Girls making pizza

Cousin Emma was staying the night on Sunday, so I let the girls help with making pizzas after their swimming classes.  They each made their own pizzas selecting their own toppings over flaky crust.  I made one for Justin cause he wasn’t interested in making his own.  I had diff  meat toppings of bacon, pepperoni, hotdog sausages, and smoked chicken;  three cheeses, mozzarella, light American cheddar and Galbani Italian  cheese and also  onions, mushrooms and pineapples.  Besides their own mini pizzas they can also have the chicken/sausage and bacon/pepperoni that I made.

girls making pizza

smoked chicken/sausage pizza

3 cakes in June and July

Aly and DH had b-days in June and Justin’s was in July.  And I just now have time to post about it.  Been awful busy.  Aly wanted a black forest cake so I attempted to make one.  Turned out pretty good.  She said it was definitely better homemade. I made choc mousse for DH again.  And this time I put brandy on the whole cake instead of half  like last year.  Justin wanted a  forest cake but with blueberries.  I made him  one like a blackforest cake but with blueberries instead of cherries and used a blueberry cake recipe instead of choc sponge.  Fresh blueberries were sprinkled on top of the batter b/f baking.  The “blueberry”  forestcake had 4 layers of cake with cream in between and frosted with cream cheese frosting.  He was so tickled by seeing blueberries on his cake.  For some reason I couldn’t find fresh blueberries that week and had to go to 3 stores to find some.  Will post the recipes when I have time.

Aly's b-day cake,

Aly is 11 years old.

Made 3 layers instead of 4.

Dh's chocolate mousse b-day cake with raspberry sauce

Choc mousse cake

Justin cutting his cake

Yummy

Aly’s lunch

Alyssa has extra classes (tuition) on M, W, and Thu after regular classes and since last month has been taking lunch from home.  I will pack what I’ve made  for lunch that day or give her left-overs from the previous night’s dinner.  She was ok with buying lunch from the school canteen.  Pretty simple stuff that she likes(tofu, chicken, green veg and rice).  Now, the rules have changed.  Children have to line up in single file and pay at the end after selecting the food.  And her main teacher has been making her class copy 2 essays after their last class.  They are always the last class to come out.   She said by the time she gets to the canteen, most of the good stuff is gone and left with yucky food.   I can actually leave her lunch at the guard house and some  ladies who volunteer  bring  them to the canteen for the children to their designated tables.  Did that a few times and she couldn’t find her Thermos.  Now, I’m forever waiting by the gate for her to pick up her lunch.  I guess I don’t mind so much as long as my child has a good lunch.  She only wants rice with meat and veg from home or fried noodles.  She won’t take anything soupy.  My firstborn is very picky.  I few times I had to buy her chicken rice from the hawker shops by the school cause I made porridge or soupy noodles.

rice with roast duck and left-over vegggie beef stirfry