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 Last week Peta and I attended a book event for We Love Food at Warrandyte’s Neighbourhood House that was all about budgeting. We were there to give some tips on how to make the weekly food budget stretch further. . . . → Read More: Book event at Warrandyte  If you are anything like us then you will have been feeling the squeeze as the cost of fresh fruit, vegetables and meat has skyrocketed lately. Here’s our best budget tips for the kitchen. . . . → Read More: Budget tips for family meals  When I have a hankering for something ‘culinary’ from the past I just have to make it, even when the kids are hungry and I’m in a rush. My sister and I used to eat pot-stickers, with mind alteringly hot chilli sauce, and watch back-to-back movies when we were in or 20’s and could sit around all day recovering from the night before. Monday night, 5pm and I’m making the delicious stuffing for the dumplings; pork mince, garlic, red onion, ginger, shitake mushrooms, soy sauce and red vinegar. . . . → Read More: Pot-stickers and why my kids still surprise me Last Friday night my guest list kept growing. We all have friends with kids that go to different schools, so it’s hard to co-ordinate catch ups because everyone’s kids’ seem to have a different activity on each night. Having the same night free is a rare occurrence. Which is why last Friday night I invited more and more girlfriends and kids until the number had reached 17! . . . → Read More: Friday night nachos  I think everybody fondly remembers the Sex in the City episode titled ‘Secret Single Behaviour’. Carrie ate saltine crackers in her underwear, standing in the kitchen reading fashion mags; Charlotte stared at her pores in a magnifying mirror; Miranda watched infomercials whilst wearing isotoner gloves with her hands slathered in moisturizer and Samantha had no secret single behavior because she was too busy having sex. Well … Kirst and I were hanging out with the kids last Sunday and I decided to make ‘bottom draw soup’. . . . → Read More: Secret kitchen behaviour  I initially had this dish at a friend’s house as an easy Friday night dinner. Vicki thinks she got the idea somewhere from the hunky Curtis Stone, but who knows? Curtis may just have been on her mind! Anyway, if he did influence this dish he should be given a medal as my tribe have adapted this every week since for a healthy, fuss-free family dinner. . . . → Read More: Healthy chicken wraps  The definition of prejudice is roughly:” an adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts”. I admit I did exactly that when I was at work the other day and was asked to make a ‘pasta bake’. My reaction was reeking of snobbery and superiority. The name ‘Pasta bake’ smacks of TV dinner trays and trackie dacks, which as it turns out is exactly what I love about them! . . . → Read More: Pasta bake prejudice  Weeknight dinners can really cause some angst; on the one hand we want them to be quick, easy and nutritious. But … on the other we want something different (because cooking the same thing all the time can become mind-numbingly boring) we want to experiment with new ingredients and introduce new flavours. But we don’t want to spend too much time looking for said ingredients or make something new to have the kids go: “Eeeewwww”. . . . → Read More: The weeknight dinner conundrum (oh, and butter chicken!) |
We Love Food is our book that covers similar territory. Find out more about the book at the Hardie Grant website. |
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