Finding New things

OK followers here I am at last, you all know where I have been, yes , around the world and back again, courtesy of some marvellous Blogs.

I am starting to get fidgety as it is nearing that time again, you know

The Silly Season, when we all go all out to produce a never to be forgotten time, called Christmas. Of course out come all the fav recipes and so I thought before it all gets so hectic that I dont know which day it is, I'd let you into a little secret one of mine.

See this picture, it looks just like the usual Rum balls we all scoff too many of, so to make them in a way that I dont feel Guilty about them, here is my 1 carb favorite recipe for them. BTW thats the secret the 1 carb.

Think it came from a Low Carb website when I was trying to adhere to that sort of philosophy. I still do in a way.

Now here we go.

Rum Balls for a guiltless sweety!

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1 cup Almond Meal

1/2 cup Cocoa powder

2 tspns Butter (softened)

2 tbspns Powdered Erythritol, Xylitol ( from the Health Shops)

or other sugar Substitute. ( Not Aspartame derivitives)

1/2 tspn Vanilla essence

2 Tbspns Rum according to taste ( thats the good part) Hic!!

1/2 cup artificial Sweetener ( I use Splenda)

( Here I mix the Erythritol with the Rum to dissolve, as a bit gritty if just mixed in,)

Mix all ingredients.

Add Vanilla + Rum Can add a small amount water if needed.

( No more than 3 tbspns) Can add dried fruits or nuts if liked.

Roll into balls.

Roll in crushed nuts or Shredded Coconut.

Place in freezer till needed .

Makes Approx 17. Exactly 1 Carbohydrate.

Enjoy. !!

The key ingredient is the Almond Meal as it is not as fattening as the usual crushed biscuits that these are usually made with. Not to mention condensed milk

Have a look at this site for the Xylitol Im sure you'll never eat usual sugar again.

http://www.xylitol.com.au/ I've just ordered my next supply.

Well that's that. been meaning to do that for awhile but had to wait til I made some, so you can see what will be happening now, I'm taking a march on Christmas and having a bit of a time for myself right now with these Rum Balls Yum!

Having said that I went out to a morning tea with some friends on Sunday for homemade Scones and Jam And Cream. now that was naughty, but nice. The Tea house is out at the beach and is an old Railway Station house converted, but has all the old fixtures around very interesting and beautiful peaceful gardens all round.

That's Me and Maureen up there on left and Grace and I on the right.

Also I was enthralled to see the Ulysses Butterfly soaring away in absolute sunny grandeur in the wild like that. I have never seen one on the wing so to speak so was so happy.They are so beautiful and really a glorious brilliant foil blue with black wing tips. They are the Emblem of Queensland ,so quite appropriate to see them here. Look at my next blog for info on them. Of course in that theatre of natural bushland as it was, what else would you see but the Kookaburras of Australia, sunning themselves, sleeping on the ground( it is a National park with no predators) with their tummies held up to the sun., and resting in the trees. So natural so nature. Click on My Picasa on the right, and you will see my pics of the kookaburras as well as the girls and me.

Everywhere I go I see the beauty in all things natural and thank my Guardian Angels that I am able to do and see and even be able to be here to pass on and hopefully make someones day brighter. That is what I get from looking at all the wonderful blogs from around the world. Thank you to whoever thought of blogging, it is so informative and entertaining and a great way of everyone expressing their thoughts and I appreciate that others do this , it makes the World seem so compact so much so that you feel you could just reach out and touch the blogger you are looking at.
So on a Sunny Sunday when I was out in the bushland, blogging was not far from my mind as to be able to put this content in here. I hope you enjoyed my blog.

til next time.

Happy thoughts

as things are never as bad as they seem, and if you do worry , just look back some time later, and realise things never happened as you imagined it would. It really works.

Elizabeth XXXX