Archive for the ‘cooking’ Category
TweetMake lots of healthy breakfasts – since buying that lovely new cookbook – Wholefood Cooking for your Family – we have been having freshly stewed apple, cinnamon and maple syrup with our porridge each morning – YUM! (if you want to try it, chop up two small rosy apples, pop them into a small saucepan [...]
TweetBy mid-January, every woman in my world had a set of pretty, patchwork coasters (as per Last Minute Patchwork Gifts) but we in the tumbledown house continued decorating our lovely tables with rings of tea, coffee, milk and juice! No more! Last week on my fabric shopping trip, I purchased a lovely red fat quarter [...]
TweetBreakfast is done. Julian and Little A have left for Aikido and I am ready to tackle the most improbable – but golly I’m going to give it my best – to do list. See in the top left hand corner of the photo – yeah, the blocks resting beside the knife covered in butter [...]
TweetI had a luverly bunch of bananas but I left them on the bench for way too long (can’t you just hear the tune to I’ve got a luverly bunch of coconuts!) Julian said, “make a banana cake”; I said, “yeah alright.” The fruit flies sent in scouts. Julian said, “make a banana cake”; I [...]
TweetWhat do you have for afternoon tea when it is grey and misty and wet? And goodness, it feels like autumn may be just around the corner – well, as much as it ever does in sub-tropical Brisbane :-) Pancakes or pikelets are a favourite – and lately I’ve been adding all kinds of fruits [...]
TweetI found the most beautiful zucchinis at the fruit and veg shop the other day – they were the glossiest, most perfect green and so deserved to be bought in huge quantities. So I did. Then I had almost 2kgs of zucchinis in the fridge. I started roasting them – but that wasn’t overly successful. [...]
TweetGosh – hard to believe that this time a week ago I had so much to say that I posted three times in one day and since then … nothing. I have actually been very productive – and remembering to soak up the last days of Little A’s summer holiday. The second half of last [...]
TweetUpon waking each morning, my mind runneth over with thoughts of all the worthy, creative and domestically perfect tasks I will perform as the day unfolds. I cannot remember a single occasion when I have been conscientious enough to turn these daydreams into reality. Today was no exception. That’s not to say it wasn’t good [...]
TweetWhilst choosing fabric for a new quilt for Little A yesterday – MORE FABRIC! – I hear you shout – ANOTHER QUILT! – I know, I know … it’s absolutely ridiculous, but a long story – I was suddenly consumed with the desire to make a quilted Kokeshi doll to match the new quilt. Kokeshi [...]
TweetLittle A was at one of those mammoth sleepover/play dates that children can only come home from debilitated and J has returned to work, so I was compelled to find my own fun today. It wasn’t hard. I found it in scotch and beets. My dear old grandfather has a great love of scotch which [...]
TweetThe flowers on the Fuschia that hangs outside my kitchen – look at them – they are gorgeous – nothing more needs to be said. Freshly baked Ginger Spice Cake to share for morning tea with my J and Little A – and it includes all sorts of secret vegetable ingredients that we’ll keep mum [...]
TweetOur fridge is no longer quite groaning with Christmas food, but we are. There is still a container of fruit mince longing for its pie that we cannot face, but apart from that we are getting down to softish carrots and odd looking leftovers. Surely it could not be time to start cooking again? But [...]
