We Need That Fudge!

NO FAIL FUDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Recipe
Last Christmas when we were faced with the dilemma of buying a present for a good friend who's an avid reader but has read every book under the sun ( that he is interested in anyway !), we decided to organise a chocolate day for him, given that he is rather fond of chocolate as well. So, hence, the chocolate day was born. On the menu was : choc macaroons, choc cupcakes, choc ice cream and this supposedly no fail fudge that definitely did not fail - so the chocolate day was pretty successful ( except for the fact that we all had stomach aches !) So I have decided to put the recipe for the no fail fudge on my blog because it made the BEST FUDGE I'VE EVER HAD - seriously , try it .
This recipe is courtesy of William-Sonoma The kitchen library " Chocolate "

ingredients
1 & a half cups sugar
2 table spoons of unsalted butter
half a table spoon salt
half a cup evaporated milk
2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
2 tsp vanila essence or extract
3/4 cup walnut pieces (optional)

Grease an 8" baking tin with butter or line with baking paper. Combine sugar, salt, butter and evaporated milk an a large suacepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until mixture comes to a boil. Lower the heat and continue to simmer for 5 min, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in the chocolate chips, continuing to stir until chocolate melts and the mixture is smooth.
Stir in the vanilla and walnuts, if using. Pour into pan, cover and chill about 2hrs until firm. Cut into squares to serve. Store in an airtight container at room temp for about 1 week. Makes about 36 squares.

supre suprise !

For my 11th birthday I was promised a trip to Supre for the first time in my life , at the news I practically did cheer leader routines round the lounge room which probably would have resulted in the unfortunate death of a sofa , but then I ( fortunately for the sofa ) opened my next present which just happened to be official Tolkien illustrated encyclopedia , cool much ? So I stopped visualising myself holding a pair of jeggings and started flicking through the encyclopedia at top speed . Fast forward a month or so and I put my love of all things Tolkien aside just for the next 1 and a half hours precisely. Why? 'Cos we were off to Supre ! We were going to go to the Supre in Burwood Mall , and although I was hopping up and down with excitement we had to do a few things first. We had to : go to Howard's Storage world (boring), buy the new series of Merlin (not boring!) and then finally we went down the escalator past ICE and Greater Union until........Supre in all its glory! The great moment passed and we went inside. There was a lot of clothes and for a while I just looked a round until I came to the jeggings. I had pretty much decided to get a pair of jegging' s before we came to Supre so they were a must have. We looked some more, then I tried some things on. Some tops that I was trying on fit round the body but I may need to get a bit taller !!! Finally i made my buys - I had gotten a top, a long sleeved tee and of course my jeggings! I was thoroughly pleased with my buys and supre had definitely lived up to expectations . P.s As soon as I got home I started being a Tolkien freak again , Supre is all very well and good but my true loyalty lies with J.R.R. Tolkien.

full of glee

Thursday the 8th of July was a killer day to get through -why? Because that night a historic event was to take place - the finale of GLEE!!!! Having heard many tantalizing snippets about the last episode me and Lucy had to get through the day at dance camp until we got home . When it hit on eight o'clock we switched on the TV to watch the last half hour of Master Chef. After making rather snide comments about the contestants we were outraged to see that it went over time ( the record for going over time is 11 minutes omg ) but then , thank goodness, Glee started . At first we were a little confused as to what else was going to happen as the group got to and performed at regionals with in twenty minutes but all became clear soon enough . A series of rapid events then occurred i.e Quinn having her baby , Jesse gloating ,Jesse singing , Jesse gloating some more, Sue sorta turning nice , New Directions losing bla bla bla . i have to say that i was impressed by Glee club's sportsmanship especially Rachel's . Of course the episode was totally ruined by Sue turning nice but it can be out weighed by the promise of another series . AND THATS WHAT YOU MISSED ON GLEE!!!!!!!!

dance away!

Total excitement , I just found out that there is going to be another series of the ABC drama Dance Academy , they will probably start filming in January so we can expect it sometime next year. I love some of Kat's outfits and hope that we will be seeing her crazy fashion sense next series. By the way did you know that Jordan Rodrigues who plays Christian in Dance academy plays Jai in Home and Away ? I was a little surprised to hear that as I thought that most of the stars in Dance Academy were pretty new to show biz . I actually didn't mind Abigail , she was so deliciously nasty , Kat was my all time favourite and I liked Tara , she and Ethan make suuuuuch a cute couple . I don't like Christian or Sammy at all. I wish that it would come out on DVD but I don't think that that will happen which sucks , but they will probably repeat it while they're filming for series two, lets hope so other wise we will be stuck with out Dance Academy for ages ,my worst nightmare ! SCREAM!!!

my favourite things

For my first blog today I thought I might start off with telling you a few of my favourite things so here goes - my faves sport are : gymnastics and dance but I love all sport , I'm a sporty kinda person ! My fave book is : The Lord of the Rings for ever and always! My fave food is : hum - that is a hard 1 either apple pie or cheese and tomato sandwiches , my fave movie : is again , The Lord of the Rings but I also found She's the man and Bride Wars hilarious , my fave TV show is : GLEE & MERLIN !! , my fave actress is : I do have quite a few - Liv Tyler, Miranda Otto, Cate Blanchett , Katie Mcgrath & Emma Watson ! My fave acter is Ian Mckellan he is the coolest ,my fave fashion brand is : Supre looks awesome even though I haven't been there yet I am going to go soon - I think i may get some jeggings but feel free to comment if there is anything in particular you think may be good , and finally my fave day of the week is: Monday , but soon it might be Wednesday. so now you know a bit about me and all I can say is keep reading, until next time people - Arwen