just an ordinary Saturday...

So I had a few things I knew I needed to do, so I didn't bother with a sleep in much to speak of and got right into it.  Firstly I made up the loaf of banana bread (thanks thermy) that those 3 overripe bananas were crying out for and started on the days 3 loads of washing.  Including changing our sheets.  

Then I made the crust for the cheesecake (thanks thermy) which was for today's ecclesial lunch- but hey!  What's going on with Arnott's Granita biscuits now?  I always do the same crust recipe but something definitely went wrong with it yesterday.   I used the usual half a packet (which is 125g) but when I spread the crust mix out onto the springform tin base there was barely enough to cover the base.  I considered crushing up another 60 g or so of biscuits but decided against it as that is what I always do, and it always works a treat.  But I will tell you now that I won't do only 125g ever again- when I tried to slide the cheesecake off the base and baking paper today at the hall it was so flimsy thin that I couldn't get it off the paper!  So tragically there was a lovely looking lemon curd cheesecake with a booby trap piece of paper underneath just lurking and trying to make it difficult to remove a delicious piece.  (It all got eaten anyway, but I was mortally embarrassed.)

After hanging out more washing I went to the supermarket and got a trolley load of the needful, and came home to make a triple batch of red curry paste (thanks Thermy).  

And I walked around the corner quick to have a look at the midday auction of a house in the next street .

Then it was time for Seb the hero to squeeze over 1 cup full of fresh lemon juice from our overproducing tree, so I could make the cheesecake filling, and a double batch of lemon curd for the topping (a double batch because I need to make another cheesecake next weekend for my mum in law's 80th).  I also made a batch of savoury zucchini and cheese muffins (some for lunches in the freezer)

and a jar full of fresh pesto (thanks, and thanks thermy) before having a late lunch when Zoe got home from a Saturday shift at work.  And because there were 2 egg whites leftover from the lemon curd I decided to make a small batch of my favourite gluten free biscuit- almond flakes.  Then it was time to pop out to get petrol and home to do some of the hour and a half ironing that is a joy every Saturday :)

After that I decided I really should start on making the Sunday savoury side of the ecclesial lunch- which was a new recipe that I hadn't tried yet from cookidoo- Torta di rose salato- which are sort of broccoli and cheese rose shaped bread rolls which you can tear off.

And a lovely big Greek salad.

I add the roast capsicum, olives, feta and dressing at the last minute, it is pretty yummy.  Dinner was just leftovers so that was easy, and then after tea I sat down to start crocheting another baby shrug in ballet pink in a teeny weeny size,  actually it's so small it might only fit a premmie.  Or a doll.

So basically just an ordinary Saturday.