The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Breakfast, Budget, Vegetarian on Jan 27th, 2008
Day Nine in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning.
Today is all about cleaning out the fridge, using everything up and making sure we have snacks for the car. We’re leaving early tomorrow morning to drive home. I miss my dog, my thermomix and my sewing machine but with the exception of Bronte, […]
Day Eight in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning.
Australia Day! Happy Australia Day Australians. I hope you all find a lovely way to celebrate. We’re thinking of trotting off to Darling Harbour.
Meal Plan Day Eight
Breakfast - toast, eggs and bacon
Lunch - seafood BBQ and salad
Dinner - dinner at Wagamamma, Darling Harbour
Seafood BBQ […]
Day Seven in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning.
It;s day trip to Lake Macquarie day today. I packed lunch and snacks last night so we can head off and play early. All quite boring in the food department really.
Meal Plan Day Seven
Breakfast - crumpets
Lunch - ham, cheese and salad wraps
Dinner - soft […]
Posted in Breakfast, Budget, Carnivorous, Lunch on Jan 24th, 2008
Day Five in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning.
Meal Plan Day Five
Breakfast - Scrambled eggs with coriander on toast
Lunch - BLT
Dinner - steak bernaise, chips and salad
Steak Bernaise, Chips and Salad
3 sirloin steak (the ankle biters will share one between them)
2 tablespoons tarragon vinegar
1 shallot minced
2 tablespoons white wine
100g chilled butter, cubed
2 […]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Breakfast, Budget, Leftovers, Lunch, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Poultry on Jan 22nd, 2008
Day Four in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning.
We actually had a meal today that I didn’t cook so don’t expect a recipe for lunch! It was delicious. Probably a tad to much chilli though. I like it hot but it killed the actual flavour of the laksa. We ate in the […]
Posted in Breakfast, Budget, Carnivorous, Leftovers, Lunch, Salads & Vegetables on Jan 21st, 2008
Day Three in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning.
I had to do a small shopping top up last night, I bought more bread, eggs, rocket and a massive bunch of coriander. Most of which is already gone. I’m going to have to hit the supermarket again in the next day or so.
Meal […]
Posted in Breakfast, Budget, Carnivorous, Lunch, Salads & Vegetables on Jan 20th, 2008
Day Two in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning
Meal Plan Day Two
Breakfast - bacon, poached eggs and toast
Lunch - ham/salami/salad sandwiches
Dinner - BBQ’d rissoles on lentil salad
Poached Eggs
It seems that there are many methods for making perfect poached eggs. I thought I’d share mine. I use a large saucepan 2/3 full of boiling […]
So here we are in wet, wet Sydney. Rain is such a novelty for us Melbournites. Courtesy of the Bread Winner’s company, we have free use of a simply divine 3 bedroom apartment right on the Harbour. The apartment is bigger than our house. I could happily sit on the couch for a week just […]
Posted in Breakfast on Dec 27th, 2007
The Ankle Biters were given these fabulous little pancake makers for Christmas. A terrific present from an Aunt, Uncle and Cousin. We made little men and heart pancakes for breakfast this morning. Lots of fun. Although beware if you decide to hunt them down (distributed in Australia by Davis and Waddell), the little handle gets […]
We have a Christmas Eve brunch at our house this year with BIL, SIL and Niece. Nice relaxed way to enjoy some family Christmas cheer. So here is my Christmas Eve Brunch for 7.
Bircher Muesli (an adaptation)
500g good quality un-toasted muesli (I used Carman’s, you could of course make up your own mix of […]
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