2012. GO.

I've never really understood the new year phenomenon, that the start of the calendar year holds the magic of a fresh start, a clean slate, the promise of a better year. I find it amusing how we need to compartmentalise our lives into periods of time. Why is it that we put things off only to set news years resolutions that, lets face it, are seldom kept in the later half of the year. Why do we believe that setting goals on January 1st will prove more fruitful than those we make at any other point. Time is time. Lets get on with it.

That being said I am most definitely looking forward to this particular period of time, this year is already setting out to be possibly the most exciting, stressful and rewarding year to date. But I'm not going to share any of these plans, you'll just have to wait and see!

I will however leave you with a recipe for one of my favourite sweet treats. Apple and Rhubarb crumble. Rhubarb is one of my favourite food that is extremely under rated, it you haven't yet tried it, please do, its super scrummy. 

APPLE & RHUBARB CRUMBLE

ingredients

300g rhubarb (cut into roughly 1inch pieces)

2-3 granny smith apples (peeled & roughly cut into 1inch pieces)

1/2cup caster sugar

1/2cup plain flour

1/4cup rolled oats

1/8cup brown sugar

1/8cup desiccated coconut

30g unsalted butter

1.cook rhubarb & caster sugar on low heat for 15mins

2.add apples & cook for another 10mins

3.spoon mixture into a dish

4.mix remaining dry ingredients with butter for crumble.

5.place crumble mixture on top & bake for 25-35 mins at 180degrees.

christmas cheer.

There will be no holiday blogs, time just got away from me, so here's a picture of Winston and I in our Santa hats. 

Kitty xx