Winter Colour

I was feeling very cold yesterday and longing for spring when I looked out my kitchen window and saw this show of colour.

Once I had photographed it I decided to go for a walk through my garden to see if there was any more colour about?  I was quite surprised at the amount of colour there was in winter.

 When last did you stop to see what was in your garden ?

Blessings

Tuesdays Treasures (Vol1-6)

Today's treasure is another Usborne book. I think this book is incredibly clever in it's use of language.

The Usborne Book of

Things People Do  

Details:

• Author: Anne Civardi
• Illustrator: Stephen Cartwright
• Publisher: EDC Publishing
• Pub. Date: 1985
• Copyright Usborne Publishing Ltd 1985
• Pages: 40
• Dimensions: 9.13 x 12 in..
• Edition: illustrated
• Language: English
• ISBN: 978086020864-8

This engaging book will keep your children busy for hours.  Each page is filled to over flowing with information.

From the back of the book:
This entertaining book is all about the work people do in different sorts of jobs. Set on an imaginary island called Banilla, it introduces a crowd of interesting people and shows some of the events that happen in their daily lives. There is Mayor Naze, the mayor of Banilla; Ivor Hose, the fire chief and Penny Sillin, the doctor, as well as Manuel Laber, the builder; Honor Toze, the ballet dancer; Phillipa Pale, the dairywoman and lots of others.

Have fun exploring the island of Banilla and carefully examining each page to see the different jobs that people do in and around town.

Kumara Soup (NZ recipe)

 Ingredients:   

• 2 small onions (1 large)
• 3 medium kumara (Sweet potato)
• 1 teaspoon butter (or margarine)
• 1 Litre chicken Stock (I like my soup thick so used 500 ml)
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 medium leek
• 250 ml cream (optional)

Method

Finely chop leek & onion

Fry onion & leek with butter till tender. Add curry and fry for two min.

Peel and chop sweet potato and add to crock pot

Add fried leek and onion and stock to potato

• Cook till sweet potato is tender.
• Purée using a stick blender till your soup is a smooth consistency.
• Serve warm with bread or a dash of cream for a creamy taste.

I like my soup quite thick so if you want your soup to be of a runny consistency add in extra stock or cream for a creamy taste.  Kumara is the Maori word for sweet potato. We made this soup as part of our Expedition Earth journey to New Zealand.

Thank you Mrs C in Christchurch New Zealand for this lovely soup recipe.

Blessings