Lately, Son and Heir greatly objects to staying home all day. He has this driving need for some form of outing every day. It’s a pain in the backside when I don’t want to go anywhere. Like today. All I wanted to do was clean the house and tend to some outdoor tasks that I […]
Today was 30 degrees. That’s 86 if you speak Farenheit. It’s going to be a long hot summer. Which prompted me to make a summery meal. Well that and the fact that I had nothing planned, some scraps that needed using, lunches to make, no bread and not a lot of time on my hands. […]
Just the veg and haloumi alone would be enough for me. The carboholics in the family demanded more so I added some dried Chinese noodles. A squeeze of lemon juice is all this dinner needs.
Parental brag first. So and Heir rode over 10km today in two separate stetches. LIttle champ. I bet he sleeps well tonight. The way home was harder than the way there but he made it! Now that’s out of the way, let’s move on to food shall we? You may not be surprised to hear […]
I deserted this little bloglet over the weekend in favour of particpating in real life. It happens sometimes. On Saturday night, I gussied up, deserted Ankle Biter and the Bread Winner and headed out to a friend’s 40th. Fun, fun, fun! Bubbles, red wine, lots of lovely party food and great conversation. Not to mention […]
photo by Joi, some rights reserved Asian Style Chicken Noodle Salad adapted from Tossed by Jane Lawson serves 4 – 6 250g bean vermicelli noodles 1 tablespoon rice bran oil 1 garlic clove, crushed 2cm piece ginger 1 fresh red chilli 1 tablespoon laksa paste (optional) 6 free range chicken thighs (minced in thermomix […]
Today was another wonderful, warm Melbourne spring day. Complete with somewhat annoying trademark Melbourne gale force winds. The Ankle Biters and I were out the door by 7.45am and on our way to the farmers market at Collingwood Children’s Farm. As were half the inhabitants on Melbourne (or so it seemed). photo by pinkcocoa, some […]
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 […]
photo by Yuppie Nomad some rights reserved Vietnamese Grilled Beef Banh Mi how good does that sound? Amazing huh? It was. It really was. Son and Heir practically inhaled his. Even the carroty bits. He usually hates carrot. Now for the bad news. No recipe. That’s right. I’ve been recipe testing for Jaden’s Steamy Kitchen […]
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 […]