Posted in Baking, Carnivorous, Dessert, Drinks, Light Meals, Party Food, Poultry, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, Seafood, Soup, Starters & Snacks, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, thermomix on Aug 24th, 2008
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 […]
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Posted in Budget, Carnivorous, Drinks on Jun 21st, 2008
Tonight, the Bread Winner and I joined up with some friends and took our collective Ankle Biters to the Winter Solstice Bonfire at Collingwood Children’s Farm. The Ankle Biters were thrilled to be out at night and loved the fire eating, twirling and general burning of things. All very exciting.
Despite a no doubt dazzling array […]
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Posted in Drinks, Preserves on Apr 23rd, 2008
I have identified another luxury item in last week’s shopping that could have been avoided and saved me another $4. Rhubarb. But I’m glad I splurged. Because I made Rhubarb Champagne.
I used cider vinegar instead of white vinegar. Instead of sugar, I used 2 cups of dark muscavado and 1.5 cups of light muscavado. It […]
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Posted in Drinks on Mar 29th, 2008
I’m strictly a tea girl. Coffee makes me crazy. There are a couple of things I’m kind of picky about too. I prefer leaf to teabags. Teabags mean extra packaging. Not cool. Teabags also mean less control over the amount of leaf you use. The other thing is, it’s got to be fairtrade. Got to […]
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We are having Christmas lunch at my brother and his wife’s house this year. We all pitch in and bring food so no one has to work too hard. I was quick to bags dessert because a wonderful recipe sprang to mind courtesy of the lovely Jan. I also volunteered a couple of salads […]
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