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When I made paella the other night, it came to my attention that I had a bag of frozen seafood mix in the freezer. I had thought it was frozen prawns so had to fish prawns out of the mix for the paella, but still needed to use up the remainder before it got freezer […]
Mexican Food Although I was always a fan of Mexican restaurants in New Zealand, when I lived in San Francisco I discovered the delights of Californian-Mexican food. Compared to the stodgy cheesey stuff I loved in New Zealand, Cal-Mex is light, fresh, healthy and tasty. I regularly treated myself to dos tacos at the taqueria
I’ve been reading The Fertility Diet by Sarah Dobson. And although my usual eating style is very close to her suggestions I want to further increase our intake of healthy whole foods and cut down on Mr Duncan’s consumption of meat. This week we got a butternut squash and some spinach in our veg box. Â
There are many reasons for this Probably my favourite option for lunch is Crussh. The food tastes good, feels healthy and the salads are substantial – they actually satisfy my appetite. Sometimes I get their tuna bean salad, but when I do I always think I could so easily make this it home and
Although the veg box only came on Tuesday, I have used up most of the veg already what with the Endive and Asparagus salad, Tuna bean salad and fresh mussels with tomatoes. Some weeks are like that. Yesterday Mr Duncan failed the medical for his Australian visa with high blood pressure so needs to lose
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