Easy Apple Crumble

One of my closest friends works in the rehabilitation unit of our local hospital. Recently she put in a lot of time and effort to put together a recipe book to raise funds for the rehab unit and the patients. The book has loads of great, quick and easy recipes mainly designed for the patients who have mostly suffered from stokes or been involved in serious accidents, for when they leave hospital and have to cook for themselves again.
I know pretty much everyone has a really easy apple crumble recipe, but it is one of my favourites and I have made two apple crumbles for the weekend....


Ingredients:

Fruit filling:
~ 4-6 cooking apples
~ 1/2 cup of sugar
~ 1/3 cup of water

Crumble:
~ 1 cup of plain flour
~ 3 dessertspoon brown sugar
~ 3 dessertspoon coconut
~ 3 dessertspoon parve butter/margarine

Method:
Preheat oven to 180C. Peel core and slice apples. Place apples in a saucepan with sugar and water. Simmer gently until soft. Allow to cool then pour into a pie or casserole dish. Place flour in a bowl and using your fingertips rub in butter. Add sugar and coconut and mix well. Sprinkle lightly over the top of the apples and bake until lightly browned on top.

I like to include a sprinkle of cinnamon in the apple filling too.

ENJOY!!
Shabbat Shalom!


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Three Years On

Three years on since the Second Lebanon War (2006), the years have passed, but we have not forgotten those lost during the war....




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Bircat Hachamah - the blessing of the sun

Once every 28 years....

Hundreds of people gathered on Wednesday morning at Bondi's Waverley Park to celebrate Bircat Hachamah.


Photo: Chabad of Sydney


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Just a few pics from around town

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Down by the river...

It's time, time that is to dust off the keyboard and post another post. It is also time to check up on my old blogging buddies, must drop by on quite a few blogs! I hope everyone is well.
Everything has been going really well for us here, we are all healthy and very happy. All of us have adjusted well.
I haven't really had a lot of time to take many pictures even though we are out and about far more now that we used to be, I usually forget to take my camera!
These pics I took a couple of months ago down near the train bridge at the river.... enjoy! :)










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Funny how life changes.

I grew up in Melbourne, moved to Sydney when I met my other half, had a family, moved to the country, started a blog (because I had nothing else to do) where I constantly whinged about living in the middle of nowhere, until the day I moved.... and then...
Now I live back in the city again, and instead of my daily complaints about living in the country and having nothing to do, I find that my life is now far more fast paced - like everyone else's in the city. I spend my time running around after the girls and working amongst other things. I just haven't found the time to blog very much since we moved. So I was just thinking... one day I might actually do a post and update this here blog!

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Heath Ledger Dead At 28

I can't say I have ever been a real 'fan' of Aussie born actor Heath Ledger, but when I turned the TV on this morning to hear his death announced on the news I was very shocked - he was only 28, far to young to die.
From the way the reporters described the 'scene' with pill bottles strew around the room, his naked body found in bed, they suggest suicide. His family disagrees saying he was not that kind of person. Whatever the reason for his death, it is very sad - especially for his 2 year old daughter Matilda. Such a shame, such a waste of life....

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The Drought Has Broken

....The blogging drought that is! Three months have past since I last posted and I must admit, while I am busy typing this and thinking what I can write about, I really wonder if anyone will end up reading this?? How long away from blogging is too long? For how long do blog readers return to see if you have posted yet? And, just how much have I missed out on in the blogging world in the past 3 months?... I don't really know the exact answer to any of those questions, but I do look forward to catching up with all my favourite bloggers.

I would just like to say how glad I am that the past few weeks are over! Moving house is a real drag - especially when you are going so far. I would love to share all the ups and downs over the past few months, but to be honest I wouldn't know where to start - everything seems like a blur.
SO, how about we start from now instead and I spare you from the boring details and just post a couple of photos of Amber (top pic) and Ruby (bottom pic) I took at the shopping centre today :)



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The 17th Edition Of JPix!

Welcome to JPix 17!

Rabbi Shmuli Weiss shaking Lulav and Esrog with one of the Jewish Students at at McGill University - photo courtesy of Yossi from The Next Step

This edition of JPix is another great example of the talented photographers we have within the JBlogosphere!

About JPix:
JPix is a fortnightly carnival started by BagelBlogger, for Jewish bloggers and the photos they take. So if you're Jewish and you have photos you want to share, whether they be family, historical, art, funny, quirky, whatever, make sure you get them into the next edition of JPix!

Thank you to all the people who have submitted photos and please remember if you do not submit, you most likely will not be included - I only post what is submitted. (you can submit for other people)

The photos featured here in this post are just a small sample of what you will see in the bloggers posts - you need to click on the links to see all the photos!

Eretz Israel:

Akiva from Mystical Paths Blog & Emunah Paths Podcasts presents us with Life Guards a fabulos post which shows one of the IDF units which operate in, and around Jewish towns in the West Bank. They watch for movement where there shouldn't be and risk their lives to stop murderers far from peoples homes. This post includes some nightvision photos too.
Akiva has a few great photo posts up at the moment, another being a post of photos taken by his son - Hiking Tiberious - Safed. Also check out photos from Masada, taken from the top in Akivas post Masada - Topside.

Cosmic X in Jerusalem shares a great photo his son took during Rav Shapira's funeral procession as it passed through the Geula neighborhood in his post I Like This Picture.

A Mother in Israel and her family recently learnt about some of the local birds at the national park Afek near Rosh Haayin A Sukkot for the Birds .

Judaism:

Yossi from The Next Step has some great photos from Succot posted in: Succos Pictures Part 1, which were taken at the McGill University campus.

At Shiloh Musings Muse presents Easier Up Than Down, a photo post of the dismantling of the Succah after Succot.

Pop over to Planet Israel and make sure you have a look at this post - To Kill A Cluckingbird!

Occasions:

Teachers salaries have dropped in comparison to other sectors and Muse is on strike! Check out her post The Teachers Strike posted at Teaching English in Binyamin.

Muse has some lovely photos posted of her grandson, Yochai Arye's Brit Milah, posted at her blog me-ander. Mazel Tov!

Family:

Muse presents The Big Sisters posted at me-ander. As we know, her daughter recenly gave birth to a little boy Yochai Arye, and Muse had the job of looking after the Big Sisters - looks like they had fun!

While on the topic of family, Rafi G's family gained a new addition yesterday! Mazal Tov!

Out and About:

Mottel (the birthday boy) over at Letters of Thought presents The Industry of Wine - A Photo Essay after spending a week recently at a winery. He has heaps of cool photos, a must to visit!

Muse went Strolling in Jerusalem a few days ago and took some delightful snaps along the way, they, along with many other great posts, are over at me-ander.

Muse worries... Another Amona? posted over at Shiloh Musings.

Make sure you pop over to A Simple Jew and have a peek at The Photography Of A Simple Jew's Father - Part III - beautiful!

David at Temunot has found him! Yes he has found Nemo! Finding Nemo

Trips:

Evan of Planet Israel recently made a trip back to his old home in the US, but then came time to leave and return to his new home in Israel - Leaving Walnut Creek... he says goodbye once again.

That concludes this edition of JPix, thankyou to all who submitted posts. Sorry to anyone who has been left out of this edition. Make sure you submit your photo article to the next edition of j pix - jewish photo carnival using the carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

If you would like to host an edition of JPix please contact BagelBlogger.

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Good-bye Girl

Needless to say, things have been kind of crazy in the past few weeks - hence the lack of blogging... I can't believe it has been a month since I last posted.

As many know, we are gearing up to do the 'big move'. We have a half empty house now - well, half empty compared to what it was... and trust me, it was pretty full! We have sold a lot of our things, but I feel like we have so much more to go and we are quickly running out of time to get rid of them.

About two weeks ago we gave our beloved pet dog away as we will be unable to keep her when we are living in Sydney (no backyard = unhappy dog!) Thankfully we were able to find a really good home for her, infact we couldn't have hoped for a better home for her. The people have another dog - same breed and same age, and they live on a really big property with a couple of dams so the dogs can go swimming whenever they like. It was a sad day, the kids were pretty upset, but, considering she has gone to such a good home makes it a bit easier for us, we know she is being spoilt!

So, today, I thought I would do a quick post to let my blogging friends know I am still around and everything is ok...

...Oh and don't forget to drop back in and check out JPix on Thursday, I am hosting - get your picture posts in!!


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