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• The Year In Review
  on Dec 30, 2012 in Pork Just Chatting
  New years eve is the time to look back and reflect on the year that was! This year has been a year of incredible highs and lows for me. I got to do my ultimate trip to Italy. I got to experience all that I had dreamed about for so long. The t...
• Exceptional Jasmine Thai Salmon
  on Jul 21, 2012 in Easy Salmon Healthy
  "That smells disgusting" says one, "That smells really bad" mutters another. Not great words to hear, as you are rushing to prepare dinner, two hours later than normal, after the day from hell.  The mood that I was in this late in the evening, and...
• Thai Inspired Risotto with Salt and Pepper Seafood
  on Jul 14, 2012 in Seafood Risotto Thermomix
  Since coming back from Italy I have been making all manner of Italian food - which has meant lots and lots of pasta.  "The Darlings" love it, so I figure why not?  Sometimes its best to take the road of least resistance, when it comes to meal times...
• Calamari all'amatriciana
  on Jul 10, 2012 in Italian Easy
  On our first night in Rome, after our twilight, highlights of Rome from a bus tour, we were treated to a meal at a local trattoria.  One of the pasta dishes we tried that night was bucatini all'amatriciana.  This dish was soon to become one of our...
• Osso Buco Milanese
  on Jun 3, 2012 in Italian Easy casseroles Veal
  During a cooking class on my recent trip to Italy, Chef Raffaele gave us some sound advice.  "if you don't have access to fresh, vine ripened tomatoes, use canned!". Looking at the insipid, flavourless offerings that are available at the  moment, I...
• A Little Bowl of Tuscany!
  on Jun 2, 2012 in Italian Easy Soup
  On a cold wet, winter night is there anything better than having dinner in front of a log fire?  I think not!!! I was feeling a little homesick for Italy the other day, so I took myself off for a shopping trip to Haberfield.  Now, it's not quite l...
• Lamb Meatballs with Chickpea and Potato Mash and Tomato Sauce
  on May 29, 2012 in Easy Lamb Kid Friendly Meatballs
  Finally, finally, finally, a meal to get me out of the blogging doldrums! You see it's not so much that I haven't been cooking, it's just that the meals that I have been cooking haven't really been up to blogging standard. There was the home made r...
• Back to Earth!
  on May 21, 2012
  Hi I know that it has been quite some time since I last posted, and lots has happened in the time that I have been away. I have been back home for two weeks, and my recent trip to Italy almost feels just like a dream now. I have spend the last two...
• In The Air
  on Apr 23, 2012
  We finally made it!  April 21st has arrived! It always seemed so far in the future, and never really seemed real. A dream even, somthing that prrhaps wasn't quite real. Even today as I got up at 2.30 in the morning (yes 2.30!!!), i mean who gets...
• Italy Here I Come!!
  on Apr 19, 2012
  Finally the day has come!!!  All those days of eating non blog worthy food with the goal of shedding a few kilos for my trip to Italy has paid off!!! I take off tomorrow morning in the wee small hours!  Am I excited??? Yes, just a tad!!! If you w...

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