We have a freezer full of containers of stock that Andrew made this week. And it's coming on winter here in the great southern land, so my mind is on soup. I am about to make a pot of leek and potato. Everything chopped up and is ready to go in the pot. While I…
Parlo, parli, parla…
What I am trying to do in my spare time. Learn verbs. Action words.
La Morada, Montserrat, Buenos Aires – Locro and Empanadas
La Morada, Montserrat, BA - Locro and Empanadas Originally uploaded by lou_roo On this day last year I was in Buenos Aires with my beloved Andrew eating empanadas and locro. And today I found out that I may have relatives in Argentina. A cousin who is is researching the family history along with my sister…
Things I love right now
My mother's old tea pot, my Australian native plant series china tea cup, my new kettle with different heat settings for various beverages and persimmons which are in season at the moment. Oh, and autumn weather!
Moroccan in Mooloolaba
Pictured below are the Moroccan meals we had at Semo's tonight. Both meals were traditionally cooked In a tagine and served with a choice of saffron rice or cous cous. We both chose cous cous. I had the chicken cooked on the bone with garlic, saffron, fresh coriander and onions, garnished with saffron potatoes and…
A good feed on the Sunshine Coast
Tonight Andrew and I decided to dine at our favourite restaurant in Mooloolaba, Hot Pippis. Once was not enough; we were both craving a steak our first night in town and we were not disappointed with the fillet steak. I was familiar with the Seafood Curry, Hot Pippis Signature dish as I have had it…
Desperately seeking downtime
Another day of work (Wednesday) then we are off to Queensland's Sunshine Coast for 5 nights. A quick break to make a long overdue visit with Roo's mum and a chance to not have home chores to occupy us. It's all work lately and my body threw a fit last week. A bit of R&R…
New iPhone WordPress Application
Andrew downloaded the WordPress app for me yesterday. This is my first attempt at using it. First impression, it's intuitive enough but I would like more dashboard functionality. Not sure how to add photos, links etc. So I will save this text and check it out. Right-o, all I had to do was click Done,…
Chili con carne
The chili turned out quite well. Just the right amount of bite and a bit of my secret weapon - a chunk of dark chocolate. My friend Ange gave me a bar of Lindt 70% dark chocolate with orange peel, so some of that went in. Went well with the cornbread from yesterday. Mmmmmmm.
And while we’re on the topic of old cookbooks…
Another cookbook that I bought during my Tempe years (1976 - 1979) was the somewhat alternative Tassajara Bread Book. My husband baked bread from this book in the 1990s and reckoned that he felt 'at one with the dough'. Well the book was brought to us by the Zen Mountain Centre in Tassajara Springs California,…
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