I have a confession to make. I have been guilty of gluttony. Oh so guilty. Six extra kilos of padding guilty. Gluttony for me is not eating bad food. It’s eating too much. It’s an extra mouthful every time I prepare food for the kids. It’s eatng the kids scraps so they don’t got to […]
Fig, Bacon and Feta Salad serves 1 -2 Handful baby spinach leaves 100g Danish feta, crumbled 2 rashers bacon 1 small avocado, diced 3 figs, quartered Fry bacon until crisp and slice. Make a bed of spinach leaves and scatter everything else on top. Dressing 2 tablespoons tarragon white wine vinegar 2 tablespoons walnut […]
Day Three in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning. I had to do a small shopping top up last night, I bought more bread, eggs, rocket and a massive bunch of coriander. Most of which is already gone. I’m going to have to hit the supermarket again in the next day or so. […]
Day Two in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning Meal Plan Day Two Breakfast – bacon, poached eggs and toast Lunch – ham/salami/salad sandwiches Dinner – BBQ’d rissoles on lentil salad Poached Eggs It seems that there are many methods for making perfect poached eggs. I thought I’d share mine. I use a […]
Yesterday I knew two things about today. Firstly that I was going to Mt Martha which is an hour and a half drive each way. Secondly that it was going to be 41 degrees. Both of those things meant that I was not going to have the time to cook and that it would be […]
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 because […]
A divine big steak of yellow fin tuna caught my roving eye at the market this morning. Fresh in off the boat too. I had dreams of it being good enough to make a carpaccio. I brought it home and froze it for half an hour so as to slice it more easily, sliced off […]
Today was the first of the days that are too hot to cook and almost too hot to eat. Beautiful weather but not really suited to the tagine I had planned to cook. Luckily though, I had some gorgeous prawns in the freezer so a salad came to mind. Almost a 10 minute meal. In […]
It’s a beautiful warm day in Melbourne today and we spent the better part of it over in Ferntree Gully at a kids party. By the time we got home I had a scant hour to go for a run before dinner. So I threw a piece of topside in the oven before I left […]
I fell in love with all the wonderful varieties of potato available again this week. So I bought a selection as I couldn’t decide and thought I’d make them all work in together. The usual lack of bread dramas apply too and something about potato salad makes me think German. Dunno why. This is what […]