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The Saturday Weekend Review #19- Mothering Sunday Is Mother’s Day!

Posted: May 11, 2013 in The Saturday Weekly Review
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he Saturday Weekly Review

Mothering Sunday is what we call Mother’s Day in the UK, the equivalent of Mother’s Day In Canada and other places around the world. In the UK Mothering Sunday is always celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent.

In 2013 Mothering Sunday in the UK (Mother’s Day UK) was celebrated on March 10, 2013 where Mother’s Day in Canada and the USA is celebrated on the second Sunday in May which is May 12, 2013. I call my mother my mum where in Canada my wife says her mom. I try to stick to mom so I don’t confuse people but sometimes I forget but I’m sure you all get it. We only celebrate Mother’s Day during the Canadian celebration date and my mom is fine with that.

Some day soon she will get me in the flesh and blood as we hope to make a trip back to the UK very soon. We are hoping to plan something very special maybe visiting our friends in Spain, Germany and Italy. Yes. I will take lots of photos when we go and make sure we hook up with the best eats around. I’ve been to many places in this world but the wife has only been to a handful of countries so I want to plan something special for her so we can celebrate our time together.

My wife had never heard of Mothering Sunday but that is what we call it and it’s a celebration of our mother. My mother loves flowers so I would always get her a bouquet of mixed spring flowers and a card as a mother’s day gift. Flowers in the UK are a must for anyone with a garden, well at least in our house they were and still are at my parents.

I have a passion for gardening especially growing flowers of all descriptions because flowers to me symbolize so much in my life especially memories. My mothers knowledge of the the Latin flower names is brilliant in which she taught me. My wife tells me it’s  sexy hearing me name the flowers. I’m no pro by any means but I can spot flowers and tell you what they are but am always willing to learn. We also grow many vegetables from seed and continue to grow our organic garden a bit more each year.

I’m always getting creative finding ways to grow flowers and vegetables in a small space so I built wooden garden boxes and have the wooden barrel that I found and restored as well that I will put to good use. The compost heap is overflowing and it’s pretty much supplied all the nutritious soil that I will need this year.

I still have many bags of rotting leaves to dump in. The most important part about gardening is protecting your investment and educating yourself about how to care for your plants and even finding out the type of soil you have in your garden.

As you know I don’t often get to see my mom but I do speak to her on the phone quite regularly. Mother’s Day for me is just another day because I celebrate love and life with my mom every time I think of her, talk to her and see her. Now that I’m older and understand life a lot more than when I was a kid, especially about finances I can see how much love, effort and support my parents put in to give us kids the life they did.

We don’t have a large garden but I do get around to planting some flowers here and there as well as beautiful hanging baskets which I will have out later next month. Not all of our flowers are out yet but they are coming out in full force. In our garden today I have some Lavandula, Lilies, Tulips, White Geranium which bloomed all winter indoors, Gerbera Daisy and Hostas. I also have a sneak peek below at our figs and our incredible rhubarb that is growing so fast.

I’m going to need to start experimenting with Rhubarb more in the CBB kitchen this year so expect some new recipes to come your way. Tomorrow I will be sharing my Toasted Coconut Custard Tarts with Whipped Cream something I know my mother would enjoy with a hot cuppa tea! So to celebrate Mother’s Day I share some flowers from our garden into your home for all the Mother’s and Mom’s to be… Happy Mother’s Day 2013!

Mother’s Day 2013
Happy Mothers Day 2013 I love you

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I’ve talked about how important it was to “Make a Difference” not only with my life but with this blog. I put out a call for other bloggers to email me a few paragraphs about why they are making a difference with their blog and to share what that difference was.

This week I’m pleased to bring to you John from Frugal Rules who I have had the pleasure of networking with for many months now. You can catch John nightly posting his dinner on my Facebook page- What’s For Dinner post and interacting with my fans. I agree with John when he says that comments from the fans shows that he’s making a difference. John has always taken the time to chat and throw ideas around with me and  he’s certainly a PF blogger with a great online presence and personality with lots to say…. so let me introduce to you… Frugal Rules!

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to share the vision and passion fueling Frugal Rules. There are an abundance of personal finance blogs providing helpful information and opinions; what sets Frugal Rules apart is the holistic view of money I try to promote with every piece of content I write.

Where others focus on investing or couponing or even budgeting, Frugal Rules presents a broader view of what your money can do for you. I try to help others by sharing my own exodus from credit card debt and journey toward financial freedom so they can avoid making the same destructive financial mistakes I made.

I’ve discovered that most financial mistakes are made from ignorance so I try to help others by educating about a wide range of financial topics, all with the ultimate goal of showing others how to enjoy freedom from debt and develop a plan for the future that will keep them from having to work until they drop. I do my best to respond to every comment and question readers submit.

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Italian Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding

Posted: April 14, 2013 in Fan/Other's Easy Recipes
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Italian Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding In Baking Dish

Today Nicola our resident Brit chef at heart brings a classic British Bread and Pudding dessert to a whole other level using an Italian Panettone cake. This is one recipe I can’t wait to try, the British meet the Italians for dessert.

I would have never thought to make a bread and butter pudding with Pannetone but if you know Nicola she is always whipping something unusual but delicious up in the kitchen for her friends and family. I once made an Italian French Toast using the Panettone which is just another way to switch things ups using different ingredients in your kitchen.

This is just one of those oven dishes that you know you are going to love just by looking at the pictures. Nicola spares no detail when it comes to this pudding and wants you all to try it in your own home. She also gives us the “Budget Breakdown” and clearly you can see this frugal dessert won’t cost you lots of money to make.

This pudding just melts in your mouth with the pairing of  lemon and orange flavours of the Panettone bread. Served hot with a touch of cream it would satisfy anybody’s sweet tooth in a second. It’s a great pudding to have on a wet soggy day.  A Pure indulgence, something that anybody can easily make at home.

It can be eaten hot or cold either way you may never go back to the old way if making this pudding. Dad always made it and he used just plain old-fashioned white bread. We always had it with English custard but I think my recipe that I am sharing with you today, even though I say it myself is up there in the “wow factor” of bread puddings.

I love Italian food from Pizza to Pasta to something sweet like a Tiramisu. Italian use very diverse ingredients in their cooking which you can adapt to almost anything you make. That’s when I thought why not try using the Italian sweet bread Panettone to make a very British pud.
Panettone bread is comparable to we call fruit bread in Britain with orange and lemon peel with raisins scattered through it.  Originally from Milan, Italy this sweet bread is usually eaten around Christmas and to celebrate New Years.
It’s really quite easy to make and you could probably add fruit too like blackberries or even strawberries.

- Nicola Don

What do you need to move to Canada you ask? I get this question all the time and it’s more than packing boxes and filling out paperwork for immigration. Not only did I need my UK passport when I moved to Canada I needed to bring over the British family traditions that I grew up with.

You’re never far away from home even if you live thousands of miles away. Although you can find traditional British pub food and dessert in the pubs like fish and chips, bangers and mash, toad in a hole, Yorkshire pudding and spotted dick, you can also bring home the traditional British foods to your own family.

Bread and Butter pudding is one of the best British recipes that my friends and family enjoy and request I make when we are hosting a dinner party. Growing up my mum frequently had her apron on and was up early in the morning baking bread in the oven and the house smelled so good, like a home should.

My mum always was and still is as passionate about cooking as my dad is about DIY. I think that’s why I captured the best of both worlds when it comes to enjoying the kitchen and being a handy guy. Culture in the UK not only stems around Royalty and a history filled with champion and sorrow we are also passionate about our gardens, food and music. My mum enjoyed cooking from home and would teach me how to prepare British dessert recipes and main dishes because she wanted me to carry over the tradition to my family.

I find there is a difference between bread pudding and bread and butter pudding so don’t get the two mixed up. I was more of a fan of the bread and butter pudding because it was more like a pudding that was creamy in your mouth with a crunchy topping. Bread pudding on the other hand was too stodgy for me (thick and boring). My mum might have made it every couple of months when I lived at home as it was my dad’s favourite. She also loads is up with raisins which I enjoy.

There are so many recipes for bread and butter pudding and although I really do fancy my mums I decided to create my own. I’m definitely going to give Nicola’s recipe a whirl next time I get my hands on a Panettone cake. If we are inviting friends over or for a week night dinner I want something easy and fast to make. I don’t want to spend all my time in the kitchen while my guests are kept waiting and this is the recipe you will want to try next.

I created a version of bread and butter pudding with normal day old white bread which I will soak it in a coconut milk, cardamom, egg mixture apart from the more traditional dessert my mum makes. The coconut milk takes the dish to a whole other level in the flavour department. I sprinkle the top with sugar and bake it until it is crispy otherwise to me it’ s no  good. When you make either one it’s imperative that you bake it until the top is crispy because you don’t want a soggy bread pudding.

Ingredients Pannetone Bread and Butter Pudding

Here is Nicola’s Famous Pannetone Bread Pudding! 

Ingredients For Bread and Butter Pudding

1x Panettone (Italian sweet bread)
(Or 8-10 slices of  stale white bread halved)
5 cups of milk
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1/4 cup butter
4 tbsps Brown Sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Optional: For extra luxury substitute for half milk half cream to make it extra creamy

Bread and Butter Cost Breakdown

This is the approximate breakdown of cost totals $4.32 for a fresh, piping hot, creamy Italian Panettone Bread Pudding that you just can’t buy in a shop. Of course depending on where you live costs to make this Panettone dessert may differ.

  • Pannetone bread $1.47 (sale price)
  • Eggs x2 $0.30
  • Milk $1.35
  • Butter – $0.75
  • Brown Sugar – $0.30
  • Cinnamon & Nutmeg – $0.15

Serves 6-8 people

Preheat oven to (220 c) 428f

Italian Bread and Butter Pudding Ready For Oven

How do I make bread and butter pudding?

This easy bread and butter pudding is not only super fast to make it’s delicious and a can become a tradition in your home like it has been in ours.

  • Slice Panettone bread and layer into dish (if you are using bread, slice into triangles then butter before layering)    
  • Then in a jug combine the milk, eggs, 1 tbsp brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg until mixed thoroughly. (If you are using just bread, I would add another spoon of sugar as the Italian bread is sweet already)
  • Before placing liquid in dish place a few nobs of butter in-between the Pannetone. Then pour the creamy mixture over top. 
  • Now press lightly down into the mixture either with your hand or back of spoon until it’s just covered and peeking out above the milk mixture
  • Now cover and place in the refrigerator for around 1 hour
  • You can put it in for longer as the more it sits the more it soaks all the mixture into the bread!
  • Now before putting it into the oven sprinkle the rest of the brown sugar onto top of the dish.  This will give it a crunchy caramel flavour on-top
  • Bake for 40-45 mins or until the top has browned

Baked Italian Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding wm

And there you have it Italian Panettone bread and butter pudding.

Enjoy x- Nicola Don

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