The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Budget, Dessert, Garden, Leftovers, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, Seafood, Uncategorized, thermomix on Jul 26th, 2009
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 should [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 8th, 2009
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
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized, Vegetarian on Jan 25th, 2009
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 was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 22nd, 2008
I just looked at my blogroll for the first time in goodness knows how long. What a disgrace. My apologies abound. My mission (well one of them anyway) for today is to get it up to date. If I”m on your blogroll, you should be on mine. If you’re not, let me know and I [...]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Light Meals, Salads & Vegetables, Seafood, Uncategorized on Sep 12th, 2008
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 warmer [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 12th, 2008
For the second night running, clicking save has caused an entire post to vanish off the face of the earth. Wordpress is making me crazy. I may or may not have the patience to redo this tonight. If not, bear with me and block your ears as I am about to curse. Loudly.
photo by Don [...]
Posted in Ramblings, Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2008
Barking Mad have come up with the fabulous idea of having a blogger dinner party. Because I’m not already obsessed with reading a gazilion blogs on a daily basis (or as updated), I think everyone should join in so I can find some more blog gold. I am going to completely ignore food bloggers for [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Baking, Budget, Light Meals, Salads & Vegetables, Uncategorized, Vegetarian on Aug 21st, 2008
Every night this week I’ve had all the good posting intentions in the world. Life keeps getting in the way though in one form or another. Today has been no different. I will however assuage my non-posting guilt with a series of random images of things we have been eating this week.
Son and Heir has [...]
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