- Made lunches and breakfasts, listened to readers and gotten the kids out the door on time.
- Washed two loads of washing and hung them out to dry together with a woolen blanket that needed cleaning
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| The sun has made a rare appearance today to dry my washing! |
- Cleaned the toilet and laundry
- Had a shower and gotten dressed (this doesn't always happen, sometimes I get so busy I forget!)
- Made all the beds and tidied the bedrooms
- Tidied and cleaned the kitchen
- Made some more chai tea blend as I'd run out in the pantry
- Cleaned out the recipe pile and found a sultana loaf recipe I had scribbled down but didn't remember what the result was
- Baked the sultana loaf, then threw out the recipe as the result was not great!
- Baked a loaf of bread and a batch of rolls
- Written the week's menu plan and tomorrow's shopping list
- Given the dogs and cats their worm treatments
- Made arrangements for dinner on Saturday with family
- Booked an appointment to give blood next week
- Booked accomodation for a belly dance weekend next month
- Made some chai tea from the new blend - its delicious!
And I have the whole afternoon stretching out in front of me to work on lesson plans and choreographies for next term.
Days like today make me feel warm and successful.
Days like today make me feel not only justified, but proud to be a stay at home mum and homemaker.
I hope you're having a productive day too.
wow you have been productive.
ReplyDeleteI'm new to your blog, I was wondering if you would share your chai tea blend please?
cheers Kate
Hi Kate!
DeleteWelcome! One day I'll write a blog about making my chai, but for now, the basic recipe is....
1/2 cup black tea leaves + 3 cinnamon sticks + 12 peppercorns + 12 cloves + 6 cardoman pods + 1 tsp cumin seeds + 4 whole allspice (or equivalent ground) + 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg. Put all except the tea into a mortar and grind it up a bit - leave it chunky though. stir into the tea leaves and store till needed. To make the chai, add 2 round tea spoons of your mix to about 2 cups of water and bring to the boil on the stove for a few minutes, add 1 or 2 cups of milk and bring to the boil. You can let it steep as long as you like. then strain the hot chai into your cups, sweeten with honey or sugar and enjoy!
remember you can alter the spices to suit your tastes.
Let me know if you make it! :)
Tracey
I made it and am enjoying a cuppa right now with my 16 son who is home sick today. We both think it's the best chai recipe out of the many that I've tried. I'm so impressed I've written the recipe on the bottle so I won't lose it. So thankyou for being so generous and sharing with us.
DeleteThumbs up to your man for his beautiful comment on this post too.
cheers Kate
Should add the label: Domestic Goddess to this one!
ReplyDeleteSo happy to have you as the "bread maker" in our family!
naw.... that's sweet! You keep being the bread winner and I'll keep on making it xo :)
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