These are one of my favourite treats – so easy to make and the kids love helping. They don’t have to look good, and there’s no expensive ingredients, so you’ve got nothing to loose!
Melt butter, honey and sugar in a saucepan unti frothy. Mix into the corn flakes (make sure all the corn flakes are covered, or they won’t stick together.
Put into patty pans, and cook in a moderate oven for 10 minutes.
Keep in an air tight container (do not refrigerate or freeze).
Baruch HaShem, on the 19th of Elul 5779 (19th of September 2019) our family met with the Beth Din in Sydney, Australia and we were accepted for our Orthodox Jewish conversion! For now, here’s one or two photos. 🙂
That evening, on the 20th of Elul we got married! It was a crazy intense emotional whirlwind experience, which I can’t wait to write and share more on!
First up, I just wanted to share how I’m planning out my Rosh Hashanah prep. This year we have Shabbat, then Saturday night and Sunday free to prepare, then the 2 days of Yomin Tomim. SO, my priority for Sunday is to tidy the house a little post Shabbat (anyone else’s house get SO messy on Shabbat?!), and then prioritise decorating the table, and preparing hot food for the first night.
Tuesday through to Friday will be preparing food for the rest of the Yomin Tovim (and Shabbat). It’s school holidays, so hopefully the kids will be able to play around the cooking, and do some holiday crafts we can use as decorations for Rosh Hashanah and maybe transfer into the Sukkah as well!
Here’s the 2 day menu including some snack and dip ideas!
Rosh Hashanah Night One (Meat)
Seder plate tasting, plus challah.
Matzah Ball Soup
Salmon skewers
Pomegranate brisket
DF apple layer cake
Rosh Hashanah Day One Lunch (Dairy)
Challah (dairy!) plus dips
Zucchini soup with basil (DF)
Baked apples with custard
Rosh Hashanah Night Two (Pescatarian, Dairy free)
Challah plus dips & salatim
Roast Veg with couscous and salmon (whole fillet each)
Chodesh Tov! It’s the Rosh Chodesh of Av and I’m pumped to get into this month and delve deep!
My goals for Av are to really be IN the 9 days and feel all the feelings and connect with Am Israel in this way. Also to explore my personal chasm between my body & neshama.
My other goal is to prioritise showing my husband a bit of extra love this month with some small acts of kindness and appreciation. 🙂
Looking for Rosh Chodesh info? Check out these resources below:
At The Well’s moon manuals: https://www.atthewellproject.com/moon-manuals-all
Shimona Tzukernik on Chabad.org: https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/2091685/jewish/What-Is-Rosh-Chodesh.htm
Emails from Mindy Ribner: http://kabbalahoftheheart.com/index.htm (email her to get on the list)
I thought I would share with you some of the easier, more difficult and neutral things we’ve found so far doing this challenge.
Are you doing this as a family? I’d love to hear how you’re going! Also, the kids are going to do a Q&A at the end of the month so if you have a question for them drop it either in these comments, on the video, or over at our instagram – @sustainablejudaism
Another waste free video for plastic free july! Hope you enjoy it. Do you prefer to bring your own jars, or bags when shopping at the bulk store? I like to bring a mix of both, but mostly cloth bags. I’ve even been making my own from my stash of fabric I like to buy and never use! 😉
Let me know below what you prefer and what your favourite thing to buy at the bulk store is!
Today we had our ultrasound and found out the gender of our baby! I’m so excited to have found out to be honest. Even though I am usually quite sceptical about finding out the gender, I feel like the sonographer took the time to explain to me why it was definitely the gender she said it was. Obviously I’m not sharing that right now, or those sentences would have been a lot more coherent! Anyway, we are telling friends and people we see in person. The children know, so it’s certainly not a SECRET secret. But I don’t want to just share it on the internet, you know?
Other than that, I had a little bit of bleeding this week. Post-sex, which is the worst way to bleed in my opinion. I mentioned it at the ultrasound and the sonographer checked the placenta. It is quite close to the cervix apparently and while it’s not a problem now, I will have to have a follow up ultrasound later in the pregnancy to check it has moved (which apparently is likely). But it could be a reason for the bleeding.
I’ve got a cold which is no fun. 🙁 I guess it was to be expected seeing as it’s a bad Winter for it, and I have a low immune system due to pregnancy. Hopefully it clears up soon, it’s already been a few days, and I lost my voice!
20 weeks pregnant
We’re getting used to referring to the baby with a gender, and I actually love how this is helping everyone feel more connected to the baby. Like they are a true member of the family who just isn’t here yet. So different to the others. I mean, the children were much much younger, so it was different in that way anyway, but I’m really enjoying being pregnant and having older children.
I think I’ve had a UTI this week? I fixed it with a home remedy, but it was quite uncomfortable! This on top of my cold (when will it end?!) is really frustrating.
21 weeks pregnant
I had a midwife appointment this week, and I felt so so so much better afterwards. I hadn’t realised just how stressed I’d been feeling about everything pregnancy related, it was really nice to talk it through and have Mary reassure me!
Little baby was so wiggly that we could hardly measure the heartbeat properly! But we certainly knew they were there because we could hear the big swooshes as it tried to avoid the doppler! It makes sense that I can feel so much movement!
I measured slightly bigger (22 weeks), but that’s not a problem at this stage. Though that compared with the larger size in the ultrasound and a bit of a gut feeling is making me come to terms to possibly giving birth before my due date.
I went to the doctor today, not only to get my thyroid checked but also just to check my asthma. I’ve been taken around 6 puffs of Ventolin a day, and just coughing my lungs up. Really I feel like I’m just about coughing the baby out it’s so bad. Anyway, I was so glad I went to the doctor because she explained to me the risks involved in taking a preventer puffer (larger baby), and the risks of uncontrolled asthma in pregnancy (which I definitely had), and really there was no choice but to take the preventer. That all happened today, so fingers crossed it works, and I don’t have to be on it all Winter!
22 weeks pregnant
22 weeks! I am still sick, and holy smokes I am sick of it. The preventative puffer has been working really well, and my asthma has completely gone away. Thank you Hashem! I am still very blocked up, and am suspecting I have some sort of sinus infection, not just a cold anymore. I don’t think it’s been the flu – I’ve still been quite able to get around and do things, just tired and run down, but not bed ridden.
I’ve been trying to take it easy this week to get better. I’ve realised that this hard core cold combined with pregnancy means I can’t just rely on my usually excellent immune system to keep me going without any extra rest.
Can still feel this baby move inside me all the time. It’s quite sharp and strong, more like Eli than any of the others. I’ve started making Ahava’s pregnancy scrapbook because I got out the boys ones, and I love looking through them and comparing everything week to week with this baby. It’s a shame to not have hers! So I’ll do Ahava’s and this baby’s at the same time. Just collecting photos at this stage.
My sleep has been terrible. It’s certainly a bit better than it was (thanks to the asthma going away), but I still have a cough that likes to appear at bedtime (I think when I get cold, and when I lie down), and that combined with the numb hips and legs I get is quite distracting in the night.
Thankfully this week I got my foam roller out and did some work on that, and that night I had the most AMAZING sleep! I had listened to what the massage therapist had said when I got my pregnancy massage a few weeks ago, that the numbness was most likely from the muscles in my hips, bum, and thighs being out of wack, and put that into practice by rolling them out! I’m so glad it worked so well, and that this is something I can do at home and not have to get a massage once a week for!
5 Beginner tips for shopping at the bulk store. In this video I’ve got 5 great tips if you’re trying out bulk shopping this plastic free july! I’ve listed them below as well for easy reading. 🙂
Got a tip for going to the bulk store? Please share it below!
1. If you’ve never been before then go in one time just to look around and become familiar with the setup, what’s available to buy, and the processes
2. Bring your own containers/bags
3. Ask for help if you’re unsure
4. Bring more bags or jars than you think you need!
5. Check the weight of your containers is removed at checkout.
