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By the time Friday rolls around I am generally to tired to lift a pan to cook dinner. It’s the end of the week, everyone is tired *and* famished, and we need a quick and easy meal to feed the masses that appear at our house each weekend. Friday is also one of those rare [...]
Don’t forget the slow cooker giveaway!!! Details at the bottom of he post I think my team has been watching too much My Kitchen Rules I haven’t watched it, not because I didn’t want to, but because channel 7 programs don’t load quickly enough for me online and it drives me mental when it takes [...]
Lenten update ~ Today I baked a batch of Oreo brownies and chocolate chip blondies for one of my stand out work teams! Despite very trying times in our organisation, this is the small way I can let them know I personally value their contribution even if they feel like the organisation does not acknowledge their [...]
When the six foot teenager was younger, in preschool and in the first few years of “big school”, he loved to watch cooking shows. It was highly amusing since, at that time, my idea of cooking was heating up Latina pasta in the microwave with jarred sauce! Still, he loved those shows and it was [...]
Happy Chinese New Year! I love all the theatrics and colour that goes along with the events surrounding Chinese New Year and even though we won’t be joining in the festivities in Sydney, we can still celebrate with a delicious Chinese meal at home. Yesterday my friend referred to Chinese meals, usually on a lazy [...]
I have eaten more in the last two weeks, being on holidays, than I care to count. Every day I start with the best of intentions NOT to make a glutton of myself and end each day with a very full belly and wondering what in the world has happen to my willpower??! I have [...]
Road Test Tuesday – Yackandandah Thai Satay Peanut Butter is difficult to do for a main meal unless you fall back on the good old peanut Thai chicken salad. When I was searching my brain and Pinterest for inspiration, I was concerned that my family would lynch me if I served up another chicken meal. [...]
Yesterday was too H-O-T to handle in Newcastle! In what the newsreaders were tipping as the third hottest day on record, it was a scorcher at 40 degrees. It was still hot at midnight when the temperature was still 32 degrees. Thankfully, a cool change has come through today making it much more bearable but [...]
Sesame Black Rice A short time ago, before the Christmas mayhem and sugar overload, I made Sesame Beef for Slow Cooker Sunday. It was served with the most delicious and intriguing Sesame Black Rice. One day while I was in the supermarket, I spied this in the rice aisle. While MasterChef had exposed me [...]
Christmas prep is in full swing at our house and the “To Do” list just doesn’t seem to be getting any shorter! The kitchen was absolutely humming today, the dining table is set, some presents are wrapped, Christmas carols are on the iPhone, and I got a lovely visit from friends today. But, I’m not [...]
