The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous, Slow cooker/crock pot on Jun 2nd, 2009
Poor old First Born is a bit under the weather but we still had slow cooker night even without swimming. He just has a cold but I’m worried that his hearing may be affected. After all he did tell me that at assembly the Principal announced ‘come to school naked’ day. It wasn’t mentioned in [...]
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous, Slow cooker/crock pot, thermomix on May 26th, 2009
Despite Tuesday not being a work day, I spend an awful lot of it at work. Lil Miss has her swimming lesson in the morning and First Born has his in the evening. By the time we get home from the evening session, it is already well past dinner time for little Ankle Biters and [...]
Posted in Budget, Dessert, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Vegetarian, thermomix on May 24th, 2009
A few people have asked me lately if I’ve quit blogging. Which is a fair question. No I haven’t. I just lost my blogging mojo, got out of the routine and have struggled to slot it back into my daily tasks. In fact daily is really just asking too much these days but I would [...]
Posted in Budget, Vegetarian, thermomix on Mar 4th, 2009
By the end of every season, the food and flavours of the incoming season are so appealing. Some cooler days in Melbourne have given way to Autumnal flavours. Last night, we had a cauliflower and date curry served on a Tunisian pilaf. Recipe from the thermomix blog. Delicious, budget friendy quick and easy. All boxes [...]
Posted in Budget, Vegetarian on Feb 23rd, 2009
Maybe it’s end of season ennui or perhaps an effect of the strange summer we have had down here in Victoria on growing, but I just couldn’t wrap my mind around what vegetables to buy this week. I managed to make a decision after a full lap and a half of the market and returned [...]
Posted in Budget, Vegetarian on Feb 12th, 2009
Temperatures have been more than 20 degrees cooler this week in Melbourne than it was on Saturday. Which has brought about some difference in meals. We rely did get a little tired of salad variations. Yesterday I decided to soak some beans in preparation for tonight. Kidney beans were first to hand, bringing with them [...]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Budget, Light Meals, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Salads & Vegetables, Seafood on Feb 2nd, 2009
A lovely thing about summer in Melbourne is the amount of free music events that can be found in gorgeous park settings. Which is a lovely way to spend a Sunday evening. Particularly as a picnic the evening before your First Born starts school and work resumes for the year and routine craziness consumes your [...]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Budget, Light Meals, Salads & Vegetables, Seafood on Jan 28th, 2009
Melbourne is not a place to cook this week. It reached 43.4 degrees in the city today and 44 degrees i my neck of the woods. That’s around 110 in Farenheit. Admittedly I did get up at 6am to cook some chickpeas I’d had soaking but as it is still 37.4 degrees at 9.30pm, I [...]
‘Twas hot and sunny in my little corner of the world today. Much as I love the hot weather, when combined with a boot load of lovely thick wood donated by my brother and my dad, it makes for a hot and somewhat grumpy Dani.
Only grumpy until the job is completed. Then we have a [...]
Posted in Budget, Salads & Vegetables, Vegetarian on Jan 14th, 2009
Dinner invented itself as i was staring at the vegetable tray of the fridge tonight. I saw several summer vegetables that just begged to be chargrilled. I had no meat defrosted or beans soaked so lentils were an obvious choice. I wouldn’t go so far as to say this is an actual recipe. More just [...]
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