In my latest In My Kitchen post, I showed an image of a garlic and coriander paste I made to marinate some pork skewers. A lot of you showed interest in that paste and asked if I would share the recipe. The recipe comes from a favourite restaurant of mine, Spirit House. As the restaurant […]
Caramel Pork with Green Apple Salad and…Geriatric Care
April 7, 2014 By 49 Comments
Last week I phoned my vet to ask if he could see my two girls, Ruby and Rosie. He asked what their presenting issues were and I said, ‘Geriatric care’. My girls are in their twilight years and becoming more precious by the day. Today was their day of reckoning so off we went in […]
Pork Satay Skewers with Peanut Sauce
October 30, 2013 By 32 Comments
Earlier this week I posted about my family’s birthday get-together. I mentioned I had made pork satay skewers with a peanut dipping sauce and showed an image I had taken on my i-phone of the cooked satays. From the wonderful comments it became clear that quite a few of you were interested in the satays […]
Thai Red Curry Pork with Pineapple and Ginger
October 29, 2013 By 34 Comments
Thank you all for your concern for Arabella. She has bounced back – bounced right back into the arms of her boyfriend, the one who was the ex-boyfriend for around 16 hours. Yes, it appears ‘the break-up’ was just a slight hiccup on the romantic path to happiness. When I made the pork satay skewers […]
Chargrilled Eye Fillet with Massaman Curry Sauce
January 9, 2013 By 42 Comments
In a previous post I mentioned to you that while we were on a family holiday in Noosa, Maureen and Claire, two amazing bloggers who have become my friends, came over to our apartment for dinner, (except that Claire could only stay for a drink as she was double-booked). You would think that seeing there […]
You Are Awesome!
June 27, 2012 By 36 Comments
The other morning I didn’t want Alfie to be late for school (again) so I was rushing him and standing at the front door yelling, ‘Come on, you don’t want to be late, get your bag on your back, let’s go’. But he was stuffing around in the kitchen doing who knows what yelling back […]
Penang Curry and…Heightened Anxiety
June 23, 2012 By 32 Comments
Archie’s given me an anxiety disorder. On Thursday night Carl and I went out and when we came home Archie was out. Arabella told us that he was staying the night at Webb’s. Webb lives five minutes away from Archie’s uni so Archie likes to stay there occasionally and enjoy a bit of a sleep-in […]
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 […]
Twice Cooked Chicken Wings and…In the Spirit of the Super-Bowl
February 6, 2012 By 38 Comments
Here in the Southern Hemisphere we are a long way from that Nation-stopping event, The Super Bowl. But that doesn’t mean we don’t do our bit to join in on all the excitement. I read on the Three Cookies blog this morning that while watching the Super Bowl, Americans will consume 1.25 billion chicken wings. […]
Tapioca Pudding and…First Week Back Melt-Downs
February 4, 2012 By 33 Comments
The day the primary school children return to the classrooms is the day the parents who linger behind at the school gates face one of their greatest moments of testing. Firstly, because they are wondering which teacher their child ended up with and secondly, who else is in the class. Some parents try to take […]
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