My Inner World

Munchkin has had a continuous cold for the last four weeks, with not ONE but TWO throat infections thrown in for good meassure. The throat infection she is sporting now, has her in a mood that you would not believe. Since this all started my daughter has moments of overwhelming, all consuming rage. Her temper get's the better of her and she just looses it. This is new territory for us. She has had little fits before but these are like nothing we have ever seen. We have to be consistent, and let her know that this behaviour is unacceptable. And we are, it's just really really hard to see your daughter so overwhelmed with fury all of a sudden. I can see how hard it is for her and that breaks my heart. I just really, really hope that this will go when the throatinfection and the cold go.
It's made quite the impact on our family, I know it sounds small, but it is so strange to have the behaviour of your child change so dramattically practically over night!


Also, I passed my driving test yesterday! I got a re-sit within 6 weeks (the current waiting time to sit your driving test is usually just over a year.... absolutely appaling) and decided I was not going to let nerves get the better of me this time.
After the last time, when I was driving home after failing my test, (Only in Ireland.....) I was kicking myself for letting myself get to so worked up. Was not going to let this happen to me again.
So yesterday, I got in the car, pretended the guy was just someone I was giving a lift somewhere and passed!
I am SO delighted with myself and will send off for my full license this lunchbreak!

You're 80% Irish

Congratulations, you're a shining example of an Irish lass (or lad). There's hardly anyone more Irish than you!

Overwhelmed with Joy is hosting “Holiday Cooking – Blogger Style” It has put me in the holiday spirit already!

I am by no means talented in the kitchen, but the below recipe has been incredibly well received over here in Ireland! It’s very basic, and most Dutch people make it this way but as it’s SO easy to make, I thought I’d share. Just in case anyone was looking for something quick and easy!


Dutch Apple Pie

Ingredients:

Crust:
16 oz Cream Plain Flower
8 oz Butter (Room Temperature, I use “Stork” for Pastries)
6 oz Caster Sugar
1 egg

Filling:

8-10 Large cooking apples
100/125 grams of raisins
Cinnamon
Caster Sugar
1 Egg


Crust:
Lightly beat the butter and sugar together. Add the egg and beat until smooth. Lastly, add in the flower and mix together to form a paste. I like to make the paste in to a ball and leave it in the fridge until I have the filling made. The colder the paste when you line the pie tin, the better the crust will turn out.

Filling:
Peel the apples and cut them in to small dices in a large bowl. Add sugar, cinnamon and raisins according to taste. Scoop the mixture around to make sure that the sugar, cinnamon and raisins are spread evenly. Personally, I like lots of cinnamon, but I don’t go too crazy on the sugar. I don’t measure it out so all I can say here is: “Go with what feels right to you”
This will already start to smell really good and you will need to exercise some self control to not start nibbling on pieces of apple! ;-)


Grease the inside of your pie tin with a stick of butter.
Take the crust mix out of the fridge.
Place ¾ of the ball on a lightly floured board and roll out to line your pie tin.

(I am not sure what they are called, but they are pie tins that have a loose bottom and a kind of a spring on the side to easily “pop” it off the pie. Can you tell I don’t usually do recipes yet?)

When the tin is lined, scoop the apple mixture in to the tin and press down firmly with the back of a spoon.

Roll out the remaining crust mix to make long strips about half an inch wide and lay these on top of the filling in a grid shape.
Whisk an egg, and with a small baking brush, lightly smear some egg on the grid.

Pop in to your preheated oven (about 210 Degrees Celsius) and leave for one hour.

Once it’s done and cooled down, pop it in to the fridge for a night. For some reason it tastes even better then!

Enjoy!

Please be sure to drop by at Overwhelmed with Joy! to read and share your own holiday recipes!

**Tag: Dessert