on being mama - a zine

 

NO-COOK PLAY DOUGH RECIPE

 

2 cups plain flour

2 tablespoons vegetable oil (baby oil and coconut oil work too)

1/2 cup salt

2 tablespoons cream of tartar

1 to 1.5 cups boiling water (adding in increments until it feels just right)

gel food colouring (optional)

few drops essential oils

Method:

Mix the flour, salt, cream of tartar and oil in a large mixing bowl

Add food colouring TO the boiling water then into the dry ingredients

Stir continuously until it becomes a sticky, combined dough

Allow it to cool down then take it out of the bowl and knead it vigorously for a couple of minutes until all of the stickiness has gone. 

* This is the most important part of the process, so keep at it until it’s the perfect consistency!*

If it remains a little sticky then add a touch more flour until just right

I don't have any dedicated play dough toys yet, but you can use kitchen utensils, sticks, rocks, plastic animal toys, whatever you have!

Go Wild with colours! Make the dough without the colouring then split into 3. Dye one red, one yellow, and one blue, then you can take little bits from each to make the full spectrum of colours!

Mushroom & Chicken Soup

 Mushroom & Chicken Soup

ingredients

2 tablespoons butter

500g mushrooms, sliced

1 tablespoon butter

1 onion, diced

2 carrots, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1 teaspoon thyme, chopped

6 cups chicken broth

1 cup rice

1 1/2 cups chicken, cooked and diced or shredded

1 cup milk or cream

1 cup parmesan cheese, grated

salt and pepper to taste

directions

Melt the butter in a pan over medium-high heat, add the mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms have released their liquids and the liquid has evaporated, about 10-15 minutes, before setting aside.

Melt the butter in the pan, add the onions, carrots and celery and cook until tender, about 8-10 minutes.

Mix in the garlic and thyme and cook until fragrant, about a minute.

Add the broth, rice, chicken and mushrooms, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the rice is tender, about 20-30 minutes.

Mix in the milk and cheese and cook until the cheese has melted, before seasoning with salt and pepper to taste.

Beautiful Love

 

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My name is Molly, and I used to be a blogger. I spent almost a decade with one blog. The Princess & The Geek, then one day, it wasn’t cool anymore and I just stopped. People stopped reading, commenting, interacting with me... so I stopped. To be honest, I also stopped reading people’s blogs. So it’s time to BRING BACK BLOGGING, writing AND reading!

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Love Molly xoxo