Did I mention I love spring? It’s finally here, but for so long it wasn’t. Winter extended into spring and the storms keep coming, the temperature refused to rise, and there was plenty of rain. I hate rain. Okay, I don’t hate rain; after all, we need it. But now that’s it’s over I can…
Easy Cheesy Lasagne
As a linguist and a language teacher, I’ve always loved playing with letters and sounds, but lately it’s my son who’s been getting into rhyme. He’ll start conversations with, “Train, plane, crane… also cane! Cane sounds a bit like crane!” The other day, he enlisted my help to come up with words that rhyme with ‘caught’.…
Great Spaghetti & Meatballs
What would your first thought be if you were asked to baby-sit your friend’s kids? Would you reply, “Yes, but only if they’re asleep”? Would you pause if it involved the changing of dirty nappies? Would you scan your bookshelves to see what DVDs you could take to keep them entertained? Would you check the…
Cauliflower & Ham Macaroni Cheese
Roasted Eggplant Lasagne
I was young, I was inexperienced, and needed a job. They were young, they were inexperienced, and the job was cash in hand. The restaurant had only just opened down the road, and they needed a kitchenhand right away. So, on Friday and Saturday afternoons, I would cycle down there and assist the chef with prepping…
Papperdelle with Fish, Leek and Chilli
Sometimes photos make the memories. And many of my “memories” from early childhood are held in faded instamatic photographs from a bygone era. In those days when I was very young, in those years that I would never be able to remember now, my parents were snapping our lives together and these snaps became treasured…