Friday, 2 March 2012

Autumn arrives...time for comfort food!

Well autumn has arrived in New Zealand and today we have our first really stormy day just to give us a little taste of what we may be in store for this winter.  Boo hoo!  So of course my first inclination is to head into my lovely warm kitchen and start baking!  Not only does an oven full of goodies warm up the house and make the place smell sweet and yummy - it tastes good too! 

Todays delights included pancakes for breakfast:


Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for an afternoon snack (best eaten with a lovely cold mug of milk!):


And for dinner a yummy pie served with veggies harvested from our garden (which we had to run out and save from the gale force winds that are battering New Zealand at the moment):





Having lived a large portion of my life in the northern hemisphere, it feels to me like the seasons and customs in New Zealand are a bit topsy turvey.  The shops here are begining to fill with pretty easter delights...but it just doesnt feel right.  Easter is a spring celebration!  So to those of you in the northern hemisphere, here's wishing you a lovely spring.  Hopefully you will soon be seeing spring bulbs popping up and the days getting longer and brighter. 

As for me I am off to snuggle on the sofa with hubby, drink hot chocolate (possibly spiked with something naughty) and to watch something good on telly!  Have a great week lovelies! xxx
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  1. Anonymous3 March 2012 at 00:09

    Yummy goodies from your kitchen,love the heart pie.Just seeing spring bulbs popping there heads through in the garden :)have a lovely cosy weekend.love juliexxxx

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    1. Rebecca3 March 2012 at 02:47

      Oh spring bulbs - lovely! Julie you are going to have the best spring and summer in your magical new summerhouse! xxx

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  2. Leah3 March 2012 at 23:05

    Hi gorgeous girl! Those cookies look AMAZING! Hope you're feeling better now hon. This weather has been horrid hasn't it. We had to rescue our monarch caterpillars from the garden (plants and all) and pop them in the laundry or they would've blown away. Have had the fire on all weekend and have hardly left the house - bliss really.

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    1. Rebecca4 March 2012 at 21:26

      Thanks hon! So glad you could save your caterpillars! I am afriad we never got round to buying swan plants so ours have made a home on the bok choi ha ha! Becks xxx

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  3. Simply Scandinavian6 March 2012 at 07:39

    I never thought about Easter and it being an autumn celebration down under! Easter is spring bunnies for us and cozy ups for you...
    Enjoy that snuggle, I love a snuggle but rarely get one as hubby prefers to sit on a wooden chair! but I have my Teddy to cuddle which I am quite happy with.
    Thank you for stopping by Katherine's Dream. Nice to meet you.
    Carol x

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    1. Rebecca8 March 2012 at 22:18

      Hi Carol - Oh spring bunnies and all those lovely things - so nice! Becks x

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  4. Lily7 March 2012 at 03:45

    Hi Rebecca thankks for dropping by at my blog. Yours is so similar to mine! My reasons for blogging are also to record the special nature of the little normal things in life like cosy evenings and dewdrops on flowers. I look forward to following you.

    Lily xxx

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    1. Rebecca8 March 2012 at 22:19

      Hi Lily, I know - I was blown away by how similar they are, but you know what they say 'great minds think alike' ha ha! Have a good weekend hon. Becks x

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  5. Lindsay @ Delighted Momma7 March 2012 at 21:29

    Cookies and a homemade veggie pie?! WOW I am impressed! Both look so good

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    1. Rebecca8 March 2012 at 22:16

      Thanks! Not good for the waistline though...I think my next post will have to be about exercise, ha ha!

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  6. Tammy@T's Daily Treasures9 March 2012 at 20:20

    Oh yum! Pancakes, cookies and vege pie. Now that's my kind of comfort food. :) It is strange to know that while most of the world is awaiting spring, you are burrowing in over there for the winter months ahead. Hope the weather has cleared a bit in your corner of the world. I'll have one of those spiked hot chocolates, please. Ha! Hope you are having a great weekend. Tammy

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