I’m celebrating. I’ve managed to cook one of Jamie Oliver’s 30- minute meals in one hundred minutes. That’s my best result so far. Somehow, I don’t think a letter of congratulations is going to arrive any time soon from Jamie Oliver Central. Do you have Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals cookbook? It’s sold millions of copies […]
Soy Sauce Chicken and The Squash Player
July 8, 2012 By 41 Comments
We have a lot of drought in Australia and when we’re not in drought, it’s flooding. About a six or seven hour drive north of Sydney is a town called Coffs Harbour. When I was about 15 my parents announced to us with great excitement that we were going to Coffs Harbour for a very […]
White-Cooked Chicken andThe Plague
July 7, 2012 By 42 Comments
Last night I had tickets to a Barry Humphries concert starring his world famous creations, Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. And what made these tickets even more special was that they’d been given to me. I’d been looking forward to the night for so long but alas, I’ve been struck down with a […]
Dance Steps
June 18, 2012 By 39 Comments
Archie’s stressed. Apparently, it’s my fault. He’s tracking how he’s going with his degree and he’s a little underwhelmed. I’m responsible. He was in a flap yesterday about an assignment he had to visually present and he fell apart under the pressure. ‘Mum, you know I’ve got this presentation’. ‘What subject?’ ‘Dance.’ ‘Oh, that’s great, […]
She Knows & Chicken and Barley Stew
June 5, 2012 By 35 Comments
She Knows is a women’s blogging site that is all encompassing and includes entertainment, beauty and love, parenting, home and living, food and health and wellness. She Knows has listed their favourite Top 10 food bloggers and I was honoured and overwhelmed to be included on their list. I thought I would introduce you to […]
Stir-Fried Chicken and…My Sanctuary
May 30, 2012 By 33 Comments
I have a sanctuary. That’s what I call my shower recess. It’s that one little place where you are perfectly entitled to be on your own and also, be undisturbed. But my children were born with a huge amount of ignorance towards understanding that their mother was not just having a shower to shampoo her […]
Chicken and Quinoa Salad and…Near-Death Holidays
May 22, 2012 By 36 Comments
Some holidays are not relaxing and you arrive home just grateful to have survived. When I was a teenager some friends of my parents thought it would be a fabulous idea for us to go away with them and another family for a week on three boats we would hire from a company in Akuna […]
Confit Duck and…That One Special Dish
May 7, 2012 By 41 Comments
When Carl was growing up his mother, bless her, was an appalling cook, bless her, and, God, please don’t let her read this! For any and every special occasion she had ‘That One Special Dish’ she would troll out and everyone but her husband, bless him, suffered through the misery of it all. Having spent […]
Chicken Pesto Salad and…Critically Fed
April 29, 2012 By 45 Comments
There’s a lot of criticism around here at the moment and it’s all to do with lunch boxes. I try and I try and I try but the children are proving difficult to please and I don’t think I’m alone because I know so many mums who are like me and dread the daily chore […]
Titanic’s Chicken Lyonnaise and…The Mechanic’s Family Pets
April 15, 2012 By 37 Comments
Dogs are ‘man’s best friend’. I have two of my own and they are almost as precious as my children – almost! But not everyone buys a dog for the purpose of bringing them in as part of the family. Quite some years ago when Archie was three and Arabella even younger, Carl dropped our […]
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