12 of 12 March 2016 – Part 2
Part 1 of this post, in which I try to get into the habit of an earlier bedtime, is here. The story continues . . . I decided that, even though I wasn’t feeling so good, I’d get up and go for a walk this morning. Slabs suggested I...
Tassievore Eat Local Challange – Week 4: Tassievore Dinner Party
Once I’d finished my epic 12 km walk on Saturday, it was time to start preparing my feast for the Tassievore Eat Local Challenge. This was Week 4’s mini-challenge: to have a dinner party where all the food is from Tasmania. I’ll put my confessions up front. The butter...
Tassievore Eat Local Challenge – Week 1
Week 1’s Tassievore challenge was “Try Something New”. The challenge organisers posted some ideas on their Facebook page, including: Try growing something that you haven’t grown before. Try cooking Tasmanian quinoa. Try a drop of local cider, wine or beer that you haven’t tried before. Visit a restaurant or...
P365 – Day 347 – shortbread
A while ago Juniordwarf and I made shortbread using the 3:2:1 recipe. Today we made some more. Stars this time. In case you’re ever wondering how many stars you can get out of 750 g flour, 500 g butter and 250 g caster sugar, the answer is 66. That’s...
P365 – Day 298 – yeah! cookies!
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you might remember that Juniordwarf and I cook biscuits every Tuesday so that he has a treat to take to school for the rest of the week. Usually we make ANZACs, but we’ve also made shortbread and sometimes even choc-chip...
P365 – Day 289 – flourless chocolate and orange cake
I was going to make a cake on Thursday, but I couldn’t be bothered. I had so much more stuff to do! Today was wet, raining and cold, so it was the perfect opportunity. I made this cake last year (yes, I only make one cake a year), and...
P365 – Day 207 – . . . and biscuits
What else follows tea, if not biscuits? On Tuesdays Juniordwarf and I cook biscuits for him to take to school for morning tea over the rest of the week. Ever since the start of the year, we’ve made ANZACs. Every single Tuesday. He now knows the recipe word-perfect, gets...
P365 – Day 165 school holiday fun
This is the second week of school holidays. Because Juniordwarf is only in school three days a week, there’s only three days we have to cover each week, so Slabs and I each have taken a day off work and my mother has kindly agreed to look after Juniordwarf...
P365 – Day 158 cooking spaghetti
Me: Juniordwarf, have you been eating the spaghetti out of the pot while I wasn’t looking? Him: No. Me: Juniordwarf, have you been eating the spaghetti out of the pot? Him: Yes . . ....
P365 – Day 144 the final cooking class
Today was the last of Juniordwarf’s four cooking classes. We made meatballs, fruit skewers and a very creamy berry dessert. Juniordwarf was very proud of his fruit skewer, even though he ended up eating more marshmallows than fruit. Left: “Oh no, Mum’s taking more photos This IS asmile, Mum.”...