Hey Guys,
So Aldi had their first day today of their Special Buys/ Baby Event. I have always picked up some great baby bits in Aldi, I think their nappies and wipes are brilliant.
Here is what I got for the girls today.
As we do alot of Arts & Crafts at home I thought I would get great use out of the PVC tablecloth. It is at a great price at 4.99e. It comes in 3 different / cute patterns. We tried it out with some painting this evening, good quality. A must for any home with small kiddies.
Check it out here;
The pattern I chose below. Good for my two year old's vocabulary too, she enjoyed naming out all the things she saw!
On the table;
The drinking beakers at 3.49e are handy and don't spill or leak, we checked! A few colours to pick from. Have grips on them to help small hands.
I go swimming with the girls at least 2/3 times a week. We are all members in our local hotel/leisure facility so it's a great activity/option to have to keep us busy and avoid the dreaded cabin fever. As my youngest still wears nappies that means we go through a lot of swim nappies. I spotted these washable swim nappies that keep in all accidents due to the elasticated sides. At 5.99e they are worth trying out, especially as summer is coming which means holidays, beach trips and playing in the paddle pool in the garden. The design is cute with unicorns, there was also a boy design option. Various sizes available.
Pick up these nappy sacks, they are much better than the Tesco ones! 1.39e
Did anyone else head to Aldi today? Love to hear what you picked up. There was some great things there. If you were pregnant it would be a good place to start shopping. Here is the link to everything they have in the Special Buy/Baby Event;
https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/thur-21-apr/
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Hey Guys,
So recently I decided to invest in some really good porcelain cookware from a brand called Revol. Check out their website here;
http://revol-porcelaine.fr/en/materials/from-white-porcelain/
It is of very high quality and due to this has great performance, dinners I have tried so far taste great when cooked in them. The modern design and colours used by Revol appealed to me as I felt they fitted well with the modern style kitchen that I have.
The first recipe that I tried out in my new Revol Tagine was 'Moroccan Lamb with Sweet Potato and Raisins'. Recipe below. If you don't have a Tagine a normal casserole dish is perfect to use. Give this a go, fabulous dish to indulge in on a Sunday!
Here is the new cookware;
Ingredients
1/4 cup of Olive oil
700g diced lamb
3 red onions, 1 sliced and 2 chopped
2 garlic cloves crushed
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp Fennel seeds
1 cinnamon stick
1 Bay Leaf
A Can of Tomatoes
375g or two small sweet potatoes into 3cm chunks
4 tbsp Raisins
4 tbsp chopped Dates
500ml of Chicken Stock
Sea Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Bunch of Chopped Coriander
Method
1. Coat the bottom of the dish with olive oil. Spread the sliced red onion on the base of the Tagine.
2. In a bowl, combine the lamb, spices, remaining red onion, chopped coriander, garlic and remaining olive oil, mix well. Season this with salt and pepper. Pile into the middle of the Tagine.
3. Arrange sweet potato in the dish.
4. Pour in your can of tomatoes and stock and sprinkle over fruit (Dates and Raisins)
5. Bring to boil, reduce to simmer for 3 hours or until the lamb is tender.
Then serve, we used pittas and Greek yogurt. Cous Cous would also go very well with this.
It was just Yum!! :-)
Give it a go!
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Orla & Kerri X
