Archive for the ‘cooking’ Category
Tweet Today was Thursday, visiting grandparents day, so no time for sewing but a little window for fabric shopping and tonight we needed some emergency lunchbox treat making. Whilst on my walk this morning, I came up with a good possibility for the sashing of the little houses – a pale grey/blue polka dot – [...]
Tweet Okay – I could say that we plunged to new depths of culinary despair last week, but in fact, we have been sliding towards this dismal situation since our move. So this week, it is time to rediscover the pleasure of dinner. Little A and I started to reform ourselves on Sunday – we [...]
Tweet Here in Australia, invitations to morning teas, school P&F suppers, church jumble sales, family christenings … any event that combines people and food! … are often accompanied by the phrase “… and bring a plate!” Of course everyone knows that the plate is to be filled, preferably with something homemade, and my Nanny Dougall [...]
Tweet It’s the Queen’s Birthday public holiday today – yes, the Queen’s birthday was several weeks ago but things take a while to trickle down to the colonies. So we’re at home, it’s rainy and grey and no one feels like going out. What to do … Take an unfinished penny rug … (I love [...]
Tweet Make 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 [...]
Tweet By 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 [...]
Tweet Breakfast 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 [...]
Tweet I 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”; [...]
Tweet What 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 [...]
Tweet I 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 [...]
Tweet Gosh – 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 [...]
Tweet Upon 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 [...]