• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large sliced onion
• 1 large leek, sliced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 2 cloved of crushed garlic
• 1 tbsp chopped rosemary or thyme
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp caraway seeds
• 2 chorizo sausages, sliced on the diagonal
• 1 c pearl barley
• 6 c chicken stock
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 c thinly sliced cabbage
• 6 large silver beet leaves chopped

Heat the oil in a large saucepan and cook the onion, leeks,  carrots, herbs and salt until the vegetables are tender.  Add the spices and sausage and cook a further 2 mins.

Add the barley, stock and bay leaf .  Bring to the boil and then simmer until the barley is tender.  Add the cabbage and silver beet and simmer a further five minutes.  Serve topped with grated parmesan, and some crusty bread on the side.  Yum!

• 2 litres of water
• 1 tablespoon of rinse aid
• 2-3 tablespoons of liquid detergent

Mix all of the ingredients together.  Spray your windows down with a hose to get them wet, then wipe or brush the solution onto your windows, then immediately hose it off.  That’s all there is to it and you’re done. 

The remaining water just sheets off and you don’t need to dry it off!