One of the things I like about getting a veg box each week is the variety of fresh seasonal produce. Sometimes I get an item I’ve never really used before and this is always an opportunity to discover new flavours and methods of cooking. This week we got two heads of something that looked like […]
As I mentioned, Mr Duncan is banned from dairy. I still have too many eggs and there is an over-ripe banana that needs using. He’s feeling sorry for himself and wants a dessert. Like most of my recipes, this one derives from the need to use things up instead of throw them away. What can
We have loads of eggs at the moment because I ordered an extra half dozen for my custard experiments,and somehow ordered double again the next week. Mr Duncan came down with the lurgy and was coughing his lungs out and keeping me up all night, so Ibanned him from dairy which has put a temporary
As a vegetarian for most of my life, I recently started eating a little red meat in the interests of improving my chances to conceive/carry successfully. We have a great butcher in our neighbourhood and Mr Duncan has been known to be a bit over-enthusiastic in his purchasing of the ‘meat of the week’ so we had
Technically it was Mr Duncan’s turn to cook but when I got home from Cub Scouts on Friday evening he wasnt home. I phoned, and it turned out he was stuck on the bus in a detour/traffic jam. So I took pity (I was starving) and took his turn to cook. When I check my
Poor Mr Duncan, after going to all the effort of making a lamb chop dinner last night, he wasn’t able to eat it. It turned out he had a fever and no appetite. Today he’s been in bed sleeping for most of the day (when he’s not coughing his lungs out). I made him chicken
I was blessed with a good head on my shoulders and did fairly well at school without feeling like I had to try too hard. Frankly I am a curious person and I found school pretty interesting. I used my curiosity and confidence in my ability to read andunderstand what I read, to teach myself