I'm pretty easy to please (most of the time). Some good food. Some wine. People I love. Some sunshine. A table. Some sharing. Of words and stories and laughs. That's what most of my favourite memories are made up of.Yesterday it was my beautiful Step Fathers Birthday. We went up to Sydney for lunch … [Read more...]
Comfort food GG style
June 16, 2012 by 17 Comments
You all know Ruth from Gourmet Girlfriend right? Phew. She's awesome AND at the last Digital Parents Conference someone asked me if she was my Mum which was even better. I now call her Mum. But she's not really. I WISH I was one of her kids!When she heard my plans for a day of slow cooking she … [Read more...]
Solving the big issues: Let me entertain you
June 14, 2012 by 42 Comments
Last week I got an email from Michelle at Farmers Wifey which I knew would be perfect for these segments of tackling the big issues. She needs our help! And we are here to help aren't we?She writes:"At mealtimes, what is best to do? Serve each family members plates to them already full, or have the … [Read more...]
{Not} Eurovision Saturday night
May 20, 2012 by 10 Comments
I was on solo parenting duty this weekend as Rob was "working" fly fishing down in the Snowy Mountains for a story he is working on. Lucky bastard. I filled the weekend with as many social activities so I would distract myself from my loneliness and self pity which I tend to dabble in on such … [Read more...]
Birthday Boy
May 13, 2012 by 21 Comments
Sure yesterday was Mother's Day, but it was something far more important than that...it was Rob's Birthday! Given that I had had a few days off with my family we decided to focus on him for the day and celebrate with a little lunch with neighbour and her family. Even better than that, she made the … [Read more...]
Sixty
May 6, 2012 by 12 Comments
Yesterday was my Mum's 60th Birthday. 60. I remember being a little girl and seeing my own Grandparents turn 60 and then 70 and thinking that it was just so old. It's so not old is it? My Mum was just a spring chicken when she had me {25} and I was even her third child! She raised 4 children into … [Read more...]
Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland…
May 1, 2012 by 27 Comments
I have been busy behind the scenes down here prepping for our Annual country village ball which is coming up in about 6 weeks time. I have never been on a Ball committee before, but it's been great fun pulling together some ideas and seeing them become a reality and being part of a team again. Not … [Read more...]
Saturday setting
April 28, 2012 by 14 Comments
Much in the same way I will take photos of my washing on the line just because it beings me joy, I will take pictures of a table set for a dinner soiree in the late afternoon sun. Because why wouldn't you?We had a few friends over for dinner last night which was lovely. We ate cheese my the fire, I … [Read more...]
When Woogs come to town…
April 25, 2012 by 27 Comments
: The kids are happy. OK, my girls are beside themselves as Harry and JACK WOOG are here: Jack Woog is very popular with my ladies: Mrs Woog gets to squeeze little girls and do all sorts of girly things with them: Food is eaten. Lots of food: Lots of wine too: And on a freezing day like today, … [Read more...]
Just call me Bev: Bill Granger Thai chilli roast chicken
April 8, 2012 by 18 Comments
I saw this recipe on one of Bill's (Granger) shows on the Lifestyle channel a month or so ago. Like many of the things that I cook, I knew as soon as I saw it that I wanted to give it a crack myself - it looked delicious! I made this (for just the second time) over the Easter weekend and it was even … [Read more...]
THE cake. The Rainbow cake that is.
November 7, 2011 by 42 Comments
It deserves it's own post. You know it does. I wanted to do this cake the very first time I saw it on a blog in 2009. Since then it has been on many a Birthday table sometimes with smarties, sometimes plain, sometimes with little bitty bunting hanging on it. I started making it during the week … [Read more...]
Just call me Bev: Maggie Beer marinated lamb
September 5, 2011 by 32 Comments
Spring means new blossoms, pretty flowers, new green growth, warmer, longer days, and of course....Spring Lamb! The perfect way to use some lamb is with this recipe we used for lunch on Fathers Day {and also used many times in my family over the years}. Simple. Yum. The perfect combination in my … [Read more...]
