Nik'ee cooks thru Edmonds cookbook(illustrated)

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juliewn, Oct 6, 11:54pm
Yes. thanks for sharing. and taking us all with you on your journey as you work through the book :-)

gillybh, Oct 7, 7:24am
Hi Nik'ee, loved reading of your cooking adventures and your descriptions of the food you produce.I think this project is a fantastic idea and an inspiration to all cooks, including people like me who enjoy some cooking successes and endure some cooking failures!keep going from strength to strength.

seniorbones, Oct 8, 9:09am
Looking forward to the next chapter.just a hint with the peanuts, if you roast them in the oven first until brown then put them in a tea towel and gently rub them the skins come off very easy and the peanuts are so much yummier roasted first. What did you cook today Nik'ee, gosh 5 children will keep you busy and I bet they are loving all the baking your doing! I havent got that edmonds book but sounds like its worth looking at.

twinsmakefive, Oct 9, 3:32am
Hi everyone is Nik'ee B here again, sorry its been a cupple of days since my last blog, I have 4 things to write about,
Firstly I made roast chicken with orange and rosemary stuffing, the stuffing part of this excited me as i have rosemary growing in my garden that I call my 'bumble bee' garden,I call it this because all the plants that are in there are blue or purple,these colours attract bees.
I mixed up my stuffing with fresh breadcrumbs,red onion,sage,egg,rosemary,orange-
rind, Mixed it all together and stuffed the chicken, I feelt like a cross between the chickens Gynecologist/mortician I stuffed all the stuffing i could into this bird and tryed to stop it comming out while cooking using metal kebab sticks. It baked most of the afternoon and filled the house with a wonderfull aroma.
I accompanyed the chicken with rosemary and garlic backed potatoes,I used baking paper so I didnt need extra fat.
Then today I baked 2 very easy buscuits recipes, Almond buscuits, and oat biscuits.My oldest girl 13yrs rolled them out for me(she also loves baking).they tasted great. I would recomend all of the 4 recipes Ive bloged about. thanks for reading and supporting me.luv Nik'ee B.

juliewn, Oct 9, 3:49am
Hi Nik'ee.

Thank YOU. :-) . this is interesting. a must see now to read in the Recipe threads.

The chicken sounds delicious. your family will be loving all your goodies. and your Kid's are having the opportunity to learn to cook at the same time.

Have a lovely weekend. :-)

donnabeth, Oct 10, 9:33pm
This is great reading; I can almost smell the onions browning.

Are you keeping a copy of this 'blog' to add to your recipe file! I'm sure that some time in the future you and your children will enjoy going through it again.

seniorbones, Oct 10, 10:25pm
The chicken sounds so yummy.I might try this myself and the veges, although the one herb I am not fond of is rosemary I find it too strong and gives me heartburn, so maybe just use a small amount. Its great your children are helping you to bake when they get older you will be so proud of what you have taught them and then you can visit them and eat their baking!lol.

boo06, Oct 11, 10:43pm
hay can't wait to see photos of your cake

smileeah, Oct 11, 11:46pm
I too am enjoying reading the updates as they come it. Well done Nik'ee!

twinsmakefive, Oct 12, 8:54am
Hi everyone Nik'ee B here,its been a cupple of days since im bloged, I have 4 recipes to tell you about.on saturday the 9.10.2010. we had a sleepover in the lounge sort of like a camp out watching dvds and eating party stuff it was for my daughter Lucys birthday,her birthday is today 11.10.(Monday) but had the party on saturday, all of us together over night in the lounge was her choice of birthday treat, so saturday 1st thing i made was melting moments biscuits with raspberry jam in middle of them.They turned out well agin My oldest daughter Hope helped me roll and flaten them. 2nd I made 2 batches of choco fudge(this recipe is in the original Edmonds cook book) Lucy realy wanted some so I thought i tell you all that i made fudge too. Fudge is fun to make watching it bubble away in the pot and the aroma of sweets in the air, Yum. I would recomend the making of fudge for special treats to everyone--sugar galore but it was her 10th birthday.
then on sunday 10.10. I took on a hugh challenge the 10th birthday cake, I used the edmonds Fielders sponge mix. I made 3 batches of the sponge, with each batch i divided into 3 parts and coloured them all a different colour and baked them 2 at a time in the oven(i only have 2 sponge tins), So anyway I ended up with 10 LAYERS and made different coloured butter icing to go inbetween,It was huge looked a bit like the leaning tower, Lucy looked it it made her giggle at how big it was. I was so tired after that.
4th today I made for tea for our family and the grandparents Fishpie using my project book, I made a little add on to it, I love still browning onions, it didnt say to but onions are great and very good therapy for me. This dish tasted great, we had it with salad. I enjoyed watching the small amount of cheese melt and bubble under the grill. My anxity have been very high the last week or so, so im proud that I have still been able to complete some dishes and write about it--just moving is had for me when im like this I tend to 'freeze' almost to afraid to move--I did it i moved.
Please help me to keep this thread near the top as I am going away to my retreat Monestry tomorrow 12th till sunday the 17th october, so it will be a week untill I can cook and blog again, thanks heaps to all who can comment and help keep this near the top.lots of luv Nik'ee B.

juliewn, Oct 12, 9:43am
You're an inspiration Nik'ee.

Have a lovely time away. I look forward to your return to continuing your cooking journey. :-)

twinsmakefive, Oct 19, 7:24pm
Hi Nik'ee B here, Im back from my retreat, as soon as I got back I made 4 cooking projects, I will go online later and blog about them, Im just getting my kids off to school. Be back soon.

twinsmakefive, Oct 20, 8:49pm
Hi Nik'ee B here, I finialy got online to blog, Ive been battling with anxity and have struggled to do anything I kind of get stuck and frozen, but I have 4 recipes to tell you about. 1st one I did when I got back from my retreat was Ginger bread--I loved the smells of all the spices I put into it,I frecked when it asked for a cup of golden syrup,I look at my bottle of golden syrup and wondered if I would get a cup out of it,It was just alittle short so I put abit more spices in to darken some more and it smellt devine.--tasted great,it was gone by my kidas before it was even cold.
2nd was another loaf called date and nut loaf, I started to make this it said to put dates(I also put dried appricots in receipe said I could) and boiling water and baking soda and then to sit for an hour--the mixture looked frothy and kind of keep raising as the hour went on. started on the 3rd while i waited for hour to be up. For the 3rd I made this lemon slice I made and baked a simple shortcake base then the topping lemon juice and rind and eggs and sugar and custard powder all mixed together,I used a wisk so that i could break up the egg yolks easyer, I enjoyed making this slice tasted yum and easy to make. Back to my 2nd the date and nut loaf, after the soaking for an hour I added nuts i used almonds ment to be wallnuts but hey i only had almonds and added the flour etc and baked it, it tasted yum,my kids diddnt like the nuts but they were full on ginnerbread lol.
4th dish was stry fry fish peices with ginger and lemon-- i loved making like i got to experence the aroma of browning red and white onions this time though an different aroma as ginger was added. tasted great family had it with rice and veges.
Thanks everyone for your suport and reading, my luv to you all Nik'ee B.

vintagekitty, Oct 21, 6:01am
Hi Nikee, I emailed you, did you get it!. sounds like you are doing a awesome job of it.

books4nz, Oct 22, 2:38am
Hi Nik'ee and SomethingSexy

I'm thinking of you both - anxiety can be hard to deal with - there are threads in the Health Messageboard here, and in the website www.thebigblackdog.co.nz - or www.tbbd.co.nz finds it too. It's a site begun by a Trademe member some time ago now, that many of us belong to - for anyone who is dealing with anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc.,etc. come join us if you'd like to.hugs:-)

Thanks for your thread here Nik'ee - it's lovely to read your posts.

Edited to add - you could type in anxiety and do a messageboard search on the left of your screen for other threads.

theanimal1, Oct 22, 3:04am
Nik'ee, i have enjoyed reading about your journey through the cook book, i applaud you sweetie.
Im an ex caterer and can relate to some of the struggles with having to adapt recipes etc when you just don't have the goods to use lol

I would also like to say that this quote from one of your posts really made me crack up, it was this one .

"feelt like a cross between the chickens Gynecologist/mortician "

I literally laughed out loud and got queer looks from my family lmao.

Keep up the good work sweetie, and if you do find it hard to taste any of your creations, then don't taste them, let your family be the judges etc, don't make yourself ill over the thought of eating meat, if you really can not stand it. xxx

Look forward to reading more about your adventures in the kitchen xxx

alebix, Oct 24, 3:54am
I am really enjoying reading about your blog Nikee,although I do admit I would LOVE to see a photo of Lucys birthday cake. It sounds really interesting and yummy.

Keep doing what your doing. You're an inspiration to many.

juliewn, Oct 24, 6:00am
I agree Alebix. :-) - a must read part of the Recipes messageboard. thanks from me too Nik'ee. :-)

twinsmakefive, Oct 26, 9:57am
Hi to all my wonderful readers out there, I finally got my my computer to blog, im up 36 recipes completed. I had a big baking disaster on thursday(21st october) It was for my twins Adam and Toby's 8 year birthday,the one thing I wanted to go right, It was a mud cake Id never made one before I took it out of the oven and out of the tin and---It broke in to about 4 peices :-(at first I said "we will have to eat it now for dessert" trying to pretend I was ok, but a few minutes later down on my knees crying- I was longing for a hug just to say "it'll be ok" but that someone never came, I felt so lonely and sad thinking about it now im brought to tears again,(Im sorry to pour my heart out to everyone out there,but at least you know im real).Back to the cake it made nice dessert, and I didnt have enough ingredients to make 2 more mud cakes(1 for each of my boys) I made one more mud cake, and one other cake I kind of made up the recipe for--they were ok cakes but im not going to be making mud cakes again for a while. On the top of the cakes I made spiders webs out of white chocolate and put 2 sour spiders lollies on the top of both,(kids love sour lollies im not sure why lol).
the twins birthday on friday the 22nd october went well, i made Lasagne from my recipe book,I even ate abit of it,Im trying hard to eat even though the stress of the day and the day before didnt do much for my eating.
Thank you so much for my readers comments,Its agreat encougement,I hope my blogging also keep encourging all of you.
I will ask someone whos good on the computer how I can do somekind of link so I can upload my photos, I have photos of all my dishes so far,I just dont know how to do it.
Yesterday I made shortbread it was fun to make but alittle tricky I had to be carefull not to cook them too long and scared when I got them off the tray,1 broke but I can handle that(better than a whole cake).
Today I had a big baking day 1st I made a one egg chocolate cake It turned out lovely and I iced it and called the kids,It was gone in 5mins, I will use this recipe again for sure. 2nd was yoyos, I had to be carefull with these little like the shortbread that they didnt cook for too long, iced them together in pairs they looked great. 3rd was some biscuits called "Duskies" these looked not much like the picture in my book and when I went to get them off the tary "splat" went one on the floor,-- I iced them they tasted ok, not a recipe I will be using alot.
Thanks again I blog again soon, all my luv Nik'ee B.

juliewn, Oct 26, 10:50am
Hi Nik'ee :-). and big ((hugs)) for you. you're amazing to be doing all of your cooking and baking, while caring for a Family. and sharing it all with us here. you ARE inspiring. thanks for sharing your journey. ((hugs)) x

510, Oct 26, 6:32pm
Hi Nik'ee, I'm really enjoying reading about your journey, you tell it so well, I am inspired by what you are doing:)

marywea, Oct 28, 4:26am
Nik'ee, I rang Edmonds to tell them what you were doing and maybe they could send you some product. The person answering was most impressed but said their promotion dollar was used up till june next year.They have been heavily involved in ChCh and while I was free to write and make the request I felt they were already doing good deeds. I felt very sorry about the fall of the birthday cake.

indy95, Oct 28, 5:28am
Nik'ee I am really enjoying reading your posts about your cooking adventure through the Edmonds book. I can imagine just how disappointed you felt when the birthday cake broke. I recently had a disaster when I was making a big chocolate birthday cake. The cake itself was beautiful but the filling and icing didn't work so the whole thing went out onto the lawn for the local birds who absolutely loved it ! I was disappointed and furious about the waste of ingredients and had to start all over again. It's so discouraging isn't it when you really want something to turn out well.

Looking forward to reading more of your posts soon.

motorbo, Oct 28, 5:38am
hey nikki, crying is very healing sometimes i need a good movie as an excuse to have a good damn cry, it feels great! you mentioned shortbread, i made it once about two years ago first time and omg its divine isnt it, homemade omg yummooo i might make some to take to my sons for xmas this year!

juliewn, Oct 28, 9:04am
Hi Mary :-). how lovely that you rang them. would be awesome if they were able to send some of their goodies to Nik'ee. :-)

Hope your cooking has gone well today Nik'ee.