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In My Kitchen: February/March 2015

March 10, 2015 By JJ 11 Comments

It’s once again time for In My Kitchen and as per usual this is a collection of things from the past month — a small snippet of those seen over on Instagram — in loosely interpreted categories and no particular order. With a double dose because February flew by before I knew it. As always I’m linking up with Celia for IMK.

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Kitchen Shenanigans

Even though we eat gluten our go-to pizza dough is from Emma Galloway’s cookbook My Darling Lemon Thyme (because it is just that good).

When I found a half batch of dough sitting in the fridge from a few evenings earlier I took it out, let it ferment on the counter overnight, threw in some more water and flours let it rise and baked.

#glutenfree bread fresh from the oven, currently being eaten with #vegan butter ????. Hey @mydarlinglemonthyme I had half the pizza dough from your book sitting in the fridge, let it ferment on counter overnight, threw in some more water and flours to ge

Voila, gluten free bread. You can go visit Emma here.

Then because it’s summer I topped it with cinnamon tahini, white nectarines and golden plums.

The toast with cinnamon tahini, white nectarines and golden plums (!!) was for breakfast, the @stormandindia Coconut Chai is being refreshed all day and the @hooraymagau indulgence is for when work is done.

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Summer means Sunday sunset sessions at the beach with mates — we usually show up with leftovers from whatever I’ve been shooting and plenty of fresh fruit.

In other news an upside-down cake carrier makes for the perfect portable fruit platter. You’re welcome.

What happens when I say I'll bring the fruit ???? #latergram of yesterday's beachside sunset gathering - in other news a cake carrier makes for a darn fine fruit carrier...   • #eatfoodphotos Jan 26 | #shared •

I usually cut watermelon like this but sometimes I use the same method without removing the rind — perfect handle for eating, no watermelon-slice-face, everybody wins.

Remember my watermelon video from a while back? If you leave the rind on but cut it the same way it leaves a little grip with no risk of rind in your ears to get that last bite ???? (giving this rain the middle finger with #latergram photos of sunny pic

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Distinct possibility used stripe-y straws for shoot, please forgive me. Although as it’s for a kids cookbook I’m totally calling fair use.

Forgive me instagram for I have sinned. It's been 6 months since my last stripe-y straw pic. ???? As it's for a kids cookbook I'm totally calling fair use ???? • #eatfoodphotos Feb 25 | #cool // Feb 26 | #hidden •

I then ate these ‘healthy’ chocolate crackles for breakfast every day until they were gone, because healthy and because chocolate. In other news this is why my pants don’t fit…

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Almost every day I share pretty pictures over on Instagram of what I’m shooting. This, on the other hand, is the reality of what my kitchen looks like after a day of prep-style-shoot-repeat. Filtered of course because black and white makes it bearable – ha!

Even filters can't solve this mess. Whoever gave the maid the day off is fired. I need a lie-down. #aftermath #behindthescenes

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The other night I took Ray the sourdough starter out from the back corner of the fridge for the first time in oh, a couple of months (yes, really)…

Last night I took Ray the sourdough starter out from the back corner of the fridge for the first time in oh, a couple of months ????...  Poured off the dark liquid, tossed out about half the stater and fed him with an unmeasured quantity if white, rye a

In an act of faith I poured off the dark liquid, tossed out about half the starter and fed him with an unmeasured quantity if white, rye and filtered water. After about 18 hours on the bench in summer heat he looked like this.

Good boy Ray, good boy. Maybe one day I’ll starting making proper bread with him and not just Steamed Buns and Rye Crackers.

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I Make Stuff

Two more months of #7vignettes with Interiors Addict. I like all the images individually but not necessarily how they work together. I think I need to start theming a bit.

February:

That's a wrap! Another month of #7vignettes with @interiorsaddict done and dusted. @ozdesignfurniture #alltheprettythings

March:

Another month of #7vignettes done and dusted! Thanks to @interiorsaddict and @keeki_mystyle.

Have you been playing?

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No computer, no camera, no food, because sometimes I need to make stuff with my hands. It’s terribly handy to have a friend with a building site (and all the tools) close by, in other news I’m covered in dust.

No computer, no camera, because sometimes I make stuff too. It's terribly handy to have a friend with a building site (and all the tools) close by, in other news I'm covered in dust.

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Little bars of gold (aka beeswax straight from the hive) for a project – the benefits of knowing a beekeeper. Packed up with a note to not heat it too much lest it explodes. Distinct possibility this has to do with that previous photo.

Little bars of gold (aka beeswax straight from the hive) for a project - the benefits of knowing a beekeeper! ????????????  Packed up with a note to not heat it too much lest it explodes ???? • #eatfoodphotos Mar 4 | #wrapped // Mar

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On location, fighting the weather. Worth a mention that RJ was roped into assistant duties with the promise of food, bless him.

RJ roped into assistant duties with promise of food. #hereholdthis #eatingtheprops • #eatfoodphotos Jan 12 | #lunch •

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Food Finds

Can we talk about how cute doughnut peaches are? Also, delicious.

Doughnut peaches, because summer   • #eatfoodphotos Jan 24 | #two bites / Jan 25 | #yellow •

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When on the way home from the beach you see a sign for $9.90 lobster tails you buy said lobster and grill it for dinner.

Today was not a glittery day. So I wrapped shooting early and we went for a late afternoon swim to wash away the bad. On the way home we saw a sign for $9.90 lobster tails. They're getting grilled and served with an obscene amount of butter, pesto flat br

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Coconut Chai* from New Zealand family-run tea company Storm & India is my new indulgence. It is buttery and smooth, loaded with slivers of coconut and spice, and even the canister is a bit special.

Only down side is that the tea leaves are quite fine so even with a mesh strainer they end up in your cup but that doesn’t really bother me.

It's been a long day and I'm only now getting around to making a cuppa and eating anything substantial - @stormandindia #CoconutChai with a piece of that carrot cake from the other day and a few leftover cherries   • #eatfoodphotos Jan 22 | #hot •

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And because one can ever have enough tea…

I tried Moringa at the Vitality Show late last year and really enjoyed the teas so when a sample pack* showed up at my door I was quite pleased. Moringa is a superfood (yes, another one of those) grown in the Philippines and this one is by an Aussie who’s family owns a plantation.

Thanks @thehealthfulhub for the #Moringa samples! Love the herbal Moringa / bee pollen / tumeric tea and thinking the powder will work a treat in protein balls.   Does anyone out there use Moringa? Any tips?

I do keep forgetting to sprinkle the powder over my morning porridge so can’t attest for the super-powers just yet, but the Moringa/Bee Pollen/Turmeric tea is simultaneously refreshing and calming.

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There is every chance I started to wiggle like an excited puppy when I found out tomatillos were in season at the farmers’ market.

I nearly bought the stall out of the husked green-tomato-esque fruit then headed for the Australian garlic seller because tomatillos plus garlic equals Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde (even though the salsa was more purple than green because look at the colour on these things – I’ve never seen anything like them!).

Tomatillo Salsa Verde (from the blog archives) is on the menu tonight!  There is every chance I started to wiggle like an excited puppy when I found out tomatillos were at the markets, then I nearly bought out the @eveleighmarket #ChampionOrganics stall :

The chillies are from the plant in my kitchen window that I grew from a seed a few years back and they are hotter than sin.

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General Miscellany (and more props…)

Gorgeous old scale spotted at a friend’s building site. RJ was not amused when aforementioned friend told me to take it. I win.

Watermelon, peach, cucumber, a few squares of dark chocolate and ginger tea... But more importantly a gorgeous old scale spotted at a friend's building site. RJ was not amused when aforementioned friend told me to take it ???????? • #eatfoodphotos

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Look at my desk all schmexy, dressed up with a Metro marble-base lamp and new glass water bottles from Freedom*. RJ has already claimed the blue one for work.

In other news I don’t have a desk, I do however have a photo prop board and a floor – it’s all smoke and mirrors round here people. Smoke and mirrors and sexy lamps and slightly droopy plants.

Oh @freedom_australia you've made my day! Now my desk is all schmexy, dressed up with a Metro marble-base lamp and new glass water bottles - thank you! (RJ has already claimed the blue bottle for work)  In other news I don't have a desk, I do however have

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Now this is the kind of Valentine’s love I can get on-board with (haha, pun totally not intended but genius if I do say so myself).

It’s kind of like Freedom* was spying on me while I was wandering around the store the other day — and now that it lives in my house I can’t stop using it in shots.

Now this is the kind of Valentine's love I can get on-board with ???? (haha, pun totally not intended but genius if I do say so myself)  It's like @freedom_australia was spying on me while I was wandering around the store the other day - I only le

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Because everyone needs pretty, sparkly lights and a bit of faffing.

Because everyone needs pretty, sparkly lights and a bit of #fridayfaffing ???? thanks for the pressie @erikarax, I hope you are having amazing adventures! ????

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I had just finished shooting for the day and made a pot of tea when there was a knock at the door…  The copper basket from Freedom* may have shown up with a cake in it, but I have a thing for notebooks — and now I have a thing for notebooks.

I had just finished shooting for the day and made a pot of tea when there was a knock at the door...   The @freedom_australia copper basket may have shown up with a @flourandstone Choc-Raspberry Buttermilk Cake in it, but I have a thing for notebooks, and

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Filed under things that were not mine when I left home in the morning, that were mine by the afternoon (because it’s been a while since a good round of #oppshopobsession).

Filed under things that were not mine when I left home this morning, that are mine now (because it's been a while since a good round of #oppshopobsession)  • #eatfoodphotos Mar 6 #jug • Also, @simmerandboyle those brownies are off the hook, share them wit

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Filed under things I want in my house. Note to self, get house.

It’s an AGA for those keeping score. I spotted this at a media event* launching a new apartment sized version that is just as gorgeous and half the size. I now know all about radiant heat cooking and it sounds amazing but I think I’d still go for the more traditional Falcon gas one.

Oh #AGA, I die. Filed under things I want in my house. Note to self, get house.

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Flowers as props for a shoot still means I get flowers.

The windows are open, the breeze is blowing and I have pretty flowers. #herewego

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I was tagged over on Instagram for #20beautifulwomen. I’m no good at selfies but after about one hundred and fifty seven or so tries I ended up with this. In other news, I bought a shirt with pineapples on it.

Tagged the other day by @thelifeofclare for #20beautifulwomen. I'm no good at selfies but after about one hundred and fifty seven or so tries I ended up with this. In other news, I bought a shirt with pineapples on it yesterday ???? Tagging a few r

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This isn’t remotely food related and isn’t really fair to everyone in the northern hemisphere buried under a thousand feet of snow, but we’ve gone to the beach more this summer than in the past five years and it makes me deliriously happy.

This shot was taken on the last day of February — Australia has this silly rule that seasons change on the first day of the month rather than on the much more logical equinox/solstice around the 21st. It’s probably related to the national habit of abbreviating everything, but as a result everyone spent the day bidding goodbye to summer.

We however went to the beach, the sun was hot as it beat down on our backs and the water was clearer than I’ve seen it all season.

Australia has this silly rule that seasons change on the first day of  the month rather than on the much more logical equinox/solstice around the 21st. It's probably related to the national habit of abbreviating everything.   As a result everyone has spen

Let it be know that I will not be saying goodbye to summer just yet and I will not enter into any arguments to the contrary. If you need me I’ll be in the ocean.

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That’s all folks!

Make sure to pop over to check out the other IMK posts listed in the sidebar of Celia’s site — there is always great stuff to be found.

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* Asterisked items were received for editorial consideration in accordance with my editorial policy. All opinions are fully my own, I don’t have time to share stuff I don’t like. Supercalafragalisticexpialadoshus. Beam me up Scotty.

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Comments

  1. Joanne T Ferguson says

    March 10, 2015 at 11:23 am

    G’day and what an IMK post today JJ!
    Where do I start?
    Thank you for allowing me to learn new things and I love your photography; it inspires me!
    Your post brightened my day and thanks for this month’s kitchen view also!
    Cheers! Joanne

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  2. Jane @ Shady Baker says

    March 10, 2015 at 2:38 pm

    These posts are so much fun JJ! So much goodness. I love your pineapple top and your props and the AGA, even your sink of dishes looks good x

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  3. Tania @My Kitchen Stories says

    March 10, 2015 at 11:25 pm

    Lordy be thats a lot of props. You are gonna need a big house girl. Some wonderful stuff none the less. fantastic

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  4. brenda hayes says

    March 11, 2015 at 3:08 am

    Great photo…keeping it by my desk!

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  5. Kavey says

    March 11, 2015 at 3:40 am

    Wow, best IMK ever, what an amazing selection of foodie treats and ideas and gorgeous instagram photos. Am particularly intrigued by those purple tomatillo, what an unusual colour! And great news that Ray has survived his little hibernation!
    Kavey (first time IMKer this month)

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  6. Claire @ Claire K Creations says

    March 11, 2015 at 11:20 am

    Wow JJ. I think you definitely need a house just to fit all your in my kitchen items! Love all the set ups. I really must get in on the 7 vignets thing. Looks like fun.

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  7. Luca Marchiori says

    March 11, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    Beautiful photographs that make me yearn for summer … it’s on its way here in Europe but taking so long. Where I come from ‘lobster tails’ are something a little different, but those look delicious.

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  8. SeattleDee says

    March 12, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    It’s still winter in the Northern Hemisphere, but your post put summery sunshine into the day…. and your photos added a touch of envy as well. Lovely!
    Purple tomatillos?! do they taste the same as their green cousins?

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  9. Alison says

    March 12, 2015 at 3:25 pm

    Gotta say, it’s always a pleasure to see what you’ve been up to; love your sense of style! And please tell me where you got that white-painted wooden board/table I see so often in your pics? Or did you make it yourself?

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  10. Nicole- Champagne and Chips says

    March 15, 2015 at 5:26 pm

    I love the look of that bread, just so fresh and light.
    Where did you find doughnut peaches?? After seeing them on all the UK blogs last summer I went searching but couldn’t find any 🙁

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  11. Elizabeth says

    March 26, 2015 at 11:17 pm

    I have finally got around to the IMK post for march, just in time to start again for April! WOW you always have so much going on in your kitchen. I do live you photos and can’t wait until I do a course and learn how to take better shots 🙂 In Queensland it is still over 30 ever day which is good, but still so humid and I want to get planting, but can’t because it is too hot! Thanks for sharing! Liz x

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