of sorts

I just finished reading The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson. By the end I couldn't put it down, so that should speak for itself. But actually, it took me a couple of weeks to get into it. I read only a couple of pages at a time and wasn't really sure if I'd read the whole thing.

My problem? The world Sanderson has created is just so different from ours. It's rich in detail and culture and such, but my goodness it's complicated at first. It was overwhelming. By about 1/4 of the way through I had it figured out enough to really enjoy the story and characters, so I'm really glad I persevered, but it really took a while.

That's actually all I'm going to say. You should read it.

lazy day

Today was good. For the first time in aaaages, I had absolutely nothing on. And so I achieved absolutely nothing and it was amazing. Messed around with photoshop, went for a down hill walk with Mum (Dad picked us up so we didn't have to walk back up the hill in the rain), watched a DVD I'd already seen and read a book.
And now Mum's cooking dinner, so I don't even have to worry about that. Takes me back to simpler times.
I am SO lazy.

i sort of wish i was a food blogger

It turns out that I have a slight Joy the Baker obsession. Not weirdly, and it's only slight. But I love her recipes, and it would appear that they're the only things I've cooked lately that I've taken photos of.

(cinnamon sugar pull-apart bread)

It's possible that most of the rest of what I've cooked has been toasted sandwiches, but I digress.(mustard roasted potatoes)

Anyway, again with the pretty new camera and photoshop. It's quite hard taking food photos at my house because there's not a lot in the way of natural light. We live in the shadow of a mountain in half a house with very few windows. And according to practically every food blogger I've ever heard talk about photography (which is THOUSANDS*), natural lighting is best. Luckily, photoshop is my friend.


* Joy, shutterbean and the pioneer woman. Ok. Three.

sum fotos

I bought a new camera a couple of months ago. Have I said that? Anyway, I've been experimenting a bit, cos it's a digital SLR and has about a thousand settings to play with. And then there's photoshop :)
Love.
Anyway, thought I should show y'all a few.

Not quite in focus. Silly little moving insects.



Saturation!

Actually, I think I'll post the rest later, they're mostly food-y.