The First Hot Cross Buns of Easter 2011.

I held out for as long as I could.  I don't know how things are in your neck of the woods, but Easter foods have been in my local supermarkets since roughly the week after Christmas.  It started with a trickle of baby chocolate Easter eggs discretely hooked up at the check outs and then the stacks of hot cross buns that have invaded the bakery area.
Last night, Mr SSG came home with these.

It's a bit scary when you receive a NAP catalgue beause you're now one of their 'special' customers.  Not a word to Mr SSG.  Not.  A.  Word.

Baker's Delight Choc Chip Hot Cross Buns. 

It's the last week of February, I think I've held out long enough.  I had a couple for dinner whislt trying to read the latest Net-A-Porter catalogue which I personalized very creatively.  The catalogue is the size of your average issue of an Australian fashion magazine (ie not as heavy as the hard hitting American and European titles) but jam packed with the latest runway photos and definitive fashion directives.  Oh, and Alexa Chung!
It was basically fashion icon overload.  Or perhaps it was the sugar and chocolate.  All I could manage was the Alexa spread before needing to find the sofa for a bit of a lie down.  The spectacle of all that luxe fashion being available from the one website was overwhelming, even for hard nosed e-shoppers like myself.

Other than that, it's not been too exciting at SSG Manor.

These are some photos by which to remember the deliciousness that was the Jamie Oliver Baked Cauliflower and Broccoli Cannelloni from Sunday night.

It was great fun making them.

Stuffing the cannelloni shells with the vegetable filling.

Tearing apart the bocconcini for that decadent third cheese part of the topping.

Before finally drizzling some olive oil over the whole lot.

I think I'm going to have a quiet night in tonight.  It's so wintery at the moment here in Sydney.  I'm trying to finish my current Kindle book so that I can review it here soon.  Oh and finalize my itinerary for the Honolulu and Darwin Grand Tour in May.  Should I take the NAP catalogue as a shopping guide, I wonder?

Take care and have a good one.