Happy New Year!

December 31, 2008 by Dani

So another year passes, more quickly than those that precede it. If you are celebrating the departure of 2008 or welcoming 2009, enjoy and be safe! If you’re not celebrating, also enjoy and be safe. It’s a crazy time of year. I’m ushering out the old with the assistance of the cook book challenge. This […]

Salad season begins

September 12, 2008 by Dani

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 […]

Garlic prawn and wombok salad

March 13, 2008 by Dani

The Bread Winner gets back late tonight. I know he doesn’t like fruit in salads. Tough. Tonight he’s getting it. Next time maybe he won’t confuse his flight times and have me believe he’ll be home early. So there. Garlic prawn and wombok salad 1 baby wombok, shredded 1 carrot, grated 1 red capsicum, julienned […]

A light and lucious New Year’s Eve dinner

January 1, 2008 by Dani

42 degrees for New Year’s Eve does not really incline one towards anything requiring hefty kitchen duty. We had planned to go to a friend’s house for a BBQ/drinks/casual get together. Eve the thought of hot meat was a little overbearing so I decided on the ultimate in simplicity. Individual platters of smoked salmon, prawns, […]