Last night I sat down to a very late, but scrumdiddlyumptious dinner of scrambled eggs on toast after a more challenging day with Baby G. I'm not being facetious ... this meal took all of …
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Salads & Vegetables
Aussie salad for Ma
March 16, 2017
Last month The Italian's mamma, affectionately known as 'Ma' (with a whiny 'ah'), arrived from Milan to meet Baby G for the first time. She had been to the Land of Oz previously, at the …
Cheesy cauliflower and broccoli bake
June 3, 2016
I am writing to you all post-move (and from a happy, spacious place), but before I take you there in words I’d like to share a little something from the final week of chaos at …
Roast pumpkin, feta and pomegranate seed salad
September 25, 2015
Living with a chaotic person was not a concept I had ever entertained. I have fortunately lived with neat folk until now, and then on my own in the blissful sanctuary that was, was, the …
Jacket sweet potato with red cabbage coleslaw
April 2, 2015
Hairy hipsters were at it again. Not my hairy Hipsters of the Barbecue from next door, but at-large hipsters who showed up en masse for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s free Wednesday evening concert at the …
Hot smoked salmon salad
November 7, 2014
It’s been a long time between salads. Given that it’s going to be 32 degrees in Melbourne today, this sort of throw-it-together salad of standard-ish fridge items seems rather appropriate. I will be eating a …
Tortilla … the Spanish one
October 7, 2014
Schweinsteiger. Say it with me. Shvine-stiger. It’s almost as satisfying as saying Schwarzwelder kirschtorte. It has to be one of my very favourite German words, along with Sparkasse (pronounced, shpark-ass-e, and which is not the …
Vegetable coconut curry
March 16, 2014
Birthdays are a funny thing for me. With each passing year, I increasingly find myself in a ‘to celebrate or not to celebrate’ conundrum. To celebrate seems a self-indulgent, tricky bringing together of busy people …
Spicy red lentil, carrot and sweet potato soup
August 20, 2013
Two weeks ago, a wayward virus weaved its way in and out of heating ducts, through closed-door offices, around ergonomic chairs and over the high partitions that separate the pods on Level 5 of Publishing …
A Scandi-Middle Eastern seafood salad sounds like an odd concoction, I know. I had a lot of time to think about this one, as the recipient of a lovely virus that lasted for nearly three …