Congratulations and felicitations!

[wiseheart]

Happy Birthday, red_day_dawning!



I hope you had a terrific time, with family and/or friends, yummy food and lovely presents!

We had a quiet day over here. I went to the supermarkets in the morning because Aldi had craft paper on offer, and as you all know, I haven't got enough paper to work with - only half a cupboard full! *g* The patterned ones were ugly, but I bought two thick pads of pastel-coloured ones, in two different weights, so I think I'm covered with card material for the next year or five. ;))

I also worked a bit on the baby book. 10 pages are finished now - two more and the cover to go. Plus the binding, of course, although binding a paper book is only half as stressful as binding a felt one... which I still have to do, too. A lot of work until the end of the month, and almost a week is gone already. *sigh*

At least I didn't have to cook today. We ate the stuffed kohlrabi from the day before yesterday - I must say, warmed up it was even better than freshly cooked! Tomorrow we'll have the bi-weekly cleaning frenzy again, so we agreed to have Apfelkrapfen for lunch. Mum volunteered to make the pancake batter - that is always her job - and I'll deal with the apples and the frying.

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[meathiel]

I really have to make stuffed kohlrabi one day ... it sounds very yummy.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It is! And also very easy to make. *switching to German for vocabulary reasons*

Für 4 Personen brauchst Du dazu 500 g Hackfleisch, 150 ml Reis, 1 Ei, Zwiebeln und Knoblauch nach Geschmack (ich benutze pürierten Stoff, den ich in Tuben kaufe), Salz und Pfeffer. Den Reis dünstet man zuerst halbweich, dann mixt mann das Ganze zusammen und füllt damit die ausgehöhlten Kohlrabi. Vom übrig gebliebenen Gemisch macht man einfach Klöpse. Das Ganze wird dann in einen großen Topf gelegt, mit Rinderbrühe aufgegossen, so daß Kohlrabi and Klöpse gerade bedeckt sind, aufgekocht, und dann auf kleiner Hitze gedünstet bis die Kohlrabi weich sind. Dann nimmt man alles raus, schmeißt die ausgekratzten Kohlrabistücke und die klein geschnittenen Blätter (ohne die dicken Adern) hinein und kocht es erneut auf. Wenn die Kohlrabistücke weich sind, wird alles mit dem Botmixer püriert, 100 ml Sauerrahm mit 20 g Mehl versprudelt und die Sauce damit gebunden. Zuletzt werden die gefüllten Kohlrabi und die Klöpse wieder reingelegt, alles nochmals aufgekocht und heiß serviert.

The whole thing took me about 75 minutes to make; of that 60 minutes cooking time.

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I did. have a lovely day, with cakes! A citrus cake, flavoured with orange and lemon juice. Really moist and delicious.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that you had a good time! :)

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Plain pastel paper/card is always a basic. Patterns can be hit and miss, but if I have plain pastels I can trim it up with other stuff.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That is very true!

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I have never seen Aldi craft paper at Aldi! Must be shopping at the wrong time!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

They don't have it all the time — usually at the beginning of winter or spring. But I've found some beautiful ones at times. In recent years the patterns aren't really pretty: too large motifs and weird colours. But the pastel ones are still very nice.