DID YOU KNOW that you can make a delicious “ice cream” from frozen bananas? It’s not dairy-based. It’s not loaded with fat, sugar, cholesterol and sodium either. No, this “choco-banana ice-cream” is an almost guilt-free treat.
Here’s all you need to know…
NB: If you don’t like (or can’t eat) bananas then sadly, this recipe is not for you.
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Back in August, the Mossburn Volunteer Fire Brigade hosted their first-ever Otago-Southland Road Crash Rescue Competition. It was an action-packed day for the five crews taking part. And it turned out to be riveting for the many spectators who lined the pits.
I had no idea what I was in for when I drove to Mossburn’s old Silver Fern Farms site early on Saturday morning. But I left in awe of the skills, and dedication of all the fire-fighting teams. You couldn’t help being filled with respect for the organisational skills of the Mossburn Fire Brigade.
Rewritten and updated for lambing in 2019
Farming is an eight-days-a week job. It’s our livelihood but it’s also our life. So, when our kids were young they helped out on the farm whenever they could. When the lambs arrived we needed them most of all because, in Spring, farming is a family affair.
Each year, when lambing began the kids fought for the chance to drive around the sheep with Dad. It was great fun spotting the new lambs in each paddock. They slid merrily out of the Toyota truck to get the gates and raced to return straying twins to their mothers.
Continue reading “Lambing Time: A Family Affair”I turned 60 this year.
“Where did the years go?” wonders that younger-self still hiding inside my mind.
Our kids are marvellous at thinking ahead. A year ago they asked, “What do you want to do for your birthday, mum?”
“Surprise me!” I said.
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