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Category: Food

  • Tenderheart Cook #68 and #69

    Tenderheart Cook #68 and #69

    I’m cooking through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Charred Cauliflower and Crispy Tofu with Sweet Peanut Sauce Recipe Here The Quick Lowdown: Spiced Tomato Jam The Quick Lowdown:

  • Tenderheart cook #67 – Salted Tomatoes with Tomato and White Bean Dip

    Tenderheart cook #67 – Salted Tomatoes with Tomato and White Bean Dip

    I’m cooking through the Tenderheart Cookbook. I’ve made this recipe a couple of times now, the most recent for our Easter Monday lunch. It was a hit and a couple of my friends even got the recipe off me.

  • I’m back baby …

    I’m back baby …

    in the kitchen, that is. I posted a few weeks ago how I felt like I was in a cooking rut and had invited people over for lunch on Easter Monday to put that to bed. My MOJO is back—I hope. The lunch was fantastic. I made Salted tomatoes with tomato and white bean dip…

  • Tenderheart Cook #65 and #66

    Tenderheart Cook #65 and #66

    I’m cooking through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Salt and Vinegar Kale Chips with Fried Chickpeas and Avocado The Quick Lowdown: Green Curry, Spinach and Lentil Soup The Quick Lowdown:

  • Five on Friday

    Five on Friday

    While G and I were away in Lorne, dad drove up to Shepparton and bought five boxes of peaches for bottling. That meant Monday was spent bottling them. Mum and H peeled them, I cut them and dad packed them bottles and moved them in and out of the processor. Dad had to finish off…

  • List #49: What I Ate on Christmas Day

    List #49: What I Ate on Christmas Day

    Early on in my list journey I did a list of foods I ate on Christmas Day and I figured why not almost round off the list with a repeat and see what’s changed. Once again I woke up at my parents place in Point Lonsdale where lunch was held. We drove home in the…

  • List #45: Today’s Shopping List

    List #45: Today’s Shopping List

    I normally write out my shopping or errands list in my notebook and then take a photo of it for when I’m at the shop. My photo reel has photos like this sprinkled throughout. Today I am making Smoky Chickpea, Red Lentil & Vegetable Soup, but I already have more than half the ingredients I…

  • List #43:Summer Veggies in my Wicking Bed
  • List #42: What I ate last week

    List #42: What I ate last week

    Hmmm … that was a very slack week for cooking. I’m pretty sure I’ll be cooking more this week. What’s your go to if you find yourself caught up and needing dinner?

  • Friday Thoughts #21

    Friday Thoughts #21

    Each year the NGV puts on a special Winter Masterpieces Exhibition. I went to The Picasso Century in 2022 and last year I went to Pharoah. Yesterday I took myself off the the city for this year’s exhibition—French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This was actually one that we had plans to…