9 years ago, I became a single mother when my son was only 2 years old. It was during the time when my son wasn’t in my care that I decided to do something I had always wanted to do, but never had the time to (rather than mope around or feel lost). I took…
Month: February 2010
Sustainable living festival
Good old Melbourne bought out some hot weather for this weekend. On Saturday I was at the Sustainable Living Festival held at Federation Square. The sort of place you could find everything from recycled tyre shoes to natural brews. Had it not been so hot I could have spent the whole day there. With a…
Chocolate chilli cinnamon ice cream
My wacky friend Fran is like Helga the milk maid – every few weeks she gets a delivery of organic ‘un-anythinged’ cows milk, and distributes it to a couple of die-hards like myself who would rather know what goes into their food. However, what’s there to do with lots of fresh milk when you don’t…
Plum, strawberry or peach sparkling wine
What do you do when your Dad turns up on the doorstep the day after New Years with the biggest bag of plums you have ever seen? Well for starters, whatever else you had planned for the day just goes out the window. And if you have more plum sauce than you need, then naturally,…
Lara’s Pumpkin & Fetta Frittata
I wouldn’t call myself a frittata or quiche kinda gal, but when I tasted this one, I developed an obsession for it. I also ate most of the frittata, and went home the next day and made it for myself. This recipe is from the ‘House of Lara’ (or little legs as I like to…
Domestic goddess? No way!
It’s not every day you find a new description for what you do that sums it up so nicely. I used to say that I am a stay-at-home mum, but it doesn’t sound very sexy, now does it? It describes where we are located, and very clearly that we aren’t drawing a salary, but very…
What is more correct? Calling it dirt or soil?
When I studied Forest Science (19 years ago now….yikes), I recall my soil science lecturer Dr Nigel Turvey would constantly be reminding us to use the term ‘soil’ instead of ‘dirt’. So, of course being the mature grown up well-rounded students we were, there was legendary status to be sought for asking a question in…
Enriching your lives with cultural practices from across the globe
Dear team Part of my therapy is coming to terms with my family. Have shared the parents on the scooter with dog clipped onto the front this week in an attempt to come to terms with my own genetics. Now I wish to share what the dutch rellies are doing – as we speak. It’s…
Getting re-rooted 