Kylie’s Blog in German
June 16, 2006
How cool is this?
Anaphylaxis Training at Schools
June 6, 2006
Yipee!!
During the recent curriculum Day at our school, the staff undertook professional training in the management of Anaphylaxis and CPR!! Hooray!
Without knowing the intimate details of the training, I am heartened by the fact that the awareness is increasing and the staff are trained on what to do. It is quite a simple issue to deal with – as long as you know what to do! And it ain't rocket science.
You can write an anaphylaxis management plan using the templates on the allergy website. Or a general plan of action is here.
A couple of weeks ago I went to meet baby George Eaves. If I'd had my wits about me, I would have taken a camera and posted some pics – but hey life is mad. Anyways, Jon has some pics on his blog here.
What proud parents Jon and Sue are! Little George is a good size for four weeks early, and is very healthy and thriving.
Bella and Myles came over too, however we had to take them to the park. Five-ten minutes is their limit on being sensible in an "adult" house where everything is "boring".
It was lovely to catch up with the guys and see first hand just how soppy Jon is, and to have my first cuddle of little George.
Monday little Scarlet Boys entered the world, via planned C-section. All went smoothly and Mum and Bubs are both doing extremely well. I will add some pics after I have been for a visit.
And over in Ireland, Simon and his wife have just had twins; Leah and Oliver - one of each. The kids are both doing well and Simon is as pleased as punch!
Peter met Simon whilst attending a "Music for the Media" program in the UK last November. They now collaborate on music projects via the internet – isn't technology a wonderful thing!!
Egg Free Dairy Free Chocolate Muffins
June 4, 2006
Today Bella nagged me to cook chocolate muffins – so we decided to “experiment”. This is what we ended up doing.
They turned out pretty yummy – although more fluffy mini-cakes rather than dense muffin.
Not that it matters, as Bella loves them.
Ingredients:
55g Milk Free Margarine (we use Becel)
85g Brown Sugar
Equivalent of 1 Egg using egg replacer, (we use Orgran “No Egg”)
110g Plain Flour
85ml Soy Milk
2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder
Method:
Preheat oven to 180C (175C for fanforced)
Cream the margarine and sugar.
Add the egg replacer and mix in thoroughly.
Sift in half the dry ingredients and combine, then half the soy milk and mix again. Repeat until all the dry ingredients and soy milk are mixed in.
Grease a mini-muffin tin and spoon in the muffin mix.
Baking takes about 10 minutes, to test stick a toothpick into one - it should come out clean. Allow the muffins to cool in the tin for a short while before turning them out.
The cooking time would need to be adjusted if making full sized muffins.
Makes 22 Mini-muffins (although there was some “shrinkage” due to Bella licking 
)
I reckon these might be tastier with banana in place of the egg-replacer. Also I think raw sugar might do in place of the brown?
Mmm thoughts for next time.
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