I've been experimenting with recipes that use leftover mashed potato, as the chooks turn their noses (sorry, beaks) up at it and waste makes my chest all tight. We've been eating loads of soup at our place recently, so I decided to make potato bread. The last time I made bread was about 10 years ago when breadmakers were... Continue Reading →

I'm jettisoning my evils - as in "lesser of two evils", except I have about 20 and none of them are lesser - when the school holidays end. Well, all of them bar one. I don't think I could survive without one evil to sustain me.  I'm still deciding what my evil should be. I'm thinking it might be alcohol.... Continue Reading →

I am in gossip heaven this week. The Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes split is beyond fascinating. My favourite take on the situation is, of course, at Lainey Gossip. So I thought I'd share some of her hottest tidbits with you, as the frustration of being in Albury with Husband's family (who are more the Four Corners crowd) and... Continue Reading →

Albury libraryAlbury main streetWhen I told friends I was visiting my in-laws they gave me the look. You know, the one that says, oh you poor thing. But visiting my in-laws is awesome. It's like staying at a five-star hotel with no nightly tariff*. The in-laws have a spanking new house in Albury. I think they designed it with... Continue Reading →

I had magazine editor withdrawal symptoms last week as celebrity bombshells started exploding all over the place – Katie divorcing Tom, Adele getting pregnant, Anna Paquin squeezing twins into her tiny uterus, Grant Hackett being a Stilnox victim … I rubbed my hands together with glee as I fantasised about cramming those corkers onto a cover... Continue Reading →

I made the electronic acquaintance of a person called "Dags" last week. "Dags" took issue with me blogging about my children eating the occasional piece of salmon coated in wholemeal breadcrumbs or chicken rolled in Cornflakes. "Dags" was disturbed that the Sprogs ate mashed potatoes and oven-baked fries. "Dags"reckoned wheat was evil and olive oil must not be heated. "Dags" decreed only virgin coconut oil... Continue Reading →

Geez it's cold in Canberra. Brrrrrr. Soup weather. So I thought I'd share a recipe for curried minestrone. Despite one of my Facebook friends describing the recipe I posted yesterday as looking "kinda disgusting". (I always feel it's best to get straight back on the horse.) I know "curried" minestrone sounds like a culinary crime,... Continue Reading →