Chocolate always wins. It really isn't fair to everything else - the noodle soups, the sides, the dips, the salads - always take second at best. Poor fried rice, you can come to my house any day. Ok, so what am I on about? You see, I have an enormous backlog of posts... While I do enjoy the picture editing and post writing, I'd rather create and cook and photograph over anything else, and as I'm at home during the day most of my meals get styled and propped before being eaten. So over the … [Read more...]
Plum & Ginger Sauce, How to Dry Thyme, and a bit about food waste…
Here's the deal... I'm going to take 30% [or maybe even 50%] of all the food produced and throw it straight in the bin - probably before it even gets to a store. Of the food that makes it to the grocery store I'll get rid of 20% [maybe even 40%] before you can see it. Then once you're home with your purchases and sitting down to enjoy that meal you just made, I'm going to take 20% of what is on your plate - as that's going in the bin too. Ok? What? That's not acceptable? Why not? It's … [Read more...]
Bits and pieces – San Diego
While in San Diego on our recent trip there were a few other things we got up to along the way ... Warning: stream of consciousness ahead, proceed with caution... A quick shout out to the sales guy at the camera store where I picked up a new lens for my camera - I had emailed to make sure they had the Nikon 35mm 1.8 AF-S and LowePro Passport Sling in stock, and when I popped in to pick them up he said 'I like your blog, I sent the link to my sister, she is always looking for good gluten … [Read more...]
Definition of Irony #2
You know what they say about the best intentions... Looks like it wasn't quite low maintenance enough. Oops. … [Read more...]
Definition of Irony #1
Apparently I can’t boil water. I can make a mean cake, bake beautiful bread, create a mad curry paste and turn pretty much anything healthy [except this insanity, I don't want to even try to turn this healthy, I want to undo 4 months of healthy to sit on the kitchen floor and eat the entire pan with a big glass of milk], but what happens when I boil water….this: oops. Luckily I caught it before it started to smoke, just. Yes I boil water for tea in a pan. No we don’t have a kettle. … [Read more...]
