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…
Aren’t holidays grand? A little something extraordinary in the ordinary-ness that we call life. We had only been away for one night since March last year, but after celebrating a year of parenthood, we decided to take up the offer of some good friends and visit them in the tropics for a week before they…
Oh, the memories! Of summer days spent at our grandparents’ house in the country. Sunset joy rides on the ferry, walks with the dog, a cockatiel that whistled ‘Pop goes the weasel’, a clock ticking in the hall. Biggles books in the lounge room, pigface growing in a disused tractor tyre, metal seats on the lawn.…
Did I mention that I was on a pumpkin cooking bender? Well, yes. With the first pumpkin I made these, and these, and then froze the remaining pumpkin puree for later. Then last week I made Pumpkin Macaroni and Cheese, and the mix of flavours inspired me. What’s happening in our garden also inspired me……
Who likes baked beans? Not I! I remember being offered baked beans on a camping trip (I couldn’t have been more than 5 years old) and rejecting them outright. My position hasn’t changed. Give me tinned spaghetti any day, but never baked beans! But this! This is what baked beans were meant to be… After…
Even a certified dessert addict has to eat savoury sometimes! I must have had this riff on a savoury scone recipe tucked away in the back of my mind somewhere, because on this lazy Sunday morning, and with lunchtime approaching, I was thinking “Some cheese and jalapeño scones would be nice…” but then it took…
I love perfect rice. There is nothing that brings me quite as much satisfaction as being able to create a pot of what I call, “perfect” rice. It’s just rice cooked by the absorption method; but when it works it’s perfect. And for something that cooks without intervention and is ready to go after 20…