Op Shop Betty

  Sultana Buns Makes 12 - 14. A delicious vanilla biscuit loaded with sweet juicy sultanas. Ingredients: 125g         Butter, softened 125g         Sugar 1               Egg ½ tsp       Vanilla Extract 200g        Flour 1 tsp        Baking Powder Pinch      Salt ¾ Cup     Sultanas   Method: Preheat oven to 160°C. Line a cookie tray with greaseproof paper. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla extract and beat together. Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix till combined. Mix through the sultanas. Put teaspoon fulls into cookie tray. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Put into cooling rack to cool completely. Store in airtight container.  

  Savory Muffins Makes 18 These tasty goodies are soft and flavoursome leaving you wanting more. Ingredients: 1 Tbsp          Oil 1 small          Onion 4 rashers       Bacon, chopped 2 Cups          Flour 2 tsp               Baking Powder 1 tsp               Salt 50g                  Butter, melted 1 ½ Cups     Milk 1                        Egg, whisked 1 Cup              Grated Cheese Method: Preheat oven to 200°C. Saute onion and bacon in oil. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Make a well in the center. Add milk, butter egg, cheese, onion and bacon and stir to combine. Don't over mix. Bake for 12 - 5 minutes.

  Fudge Cake Tray Size: 30cm x 20cm Makes 24 pieces A delicious, moist chocolatey fudge cake that's sure to please the taste buds. Ingredients: 400g          Butter 250g          Sugar 500g          Crushed Wine Biscuits 2Tbsp        Cocoa 1                  Egg ½ tsp         Vanilla Essence Method: On a medium heat melt butter in a large pot. Add sugar and cocoa and stir constantly so it doesn't burn on the bottom. When combined and sugar isn't so grainy, remove from heat and beat in the vanilla. Let it cool slightly so egg can be added and mix together. Mixture should be cool enough so when the egg is added it doesn't cook. Add crushed wine biscuits and mix until well combined. Press into a lined  tin. Leave it to set. Ice with any of the following.... Chocolate Icing Cream Cheese Icing Peppermint  Cara...

  Caramel Oat Slice Tray Size: 20cm x 20cm Makes 16 pieces A gooey caramel centered slice with a somewhat healthy base.(it has rolled oats!!!) Topped with a delicious crumble. Ingredients: 1 ½ Cups    Flour ½ tsp          Baking Powder ½ Cup        Dessicated Coconut 1 Cup          Brown Sugar 1 ½ Cups   Rolled Oats 1                   Egg 150g            Butter, melted Filling: 100g            Butter 395g            Condensed Milk 2 Tbsp         Golden Syrup ½ tsp           Vanilla Extract Method: Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease and line a 20cm x 20cm cake tin. Combine dry ingredients. Add egg and melted butter and mix together. Press ⅔ into cake tin. Set aside remaining mixture for crumble topping. To ...

  DIY Jeans with LACE INSERTS After sewing a pair of jeans that were too small for me with denim square inserts  I decided to go through the pile of jeans I got for free to see if there was another pair I could tickle up with a bit of fancy decoration. And of course there was! My dear friend gave me a box full of bits n bobs and in amoungst it all were some net curtains with a pretty pattern and a scalloped edge. One side was embossed and the other side had a netting layer and was no where near as impressive.  This is how I made them without a measuring tape or any knowledge of what I'm even doing!!!  How to Make Lace Insert Jeans.... As Instructed From An Absolute Dummy! 1. Unpick the outside edges of the jeans. I unpicked the wrong side, had to sew it up and start again on the right side. 2. Cut net curtain to size. As I had no measuring tape I simply cut a full scallop size piece. From the 2 highest points of the blippy bit and straight up lol I'm so sorry I am th...

  Why Should You Keep Your Egg Shells??? Because it's eggcellent for your garden and health of your plants!!! Dry the shells before you crush them.... It's as easy as drying the moisture on the inside first and then popping them in a bag and crush them like you would biscuits for chocolate fudge cake. However if you're like me, you'll take great pleasure in drying them in a container on the windowsill then using the back of an ice cream scoop, crush them and grind them like a pesto and mortar. I love the crunching crushing sound it makes. Free Fertilizer.... You can also leave them a little more coarse and spread them around the bottom of your plants. Not only do they provide the soil with calcium but they form a sharp spikey barrier around your plants to deter any pesky insects.

 Omg! I am horrified!!! While my body is aging my mind isn't. And I'm kinda like Peter Pan and I never want to grow up!  The hair is starting to go grey round the edges.....  and in the middle and on the sides and the skin is well, it's not where it should be. And what's up with this under eye bag BS???  Shall we have a wee complain about the middle region? Anyone got a puncture and need a spare tyre? Anyone?? I got one above the hips and below the boobs you can have! *sighs* How bout them thighs, and that booty? More dimples than a goofball! Gravity  has taken over!  I knowwww the struggles!!! Now what do we do about it? Well we have 2 choices. We can either accept ourselves the way we are and be happy or we can exercise, diet and do healthy things... And be happy. I hesitated because I'm lazy and the very thought of breaking a sweat makes me break into a sweat. However I hear exercising releases endorphins and creates a feel good feeling! I'll let you kno...