My Yummy Fortune

{Fortune Cookies}



A while ago I purchased a box of fortune cookies. They were fun to eat and to open them up and see what the messages were. Lachlan really enjoyed them too. 
I found a recipes on one of my new favourite blogs : Our Best Bites
I set about making a batch with my own messages. Lachlan thought it was pretty special to have personalised messages in them.


Ingredients:


1/2 C flour- If you have bread flour, use it.
1/2 C sugar

1 tsp vanilla- or sometimes I use 1/2 almond 1/2 vanilla

2 egg whites

Method:

Preheat oven to 200°.

Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper*. Draw 3-4 (3-inch) circles on paper. Turn paper over. Spoon 1 teaspoon batter into center of each of the drawn circles; spread evenly to fill circle. Bake at 200° for 5-6 minutes or until the cookies are brown just around the edges and a little toward the centers. Remove from the oven. Let sit for a few seconds before removing from pan. Working quickly, loosen edges of cookies with a spatula, and turn over. Place fortune along the centre of 1 cookie. Fold cookie over so the edges meet ; press edges together. Gently pull the ends of the cookie down over the rim of a small bowl (or Jar); hold for a few seconds or until set. Repeat procedure with remaining cookies.
Makes about 24 cookie.

(Sorry the photos are a bit rough, i took them with my phone)

Write out little messages for your fortune cookies

Whisk all the ingredients and set in fridge for 1 hour

Working quickly (within seconds) flip the cookies over
and pop the message into the middle.
Fold the cookie over.

Bend them over the edge of a bowl or glass

Leave them to set for 15min

To finish of my cookies I dipped them into some melted chocolate and then into some sprinkles. These would make a beautiful little gift for someone with their own personal messages inside them. 

Icy Poles

{It's Too Cold..Brr}


My Mr Lachlan is in love with his Icy Poles. When he eats all of his dinner of a night time he gets his special icy pole. The other night he said to me " Mum wouldn't it be AWESOME if you could make your own icy poles"
It reminded me of when i was little and my mum used to make me icy poles, i too thought the concept was "AWESOME" when i was 5. I had a look through our Tupperware cupboard and found the very containers that i had when i was little.  So Lachlan and i set about making our own icy poles. I must say i like this option a whole lot better than the store ones. 
I use 100% fruit juice which is much healthier for my boy. 

Loopy Ties

{Fruit Loop Fun}


So it's school holiday time. I love having my boy home with me, but its surely a task to keep him occupied. 
For the school holidays we sit down together and plan out what we are going to do. We try and have an activity on everyday so we dont get the "I'm borrred Muuum" scenario.
This is just one of the little activities we did. Lachlan enjoyed doing this one, he particularly enjoyed eating the fruit loops that didn't have holes in the centre (especially because he has never had fruit loops before).
But most of all it kept him (us) occupied for a while.