We go through a lot of fruit in this house. All that tends to be left in the fruit bowl by the end of the week is the odd item that is slightly bruised and the kids were too lazy to cut the bruise out of and eat. This week I had 2 apples, 2 […]
I love this menu. A classic example of why you should be very careful when writing menus. People are lazy readers and handwriting on a blackboard can have legibility issues. We chose to settle for cocktails and ate at home.
Every now and again, my recipe book shelf explodes. I try and keep only the ones I use but I still seem to acquire a few new ones each year. In addition to that, both the Ankle Biters are cooking regularly now and they have their own little collection springing up. The good thing about […]
Sometimes, the simplest of meals receives the highest accolades. Tonight was one of those nights. Some simple little prawn and potato patties made from $3 of prawns and 3 potatoes with a simple lemon chive sauce and a mound of steamed vegetables. The family feed for just under $6 and the plates licked clean. There […]
We’re heavy hearted in Victoria. Ash Wednesday, 1983 is a day of devastation I remember well. This weekend has been worse. 84 live confirmed lost. That number will rise. More than 700 homes lost. That number will rise. There are ways to help Red Cross Appeal 1800 811 700 Give Blood
This week’s slow food market yielded a lovely little collection of eggplants. A handful of different varieties and colours that I simply could not walk past. Nor could I wait to eat them. They were required market evening eating. I had been eyeing off a recipe for eggplant and red miso for some time. It […]
Today was officially the first short sleeve and sandal day of spring in Melbourne. Utter bliss. Made even more enjoyable by my freshly spring cleaned windows. I’m in my happy place. Just as at the start of the colder weather, soup is a fabulous meal that it seems impossible to tire of, the advent of […]
I consider myself very lucky to have Ankle Biters with quite adult palates. Well there is both luck and good management involved in that. However, I have lately been overcome by a burning desire to throw a good old fashioned grown up dinner party. The Bread Winner is about to vanish to far away ports […]
Ah the bliss that is a child free existence. It’s quiet. It’s neat. It’s quiet. Its free of constant demands. Did I mention that it’s quiet? Friday, the Bread Winner and I shipped the Ankle Biters off to the Grandparents and we bolted to the airport for a weekend in Sydney. Things didn’t start incredibly […]
Cleaning out the fridge filo parcels 8 sheets of nearly dried out filo melted butter half a bag of mushrooms, sliced 3 rashers of bacon, sliced a small piece of tasty cheese sliced thinly 2 small brown onions, finely chopped 2 teaspoons dried thyme 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped small bowl of leftover steamed rice […]