Broad Beans would be so tiresome if they were in season all year round. Removing the pods, cooking, skinning. It’s a fair bit of work. Something I’m more than happy to do in spring when they’re in season to experience their fleeting deliciousness. Joy of joy, despite my poor broad bean plants this year (almost […]
Market day makes me want to stuff as much of that freshly picked vegetable goodness into my gob as humanly possible in one day. As each day of the week passes by, they are that little bit less fresh, that little bit less nutritious. Always good until the end though. This morning, I got caught […]
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 […]
Out there in the ether is a cook book. It’s name escapes me. It’s a vegetarian cook book. It’s appallingly laid out. So much so that it is nearly impossible to browse. Not a photo or illustration to be seen and set out in columns. It does contain some gold if you have the stamina […]
After the weekend’s birthday celebrations, one thing I did not feel like doing today was cooking. Rare but true. Even so, it’s only just occurred to me as I type this that take away is the common option for nights such as tonight. It’s just not something that occurs to me more than once in […]
photo by 5k1nnyt1g3r, some rights reserved Silverbeet and Mushroom pasta bake 10 large silverbeet leaves, blanched and chopped 3 large field mushroom, sliced 1 onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon butter 8 sun dried tomatoes, roughly chopped 1/2 cup cream pasta of your choice (I used […]
I was raised on spanakopita or a variation thereof from a week kiddie. Something that strikes me as a little strange when I think about it, given the lack of multiculturalism in suburban Melbourne in the early 70’s. There was a goodly sized Greek community in Melbourne even then but we didn’t have any personal […]
Why oh why are my family so jolly difficult about orange vegetables? I know they are good eaters and I really shouldn’t complain but I love my beta-carotene and I wish they did too. Every now and again I try something new hoping it will be a winner. My current read is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle […]
Lately, Son and Heir greatly objects to staying home all day. He has this driving need for some form of outing every day. It’s a pain in the backside when I don’t want to go anywhere. Like today. All I wanted to do was clean the house and tend to some outdoor tasks that I […]
Here is a random nasturtiun from my back yard. Not relevant to anything else I have to say today. Just pretty. Now that I’ve got that out of my system, I’ll move on to my next random topic. The Junior Landcare Watermelon Challenge. It’s open to Australian children as individuals or as schools. The idea […]