Baked Pesto Chicken with Roast Vege Patties

I was so happy with the meal I cooked tonight that I decided to share it in a post. Not being the most confident chef in the kitchen, I always prefer to follow a reciepe closely but today I improvised and was pleasantly surprised

Baked Pesto Chicken with Roast Vege Patties

Preparation Time 10 mins / Cooking Time 25 mins

This works best if you have had a roast the night before. Cook off an extra 3 serves worth of vegetables and refridgerate

2 medium sized chicken breasts

Mozarella cheese (I buy mine from the Mediteranian Warehouse and freeze in portions)

Pesto

Garlic and Herb Salt

3 serves of roast vegetables

1 egg

Slice the Chicken Breasts in half and place a thick slice of Mozeralla cheese in each and a lashing of pesto, drizzle with oil and place in a oven pan, sprinkle with Garlic and Herb Salt. Cook for 20 mins (Bake 190 celcius) or until chicken is browned and cooked through.

10 mins before Chicken is ready take the left-over roast vegetables and mash briefly, add an egg and mix to combine.

Heat a pan and place tablespoon sized patties into hot oil, leave for 1 min and flip.

Serve chicken and patties with a side of salad.

I mashed it for Bianca and mashed it into a finer consistancy for Sienna, they both loved it!

Retreats

All of these images are from a wonderful new blog I have stumbed across called Weekend Host, it is the type of blog I find on rare occassions , as I scrolled through the posts there was eye candy to boot! Gorgeous interiors, decor, design and fashion.

There was something I loved about the moody sky and wide open panaramic space
If I stayed here I think I would wake up pinch myself and still think I was dreaming!

A good book, some fresh fruit and I would be just fine lying here all day thanks!

This is where I would like to escape when I felt like a Nana nap

Maybe a quiet night for two with a bottle of wine

Cute Printables

I couldn't resist adding the link to these free printable To Do List Templates, aren't they gorgeous! I am sure they will inspire you to get your daily tasks done.

Garden Party Invites

My God-daughter Sam is having a Garden Party theme for her birthday in March, I posted some cute invites here and her mum Kim drew inspiration and made these gorgeous invites with black and red card.They were a little time consuming to cut out all the circles and glue but as you can see the results are worth it, they even have a magnet to stick on the fridge

Check out this great site for ladybug decoration and party game ideas.

Kim and I also talked today about a ladybug headband to adorn Sam's head so that she feels like the star of the day or should I say bug of the day! Similar to the headband on this little lady.

This picture comes from The Party Dress I fantastic Blog that I subscribe to with such classy event ideas click here for more Ladybug party ideas

I found this great blog called Paper Glitter - My free Printables Blog which had this free ladybug party hat printable template

Check out this cake how fab is that!

Amateur Photographer

We took a day trip to Cable Bay today with the girls, I experimented with taking shots in Sepia Mode, I was impressed with the results, a lot softer than straight black and white and very complimentary to skin tone I thought.

There is something timeless about colourless shots, you see less of the details clothes colour etc and more of what matters, facial expressions, landscape. I really want to learn more about photography maybe I could add that to my Mighty Life List, except I already have 100 things on there and need to start ticking away at that.

We took a day

Pretty Laundry

I love Laundries and when I spied this one here today I thought it deserved mention.
and here is another one I have had saved in my decorating folder for ages. Its amazing what a floral curtain can do.

The One Piece Swimsuit

So one of the things on my Mighty Life List is to look the best I ever have in a swimsuit. At the moment I am not particularly comfortable in a bikini, I just feel there is some more work needed in the abdominal department, so imagine my joy when I read an article last week about the One Piece coming back into fashion.

A few years back if you were browsing for one pieces you would have come up with the racer back black speedo style for the 'serious' swimmer or the swimsuit with the frilly skirt thing that reminds me of my Nana and that was about it.

When I was in Kaiteri the other weekend, I noticed a girl perhaps in her early 20s wearing an eyecatching floral swimsuit and I just had to ask where she got it from. So I looked up the label and was very pleased I had! There were heaps of one pieces that I loved, here are a few. I would love to hear what your fave one is, let me know on Facebook and dont forget to add my blog to your reading list.

I was also pleased to see that they did have delivery to NZ (as it is an Australian Website). You can visit the website here.

Although not a swimsuit I did think this dress was gorgeous

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Gorgeous 4 year olds party

More about this gorgeous party can be found here. I love the way the table is close to the ground with cushions for seats.

Wouldn't you be pleased to get this as a thanks for coming gift!

I love these invitations, simple yet stylish and they really set the theme of the party

Kids Party Tips

I stumbled accross this post in a blog I enjoy Tania McCartney The Blog and I thought it had some excelent tips on planning kids birthday parties. I love planning all kinds of different parties but sometimes can get a little hung up on the small stuff, and end up running around like a headless chicken trying to get everything perfect.

One of the tips I liked the most was "If you choose a basic set of three colours, you will be amazed how easy it is to get the party looking really fabulous"