Bad Times after Good Move

So I finally Moved house and for a couple of days it was all going well; Well as good as it could go surrounded by boxes and having to do a lots of unpacking..

My removal men from Crutch Brothers were brilliant and if you live in the South East (Kentish) area of the UK I would definitely recommend them.

so after a weekend where I moved and  I attended a 80 party

which necessitated Avocado on toast the next day to get rid of my Hangover.

All finally seemed to be going okay then....

my poor mum ended up in a bad way and needed to go into Hospital, won't go into too much detail but she was very,very sick but thanks to the amazing fantastic work of the NHS. I honestly can't praise them enough they do such great work for not the most stunning of pays.

Everyone we dealt with were so helpful and kind, I can gladly report she is all fixed up now and is finally back at home recovering well.

Although all this trauma means that's there has been next to no cooking going on in the Dyslexic cooking house-hold let alone un-boxing of our stuff.

It was back and forth to the hospital and then a take away's or toast before flomping into bed.

Although I did manage, when mum was out of the woods and back on a normal ward a morning of shopping to buy some bits for the house and I got this fab new pan from Ikea.

Yay no more scalding water burning my hands when I putting on Pasta or Potatoes.

also this was picked up for the little man

and to be fair considering he moved house and had mum on the edge with all the stuff going on with his Nana he been such a good boy and has actually really brighten up the dark days.


But as it coming up to a bank holiday weekend (4 Day weekend yay) I think I have a bit of a relax with a nice cold drink.

I will also get into my new kitchen and do some cooking as normally on Easter my mum does a big family dinner but this year she will be resting (Definitely pop by with chocolate and hugs) I think I do some fun foodie for just the Hubby, son and I.

You never know if the sun is shining might be able to even get out cooking in our new garden (Although considering this is the UK and a bank holiday the forecast will probably be rain, rain with extra rain for good measure.)

Moving madness and vegetable

So we moving tomorrow, arrrghhh!! Okay I am calm.

So haven't been doing much cooking - anything I can throw in the oven between packing boxes has been the order of the day. 

The only thing I really did was try to make some vegetables fun as I am, in vain, still trying to diet.

So I took a potato, a sweet potato , carrots and swede.

Chopped the up and cooked them for about 20/25 minutes till they were really soft.

Then I pureed them all together.

Took a pre-spray oil baking tray (with baking parchment) and scoped out balls of the vegetable mix.

Put them in the oven for 15 minutes. 

I then took them out and added a small sprinkling of low fat cheese and put them back in for another 10 minutes.

What you end up with is some lovely veggie cheesy yumminess.

Which are tasty and healthy at the same time and I think make veggie a bit more interesting.

Although now thinking about it you could add the cheese into the middle of the veg balls so when you cut in you got melty cheese. Hmmm interesting think I might need to do that next time.

A None Post -Post

So yeah this week...

Well I've none hardly any cooking, well if you consider heating up Ramen noodles cooking - Well I've done that and threw some chips in the oven.

Don't worry the little ones been eating better than I have.

The reason two major events have happened - we are moving we have sold our and had an offer accepted on the place we want so hurrah!!!

Although that did mean I spent most of the week on lawyers, the bank sorting out budgets and all the oh so fun stuff you need to do before you can even think about moving. YAWN central.

But I think I'm there in sorting it - well the first bit anyway - can see it being a long process lol.

Second big event we took the little one off the bottle. Now I know he's two (just gone) and we should have done this a while back (okay judgy-mac-judgington) although in our defense we already got him using a straw cup for water so this was just the milk and as he wasn't on a dummy this was definitely a comforter.

This is all joined up with him not being the best talker and considering how much I talk probably can't get a word in. The early years practitioner recommended taking him off it, so we did.

Anyone will tell you with a toddler you take away its comforter and you're in for a few days of stress, like with everything the first day was the worst lost of crying, sad faces and heart wrenching looks. Which make you so so so so so so (x a million) want to give in.

But you can't give in as then you're back to square one. So all the time I have then Mantra of "It for his own good, I am a good parent by doing this".

Also doesn't help if you got to be the strong one with Husband unit, although he wasn't as bad and the grandparents on both side trying to find loop holes of when he could have one. So you had me being the bad guy saying No, No and No again, we going cold turkey.

This gave me a glimpse at my future, me having to be the bad guy in situations just to keep him healthy and safe, oh well I suppose that's one of the curse of being a mother.

As I predicted to my Husband and my family in a few days he would be fine and yesterday and this morning calm has return to the land and the little one as he is fantastic and such a star has taken it in his stride and is fine.

Not sure who told me this but I always employ the 72 hour rule. With kids, honestly if you can get through the first 72 hours they will be fine with and change. I can't promise the 72 hours wont be horrid and feel like 72 years but I found it really does work.

So now we have a happier home environment, I will get my pans out do something nice over the weekend.
As I picked up a fantastic cooking book - Slimming World Christmas cook book. So excited about the festive season 7 weeks today yay.

Have been watching the John Lewis Christmas Ad and yes I did cry. If you're not based in the UK John Lewis is one of our Big department stores and their Adverts have become a bit of a tradition her in the UK. There always make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. This year it about a Lonely Old Man that lives in the Moon and a kid on earth see him and tries her hardest to get in touch to bring a smile to his face for Christmas. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I do so love christmas and have already started getting my Decorations sorted (I like to stress not up just pre-planning)  this year considering I got some Christmas Hedgehogs, a Christmas Squirrel, a Christmas Field Mouse and a Christmas Fox I have decided my theme this year will be Woodland Creatures.

Planing for the festivities can never start early enough so get you idea hats on for your festive fun.

I'll be back next week with a bit of cooking and then next weekend I'm going (again) to the Netherlands for fun with the girlies so there will be a lot of food and drink to talk about then.

Pondering over Soup

Not a particularly busy week in the Dyslexic cooking household.

Apart from the usual running around that comes with having a 21 month old son. 

The major event is we had the local priest round to sort out our son's baptism. 

It went well but not till after a particularly bad Dyslexic episode. The interview started with the priest asking loads of question about my son himself and us but as I got so flustered. I first couldn't spell our address and secondly got my son's date of birth mixed up. In the end I had to get my husband to step in as I was getting more and more stressed so more and more crap at everything.

I managed to pull myself together and we got it all sorted.

although that did get me to pondering. I find it hard in stressful situations to remain calm, cool and collected and then fluff things. Not sure how many more of you out there get this happen to you. It got me to thinking what people who don't really understand Dyslexia and Dyspraxia think of us.

Especially as I messed up my son's date of birth I would hate to have someone have the perception of me as not caring or a bad mother "She can't even remember his date of birth". I also sometimes mess up the spelling of his full name as he got 2 middle names. Now going forward knowing this, it  will stress me out more.  So when I filling in forms for School and other stuff I am now more liable to mess things up.

It's hard going through life with these disorders as there so much people don't understand about them and I have a sneaking suspicion that some people perceive it as just being lazy or not paying attention. Coupled that with the dyspraxia and it many manifestation, people just think I'm a bit manic and clumsy. I hoping being different and having these condition will make me a funner parent. Although currently its turned me into a anxious mummy mess.

Oh well at least there is cooking to cheer me up.

Did something really simple this week just made a 4 ingredient soup.

Butternut Squash with Sweet & New Potato Soup

Take 400g (0.8 lb) of Butternut Squash, Sweet Potato's 

With around 6 new potatoes peeled and chopped. 

Bring the to the boil then simmer alll together for 20 minutes

after you drained them blended all the Veg together.

Then added about 400ml (13 Floz) of stock gradually to the blended vegetables whilst stiring

What you ended up with is a super simple, super delicious and super healthy soup.

Which was eaten in a flash :) 

Look out for next week's blog as this weekend I am super excited to be going to the Whitstable Oyster Festival for the whole weekend - Friday and Saturday Night just me and the girlies (The same ones from the Amsterdam and the last Whitstable trip see previous post for shenanigans) before the Hubby and the little one join us Sunday for lunch.

I expect it to be a jam pack blog post which will slightly more fun filled :)