caramel popcorn

Last night we made salty caramel popcorn for dessert whilst watching a movie with the children.  So good and we have decided this is a new favourite. So much cheaper than buying the bags of popcorn and even as good as our lovely organic popcorn, which we make sure everyone is addicted to.   We found the recipe on google, although I did see an amazing recipe for salty caramel on The Circle this week. Unfortunately we didn't have glucose so we were unable to do this. Time was slipping away as well and we need something quick and easy.

Our very dear and lovely friend lent us a few dvd's to watch and we have been enjoying them immensely.  We watched some of Julie and Julia and cooked the whole time whilst watching.  I think we would have been starving if we hadn't it was grand and I am looking forward to watching the rest whilst ironing.

We decided to try a farmers market today as we were running low on a couple of things that we need. Normally we only go on a Saturday to one of the four favourites that we like. Given that there are five  Saturdays this month we will need to find another one so today we went to Templestowe Farmers Market and was so surprised at all the wonderful things there. The kiddies made friends with some lovely new stalls especially Ursula at the baked goods stall. We made juice before we went to starve off the hunger pains and then the children found the Breakfast Doughnuts and scoffed 2 each.  Ursula was happy to make a fresh hot batch for us whilst we waited and the Red Headed Hurricane told her how beautiful her goods were and he would be happy to come and help her make things.  He was free during the school holidays and would visit her then.

We all had a lovely time there and enjoyed this one so much we are definitely putting it on our schedule.  We bought tomatoes, a passionfruit tree, spinach plants and peas.  (snow peas and shell peas).  Some ham, bacon, beans, apples (yes some more can believe that!) and oranges. A lovely big box full for $10 picked fresh, eggs, pumpkin, onions and some herbs, sages was given to us 2 lovely bunches, so we I am finding some recipes for these and some coriander.    The children walked around eating and drinking the whole time for gifts that they collected along the way.

Off to plant some spinach and peas which we were told would get 2 years out of it. When the seeds come up we pick them off and the leaves would re shoot. (the spinach that is)  We need lime to help the soil. We are taking the tomatoes out now and then preparing the soil for the peas as well.  One of the compost bins is full and full of worms, they fall out there is so many when we take the lid off so we will use some of that plus transfer some of the worms to work in the other compost bin.