The Bread Winner works hard for his family. He’s a great provider, a wonderful father and a fabulous husband. Sadly the providing segment of his duties takes him from his loving wife’s side more than is ideal. This week more so than usual. Things reached ridiculous last night when he had a 1am phone meeting with Toronto. Followed by a little over an hours work. He had started work at 7am the previous morning. Would anyone like to debate that the Australian male is overworked?
He did manage to get home early tonight, a shade before 5.00. We decided to seize the moment and walk the dog together, all of us, as a family. It’s a beautiful balmy night. Warm, ever so slightly humid, still. My kind of heaven, made all the more sublime by a walk with those I hold most dear, holding hands with my best friend, my lover, my husband, father of my children and so on and so forth. Life is so fleeting, there should be more time to walk and hold hands.
Oh alright, enough of my sap, I’ll move on to the salad. Which was served with steak in case you’re interested. Recipe created by my standard recipe development method of seeing what in the vegetable bin needs using most urgently.
Spring Vegetable Salad with Tahini Dressing
5 baby carrots
5 baby turnips
5 French radishes
8 florets broccoli
1 baby garlic shoot
1/4 cup shelled fresh peas
tahini dressing
- Combine all ingredients except peas and dressing in thermomix and chop for 5 seconds on speed 5.
- Place all ingredients in bowl and toss.
baby veg are so sweet and crisp aren’t they? But where can I source rice bran oil? What’s behind the choice of this in your tahini dressing?
Also – totally agree with you, (and relate: my Bloke has been sitting at the dining table working on a proposal until 2am every night for 4 nights this past week), that the Australian male is overworked. In fact, I give lectures on this so I’m going to be arrogant and say I know all about this (hehe) Australians now working longer hours than the Japanese, and we lead the world in the over-time stakes. It’s pretty much epidemic.
So – those moments together enjoying time as a family – how valued they do become. An evening walk sounds like bliss.
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I just buy mine at the mupersarket. It’s with all the other oils. I use it (or grapeseed oil) when I want an oil with a less overpowering taste than olive oil. I also use it for high heat cooking that olive oil can’t handle. Really though, I suspect olive oil would be OK in the dressing, there’s so many strong flours in there I don’t think it could overpower if it tried.
I have read studies saying that our poor fellas lead the world in the over worked stakes. I have no problem believing it.
I liked your sap.
Aw thanks Fig : )