The Dutch have a Russian potato salad (don’t even try to figure out that connection), which consists of mainly mayonnaise! It’s delicious, but perhaps a tad heavy. I have fond memories of my vegetarian sister devouring it at a bbq where there was no dish in sight that didn’t contain meat. I didn’t explain to…

I was just reviewing drafts that I never published….and this one made me laugh. So below is something I wrote years ago, and it’s not finished, but I don’t think I will delete it. Kind of nice to look back a bit. Old draft – A taste of radical…. In August last year, I went on…

Another road trip bought me by this beauty of a breakfast – perfect for those of you who want something hearty that isn’t laden with gluten or egg. We escaped down the great ocean road a few weeks ago, and stopped in Port Fairy. I must say I could live in Port Fairy indefinitely. The…

It’s been  a while since I have last blogged. It’s been a mad house here. Literally. In the last few months Tom and I have undertaken the mammoth task of completely renovating a house and turning it around for the rental market. This sounds impressive, but to be honest, we didn’t do most of the…

We had healthy food day at work the other day, so I decided to take a salad. I have been blogging for a year now, but have forgotten to add this beauty to the blog. I only made this salad for the first time last year, and it’s so good that you could eat it…

Check out the ingeniousness of my blister-in-law Rose. She whipped up 5 strawberries for Amber’s first birthday, and popped them in a strawberry punnet. Some people are so clever – don’t you think? I don’t posses the talent of crocheting, and normally I couldn’t care less until I see something like this. What I love…

A year ago to this week I gave birth to the beautiful Amber, and for the next few months did all the normal mum stuff you do when in the hormone/sleep deprived daze that is with a new baby. I did however do this with a difference this time. Knowing from past babies that I…

Oh I know, you have been waiting on the edge of your seats with baited breath wondering how the compost heap has been going? Well, I have to say that it hasn’t got as hot, hot, hot as I was hoping. So much so that I didn’t even stick the thermometer in it, as it…

It’s day 6, and after a busy week of work and getting home at dusk, I haven’t ventured out to view my decomposing experiment (see The fine art of composting). It’s winter, and we have had some of the best rain this week that Melbourne has seen for a while, country Victoria has seen the…

Yesterday (Sunday), my local permaculture group gathered for our monthly meeting. This month’s topic was on Composting. I put my hand up this time to host the event, because I don’t grow many fruit trees etc, or have chickens or an amazing vege patch (like some I have seen), but one thing I can do…

Last Friday, as I picked Amber up from creche the girls told me that the following Monday they were going to have an International day at creche, and to dress my baby up in something. Seeing that I have excelled at doing very little for my children at creche over the last few years (this…