An enormous thank you is in order to my darling cousin, who has since coined the term “just like hundreds and thousands”. I received a video of him eating ice-cream with passionfruit, and as he generously sprinkled lupin crumbs on his ice-cream, he gave a cheeky smile and said the phrase. And thus, “just like…
Competition!
The more experience I get cooking with lupins, the better my cooking of lupins becomes – no surprise there! (For those of you who don’t cook, it is ALL trial and error! And there will ALWAYS be errors!) Plus, being a stay-at-home mum allows me to spend the time in the kitchen that I will…
Friday Night Tradition
When friends of ours got us a pasta maker for our wedding, little did they know what they were starting. I immediately fell in love with it and it became a weekly habit in our household – homemade pasta on Friday nights. Now, supposedly, pasta is not good for you. But the Mediterranean diet (vegetables,…
Good-For-You Bread
Humans have been eating bread for thousands of years, but all of a sudden, the professionals are telling us it is bad for you. Why? So many people are being diagnosed with celiac or a gluten intolerance. Why? There are so many theories out there to answer these questions. But the historian and researcher in…
Quick Lunch
I wish I could say I was a fabulous wife and cooked my husband this beautiful hot breakfast for Father’s Day. I didn’t. Instead, a few days earlier, my mum came over (as she often does), and she looked after the kids (as she ALWAYS does) while I cooked us lunch (as I sometimes do)….
Crunchy Lupin Granola
I CANNOT express how grateful I am for this little goodies box! Two sick kids, 40 minutes sleep since midnight and I am (literally right now) living on caffeine and my crunchy lupin granola! My eyes are hanging out of my head but (I think) I’m still functioning. I’m always on the look out for…
Mushrooms Revisited
With both my pregnancies I was iron deficient. My doctor told me “mushrooms, eggs and green leafy vegetables”. My doctor was brilliant, so what she said was gospel, and that was how I started to eat. My husband was still playing football during my pregnancies(and still is), which left me to my own devices two…
Brekky on the Run
I love breakfast. But, I don’t think my kids have got the memo just yet. By the time the eighteen month old has been fed and clothed (and her hair isn’t too knotty), and the 4 month old has been fed and had a nappy change, and the husband has had his brekky and lunch…
The Extra Steak
Have you purchased a packet of steak, and there’s one steak too many? What do you do with that one extra steak? Saturday night, my husband ditched footy awards so I prepared a lovely, romantic dinner with the expectation our eldest would crash after footy and the little one never plays up. Epic failure! This…
Kibble? Huh?
Okay – what is kibble and what do you do with it? I never actually knew what kibble was. Effectively, it’s just some type of food that is chopped-up coarsely. In this case, lupins. Good to know. Still, what do you do with it? Well, as I was thinking where this kibble would land me,…