Wishing You a Joyous Hari Raya

 

Sending sincere best wishes for a joyous Hari Raya. I will be thinking of you all my friends as you enjoy this special time.

Corn Fed Chicken – Read the Label. I Couldn’t, No Glasses…

 

I was in a big supermarket near home yesterday, having a browse, as you do. I needed to get some bits and pieces and found myself up in the meat department.
The whole corn-fed chickens caught my eye. I was contemplating having chicken rice for tea, and I like a nice whole chicken instead of pieces when [...]

Apricot & Walnut Upside-Down Cake

 

You can use any kind of fruit for this style of cake. I usually use apple, and I have used both fresh and the pie apple you get in a tin, but there was tin of pie apricot in the cupboard so I went with that.
Peach or pineapple also make a lovely cake and I [...]

Mum’s Peach & Vanilla Jam

Jac left a comment asking for Mum’s peach & vanilla jam recipe. I thought I’d reproduce it in a new post as I know many friends in the Northern hemisphere will be enjoying the last of their summer fruits.
This is the baked cheescake we had the jam with

And here is the recipe
PEACH AND VANILLA JAM

1.5kg [...]

Tastespotting said “thanks, but no thanks” – boo-hoo

I have some lovely, very talented bloggy friends who create the most stunning food photography. It really does look like it comes straight out of Vogue Entertaining. I have come to realise that this is actually a kind-of weblog subset or something: there are sites where food photos are submitted, hopefully approved and then displayed [...]

It’s Time To Start Planting Again – Yaay!!

The garden always looks bare over winter although monty’s tomatoes somehow survived – and they are in pots. Go figure.
We’ve had some lovely limes, a few herbs, eggs of course and a bit of silverbeet, but we are really looking forward to planting again this spring, all ready for garden plundering during the long days [...]

ooops, has it really been that long…?

Oh dear, I have been away a while. So much happening, so little time… Here I am though, back again dragging my rubbish little 5MP camera along with me. I bet you’ve all missed my photos!

I felt so guilty I made you a cake   And then I took a couple of photos so [...]