I made pho for dinner on the weekend. It was delicious. Must post about it. Not now though. It presented me with somewhat of a dilemma. The stock calls for 3 kg beef spare ribs. The meat does not get used in the actual dish. So I was left with all the meat that had […]
I was just loving the thought of this afternoon. Lot’s of kitchen pottering to do. Dinner to make, lunches to prepare for tomorrow, yoghurt cheese, goats milk yoghurt to make, bread to bake, kombucha to brew. So much fun to be had. One thing I didn’t factor in though…fighting Ankle Biters. I swear the little […]
Today, it’s the Bread Winner and my anniversary. Our wedding anniversary that is. We celebrate both our wedding anniversary and our original anniversary. Because we can and because it seems kind of strange to discount the years we were shacked up before we decided to go all traditional. Anyway, organising a baby sitter and a […]
I found a 1kg Otway free range scotch pork roast reduced to $10. Happy days. Then I threw Lil Miss on the back of my bike and set off for the local farmer’s market. Nashi. Local. $3/kg. This is something in the realms of died and went to heaven kind of stuff. So obviously, roast […]
Lately, on a fortnightly basis, I throw meal planning to the wind with reckless abandon and simply buy up enough seasonal fruit and vegetables to get me through the week. Then, on a daily basis I think of a way of combining the fresh fruit and vegetables with something from the freezer or pantry to […]
This little number was born of a medley of things I had been wanting to try, a change in weather and a great deal at the fishmongers. The salt baked fish idea came to me via Stone Soup and the marinara concept from a prawn ceviche recipe in the 2007 Annual Gourmet Traveller Cookbook. Salt […]
I have a confession to make. I have been guilty of gluttony. Oh so guilty. Six extra kilos of padding guilty. Gluttony for me is not eating bad food. It’s eating too much. It’s an extra mouthful every time I prepare food for the kids. It’s eatng the kids scraps so they don’t got to […]
I think I’ve made it perfectly clear that I have a definite thing for Vietnamese food. Malaysian food comes not far behind in my list of favourite cuisines. My favourite of all Malaysian food is Roti Chanai. Which made me very happy to find a great roti recipe on Food Safari. Naturally I used the […]
Melbourne weather has been downright weird lately. 40 degrees one day and 15 the next. Today was a gorgeous 24. Perfect for a nice hearty warm salad. I didn’t get around to shopping properly for fruit and veg this week for some reason so supplies were a little limited but a great big sweet potato […]
Just because we’ve lost our Easter virginity doesn’t mean we have to succumb to the whole chocolate conspiracy. So I adapted a thermomix Vitality Truffle recipe and made these little dried fruit eggs for the kids. I put them inside 2 gold Lindt bunny tins that I was given by swimming students. Don’t ask what […]