Catering for allergies can be a bit tricky but gluten free or not, these are a much craved lunch box treat.
Crispy, crunchy, rice treats that are perfect for lunch boxes, and happily, gluten free!
- 60 g butter
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup golden syrup
- 1 tin condensed milk
- 6 cup puffed rice cereal
In a small saucepan, whisk together the butter, sugar and syrup over medium heat. Bring to boil and keep whisking until caramel darkens in colour (the more you cook it the firmer it will be when cooled, don't let burn though). Remove from heat and whisk through condensed milk and pour over rice bubbles. push into a lamington tray or large baking dish and let cool. Cut into bars.
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The Ramblings:
I think there is some Alanis Morissette style irony in the fact that my pondering today’s are health based under a recipe that is so decadently evil… None the less, self care…
I spoke the other day about how lately I’ve been focusing on making healthier choices. I simply don’t have time to be at anything less than 110%. It’s working wonders, feeling bouncier already. As much as I know more veggies are helping, I think why I am getting my groove back has far less to do with that than it does to do with ‘self care’.
I am so far from a fitness fanatic it is laughable, but by simply take 20minute a day for ‘exercise’, I’m taking 20 minutes for me. In that 20 minutes, I don’t let my brain think about any of my works or any of my to do lists. Whether it be laughing at Maggie’s fascination with Brolga’s, or getting lost in music practicing line dancing, it’s time out.
The 3 yr old Claire Theory
Having spent a fair while as a nanny then govie, time-out was a really important tool in my ‘how not to kill them and maybe, just maybe, instill some manners’ kit. It’s pretty simple. Kids get bored, overwhelmed, tired, and act out. Then, they get sent to time out. They get some time to reset, have a talk and think about what went wrong and how to handle it differently next time and off they go as a new loo.
I’d like to think I don’t ‘act out’…. consciously… Actually that’s not true… I act out by not bothering to exercise and by eating all the naughty things. Then the same principle applies, the wheels start falling off, I make take some time out, have a think about what’s going wrong, and hey presto, it’s all better. Magic!
For me, it needs to be exercise. If I sit in a bath with wine in hand, I guarantee I’ll go straight back to thinking about work. But, dancing my heart out, or walking my bundle of wags and energy works for me.
It’s darn simple, and I know it. You’d wonder that I have to wait for the wheels to start falling off before I fix it……. Anywho, musing over. Kuddo’s if you stuck it out!