My new toy

After many years of using my trusty Sunbeam juicer I have decided to upgrade. I spent many hours studying up on the different models and types available and decided to lash out and go for the Angel brand with all its parts being made of stainless steel as opposed to so much plastic in the cheaper models. So I hit the "buy" symbol on the website of their American company and couldn't believe it when my new juicer turned up just 4 working days later!...

 We were instructed to run a few carrots through it first to clean it...

 And then we made the first official juice...

 It extracts so much more juice from the vegetables and fruit resulting in a much nicer tasting juice...

Cleaning up is easy as well. I am very happy with my new toy and looking forward to trying some new juice combinations.

Upmarket

Today Janelle and I drove up to Perth for a day out at the "Upmarket" held quarterly at UWA. It was so busy when we got there we had to park on the verge and hope no rangers were wandering around. The first hall we looked in was mainly baby and toddler stuff but so beautiful to look at and marvel at the talent of some of the crafters...

Janelle couldn't resist a cupcake and we had a rest under my favourite tree in grounds of UWA and shared it... 

 We then moved into Winthrop Hall to look at all the inside stalls and had a photo booth session...

 Janelle was most excited to see the door to the upstairs balcony on Winthrop Hall open (has never seen it open in 4 years) so we had a look out there..

 We then drove down to Fremantle and met 2 of Janelles friends for afternoon tea at the Raw Kitchen, this time sharing the yummy cheesecake and buying a few Florentines to bring home..

A nice day out.

Happenings

A few things that have been happening over the last few weeks. We moved Janelle home after 4 years at Trinity. Now she has a bit of sorting out to do!...

 The fence men finally came to fix our fence from the big storm we had way back in June. They have been flat out fixing so many fences in town since June so we were grateful to finally get it done and we can plant our vegie garden again...

 It was time for a big sort out in the kitchen and part with some old junk. Its amazing how much more room I now have in the cupboards...

 Sweet tooth Janelle who has always loved to bake us cakes and muffins has had a change of heart and been studying a lot about raw food and nutrition. Inspired by this lovely book she has been experimenting with lots of different healthy recipes - raw and sugar free...

Raw brownie

Chia porridge

Egg and avacado salad with fresh tumeric

Maca nut balls

Paleo apple porridge

Janelle and Emma did their last trip to Geraldton to do 2 presentations on their studies and findings on Aboriginal Women and Menopause. With a bit of free time they were also tourists enjoying a few sights...

Chia tea at the Salt Dish cafe

 Sarah finished her first year exams and had one day home before heading off to New Zealand. She is doing a 3 week Contiki tour. Just before leaving for the airport...