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Continue reading →: A meal to celebrate….
Celebrate what you might ask? Lots of things really! But mostly that We’re Awesome! The Runner and I are both 100%, certified, Awesome or Amazeballs as the kids today would say. So awesome and amazing that I randomly bought Bug Tails and Steak for dinner tonight– I’ve never cooked…
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Continue reading →: The crazy thing I do every year….
And no, it’s not skydiving, or some weird satanic ritual, but it probably is enough to get me committed to the Martha Stewart Home for the Domestically Insane. It’s Thanksgiving. And my annual Thanksgiving Extravaganza, now in it’s 5th year. It started off small enough, just a few friends but…
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Continue reading →: The countdown is on!
To our Thanksgiving party on Saturday…. Luckily I’m not working so rather than the normal mad dash preparations I can actually chill out, take my time, and procrastinate. Ok, I’m not really procrastinating- yet, but the temptation is there. It’s only Monday today, and the party’s on Saturday– plenty…
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Continue reading →: The Avoca Cafe Cookbook Challenge…
So here we are once again and this week we’re doing two recipes for the challenge- Parma Wrapped Lamb with Savoy Cabbage AND Tracy Salad. Both seem pretty straightforward, although I have to be honest, the lamb is starting to scare me a bit… it’s basically sautéed cabbage and cream…
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Continue reading →: Thanksgiving is coming!
Some of my earliest food memories revolve around Thanksgiving. In fact, according to my parents Thanksgiving was the first time I really ate solid food—apparently one taste of turkey and I threw away the bottle. The earliest thing I can nearly remember is being about 3 or 4 years old-…
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Continue reading →: And we’re back….
in Sydney after a fabulous time in Noosa. The Runner’s already entered the race for next year, Membership Has Its Privileges– Membership in Triathlon Australia that is! So it’s only 362 days until we do it all again! I’m gearing up for this week’s challenge – Tracy Salad and Parma…
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Continue reading →: Update from Noosa
So, it’s been an action packed and fabulous time in Noosa and we’re not done yet! I absolutely adore Noosa (except that the grocery store closes at 5:30 on Saturday night- it is 2012 Noosa, I’m sure you can manage a 9pm finish). The race itself was good, The Runner…
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Continue reading →: It’s Noosa time!
Tomorrow, we make our annual pilgrimage North for the Noosa Triathlon, or the Noosa Multisport Festival as it calls itself. Personally, a Multisport Festival makes me think of the Olympics or at least a Sports Day at school- but alas, there are no 3 legged races, egg and spoon races, or…
