Dights Falls

Yesterday we went on a cycling excursion to Dights Falls. It’s a 9km cycling trail to the place. The cycling path is really good. Well paved all the way.

There’s even one portion where we cycle along a creek. I couldn’t believe there is such a scenery in the city. It makes you think whether you are still in the city or not.

Very good cycling path all the way

The whole way was so peaceful and serene and occasionally you see joggers jogging by, birds chirping somewhere in the trees, wild flowers growing at the sides…

Any trolls under the bridge?

This is our destination:

Dights Falls. Took us about 45 minutes to reach the destination.

You see the rock carvings in the picture below? It’s the last rock formation from lava flows a long long time ago.

There were 2 “stunt” cyclist there practicing jumping from rock to rock. This guy here wasn’t as good as his friend. I couldn’t capture the other guy fast enough, because he was so fast, like some antelope.

On our way back, we kinda got lost a few times, partly because we were too adventurous. We wanted to try new trails, but ended up turning back and retracing the route.

It’s the middle of spring now in Melbourne. The weather is getting nicer and nicer to cycle in. Anybody interested to join us on our cycling excursions?

Happy Birthday Honey!

My hubby’s birthday yesterday! (He still looks young btw, doesn’t look his age *grinning with pride*… lol)

The celebration started a day early on Sunday. After church, I took him to a Lebanese restaurant called Mezza Lebanese Grill. Unfortunately, we forgot to take pictures!!!!!! ARGH……. how could I forget! Could have used his hp camera to take >.< The food was satisfyingly good and interesting. From the name of the restaurant, “grill”, you would be expecting alot of meat. So ya, we ate alot of meat. Too much meat I think. Lots of lamb and chicken. Mathias noticed there wasn’t any beef in the menu.

After a very satisfying Lebanese lunch, went to get a triple scoop gelato, and happily licked it while walking home… hand in hand :”>. Took us 20 minutes to walk home.

And yesterday…. I made him Panna Cotta. This must be one of the easiest desserts ever! But it’s terribly fattening. It’s just a mixture of milk and cream, and add some gelatin to make it like jelly.

Panna Cotta

And, I also made him some scones. Dead easy!

Eat with strawberry jam and cream… YUM!

Scones

And for dinner… it’s almost like vege burger. Too much meat the day before, so better add in lots of greens and fiber! Mat loves beetroot in his burger… I think he’s turning oz.

Vege Burger… almost… because there was a little bit of minced meat.

So there! A very fattening BLESSED birthday to my hubby!

With Love…

Short Post

Went cycling yesterday. Came back, not with sore leg muscles, but a sore butt!!!!! Bicycle chair too hard. Maybe I should get one of those gel cushions? hmm….

Short Post

Daylight savings ended yesterday. We got 1 hour less of sleep yesterday. So we’re 3 hours different now, not 2.

Caramel Slice

If you’re a sweet tooth, you’ll love this. If you’re not a sweet tooth, you’ll also love it… heh. Sweet, and chewy. Abit like a Mars bar, minus the nuts. You can add nuts as well I suppose.

Ingredients

1 cup self raising flour
1 cup desiccated coconut
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup rolled oats
150g butter, melted
395g can sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoon golden syrup
30g butter, extra
150g dark chocolate, melted (I used NESTLE Dark Melts) (the more you add, the thicker the chocolate layer)

1. Preheat oven to 180°C

2. Combine first five ingredients in bowl, mix well.

Make a well so you can pour the melted butter and mix is all up

3. Press into the base of a lined cake tin. Bake 10 minutes, until golden.

4. While the oats mixture is in the oven, combine sweetened condensed milk, golden syrup and extra butter in pan, low fire, stirring until a light brown colour. This will take about 7 minutes.

5. Pour caramel over cooked base, return to oven, bake further 10 minutes, cool.

If yours doesn’t turn out like this, don’t panic! IT”S OK!

6. After the caramel has cooled, spread melted dark chocolate over caramel filling. Allow to set in the pan before turning it out, cut into slice or squares to serve.

Tips:

*I don’t have a square cake tin, so my round tin will have to do. Preferably, use a square cake tin, easier to divide and cut. Doesn’t matter what’s the size I think. Smaller tin, then you get thicker slices lo. Bigger thin, then you get thinner slices lo.

* To measure the golden syrup, just use a chinese soup spoon. A level chinese soup spoon is exactly 1 tablespoon measurement.

*To melt the dark chocolate, if you want to do the professional way, put it in a heat proof bowl, and put it over a pan of boiling water (don’t touch the water), and melt the chocolate. As for me… just use the microwave. Give it bursts of heat until it is all melted, 20 secs, take out, stir, 20 secs, take out, stir…