Easy Peasy Gluten Free Spinach, Feta and Sundried Tomato Muffins

I found a version of this recipe on Taste's Website and adapted it to be gluten free.

My local Muffin Break sells these muffins at around $4.50 a pop and my kids love them, so I decided to find a similar recipe and start making them myself.

Makes 12

Ingredients
Oil, to grease
2 cups gluten free self-raising flour
250g frozen spinach (squeeze the excess water out)
150g feta cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup chopped semi-dried tomatoes
2 tbs finely grated parmesan
1 1/3 cups milk
90g butter, melted
1 egg

Method
Preheat oven to 200°C. Brush twelve 80ml (1/3-cup) muffin pans with oil to lightly grease.

Sift flour into a bowl. Add spinach, feta, tomatoes and parmesan, and stir to combine. Use a fork to whisk together milk, butter, egg until well combined. Add milk mixture to flour mixture and use a metal spoon to stir until just combined (do not over mix).

Spoon mixture into prepared pans. Bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn out onto wire rack to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Look At Moi, Look At Moi, 100 posts!

Well I have made it to 100 posts people, nearly a year of blogging and over 100 followers!

No one is more surprised than me.

I thought a blog would be a good way to start using my brain. I needed some intellectual stimulation. Changing gooey poo and finding the missing lids to textas just wasn't cutting it.

And I wasn't going to go back to work. Hell no.

It has been something for me to enjoy.

Something that couldn't be shared.

I didn't know if I would stick with it. But I have.

I am no hardcore blogger. I don't blog everyday. Once a week does it for me. I love the thrill of the "publish" button. Giving little old me on the laptop in suburban Perth a way to jump into the big wide world, outside the walls of my home.

I have met so many lovely people. They come here and give me comment love. I don't know any of these people in real life. But their comments and tweets mean a lot.

Sometimes you like what I say. Sometimes you don't and that's ok too.

Thankyou for stopping by. Thankyou everyone!

Happiness Is......

Seeing teeny tiny baby clothes on the washing line on a beautiful Winter's day, with not a cloud in the sky.

I washed all the little boy and girl baby clothes today. Well I thought I did, until I found another tub! BAH!

It's All Coming Together

I feel like I have been swimming against the tide and getting no where over the last few months but you will be happy to know that things are coming together on a few fronts.

30 Weeks Pregnant
I am now 30 weeks pregnant. Now well into my 3rd Trimester. Things are going to be going very quickly as they seem to do once you reach that milestone. There is no more Sciaitica to speak of, the baby must have shifted off the nerve that was creating that pain. Good baby. Having a lot of trouble getting a good nights rest as the baby rarely even stops moving. I cannot complain. Here is how I look today.

Harry's Room Complete
We had to evict Mr 2 out of his cot and into his new room and into a big boys bed. He loves robots and I have been collecting assorted Robot bedroom furnishings since Christmas for the impending transition. I had some initial concerns that my little boy (also the PMC - Poor Middle Child) would be moving into the smallest room in the house so I put extra effort into making it nice for him. After we shifted the gigantic antique wardrobe to behind the door, we realised the room wasn't actually all that small. So now I can stop feeling guilty! It looks great and he loves it. I even painted a few robots on canvas to feature on his wall next to the curtains. You can see them here.










































Will We Get 3 Car Seats to fit into our Car?
We realised our Forester was quite narrow when Husband and I looked at it quizzically and wondered silently to ourselves how the feck we are going to get three car seats to fit into the car. It has the 3 anchor points but actually fitting 3 seats in the back? It wasn't looking good. Husband announced he would just "Bloody well make it fit" and true to his words, we managed it. I would like to say "easily" but that just wasn't the case. I bought the first car seat for Miss 3 to transition into but just wasn't happy with it. I took it back and bought a second, learning from my initial errors and it fits good. We only had to buy the one new car seat which we needed anyway. I was having visions of buying 3 brand new ones but it never came to that in the end.

iPhone
I have my iPhone. After waiting nearly a YEAR FOR IT, I finally have it and it is rocking my world in a big way with how godamn smart it is. I could learn a few things from it. I am just loving checking my emails, Facebook and Twitter on the go. I get to "catch up" on the online world when something boring is happening In Real Life. Which is often when you find yourself up the duff and hanging out in a lot of waiting rooms.

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Back in 5 minutes

Ok so guess what? I have my Iphone. *Squee*. So you know what this means right?

I will be back blogging soon.

I am a busy mum! I don't have time for the kids, housework, playdates, ferrying them here and there, shopping AND playing with my Iphone. Something has gotta give. So blogging gets the flick. For 5 minutes anyway (maybe longer).

My god how I love that thing.

Back soon. x

Hump Day Happiness

I am going to join the lovely Naomi at Under The Yardam this week by posting my Hump Day Happies. Things that put a smile on my dial this week.

Great Weekend

We had a lovely weekend away in Margaret River with great friends. It is a great place for kids and adults alike. Wine, Food, Play and relaxation. Bliss. The kids were well behaved and had a great time (which made all the difference).

The Baby

I saw the Obstetrician yesterday which brought a lot of happies on a lot of fronts. First of all I got there early. Which isn't unusual because I have Early Disease . I was seen early and I left the surgery before my appointment was even due to begin. He had a patient in labour and wanted to get me out the door. Joy. Sometimes I sit in the waiting room for hours.

Great news is that the baby is head first which doesn't really matter because I am booked in for a C-section anyway. It has a strong heartbeat and is healthy and its doing great so far. It also looks like it won't be as big a baby as Harry was (8 pounds 8 ounces). My bump just isn't as big. Time will tell.

Kool Mints

My Nesquik addiction has been replaced by a Kool Mints addiction and it has me racing to the cupboard to fill my gob with MORE MORE. I was craving something mintie and then I stumbled across Kool Mints at Coles which are gluten free. You should have seen my grin. I wish I would get a water craving or something with very little or no calories. BAH. Oh well. You can read about my cravings here.

Names

We have finalised our baby names. One boy name and one girl name with their middle names. We can tick this one off the list of things to do.

IPhone4

I ordered my Iphone via the Optus Website a few weeks ago and they rang yesterday to confirm my address so I am anticipating delivery very soon as I held off getting the Iphone3 last year when I really wanted one. It feels like I have been waiting a very long time. I can't wait to start using it. It will certainly make time waiting in doctors surgerys all the more interesting.

What are your hump day happies?

Holy Crap I Am Just Not Ready For This....

We got the letter in the mail today.

Well actually we got the letter in the mail on Thursday but I wasn't here to receive it, we were on our way to Margaret River for a bit of holiday rest and relaxation. Which was fabulous by the way, thanks for asking.

Our girl got accepted into Kindy.

I know. Amazing that she got in. Being that we are in the area and all and it's a public school. But hey. Looks like she will ACTUALLY BE GOING TO KINDY next year. It is not that far away distant event that will happen in the future.

It will happen next year.

But I am not ready for it.

Kindy hours are now 15 hours a week. That seems like a bloody long time to be away from me.

3 whole days one week. Then 2 whole days the next. WHOLE DAYS. WHOLE DAYS!?

Then I briefly considered being a home schooling parent.

And I realised I am not that bright. My kids would end up being a bit dumb and that just wouldn't be fair.

This is going to take some getting used to.

I haven't blogged and here is WHY

I have a bad case of the bloguilts. I lost my blojo. I have a bad case of Bloggers Block.

A lot of time has passed and I haven't written.

Because nothing is happening.

Because when the time comes to actually write, all I can think about is curling into a ball, closing my eyes and letting sleep blanket over me.

My tummy is huge and nothing fits. My tummy is all pointy. Like someone shoved a big huge orange road cone under there. This baby kicks non stop. I am barely aware of it not moving. I gaze at my tummy and watch bits poke out of it. Then I watch amazed as tidal waves of baby movement slide across my belly. My leg is sore, my back is sore. I'm tired.

My eyes are sleepy as I write this.

I need to sleep.

We'll be back to normal programming soon.