I’ve been very uninspired food wise over the past two years – obvious from the complete lack of blog entries – but last night my cooking mojo returned! Woohoo! It’s been a strange two years food wise. The small people continue to treat my cooking as though it will give them the plague and COD… Continue reading GF, DF (not VG) Fishiness

I long ago gave up making any form of New year’s resolutions as I have almost no will power and generally find life gets in the way of doing stuff. However, I have been feeling increasingly uncomfortable with the whole plastic thing and so for 2018, I thought we might try to reduce our plastic… Continue reading Celeriacsly, what the * is oka?

It’s hard to know where the bolognese omelette started life but it definitely had to do with attempting to get EEROD to eat eggs. EEROD adores bolognese but none of my offspring like eggs so I think a few years back now, we put bolognese into an omelette and hey presto, a lunch favourite was… Continue reading The bolognese omelette

Where have I been for 8 months? Not doing my best cooking, that’s where. I remember my mum saying years ago that she lost the joy in cooking having to feed kids with increasingly fussy palettes. Didn’t understand then but crikey – it’s true. Kids and their eating habits can literally suck any joy out… Continue reading Cauliflower Mac ‘n Cheese

It’s been a while. Let’s just say that three children has kept me slightly busier than I anticipated and despite an agreement with a friend about at least one entry a month, I have become lazy. It was over dinner last night (a fairly spectacular dinner party cooking failure on my part), that I thought… Continue reading Sausage Casserole

I have so much blogging to catch up on. New recipes (low cal ones), gardening and even a bit of sewing but after a particularly trying night last night and with my arms in yet another sink of dirty dishes, for a moment I let my mind wander onto how I would write a freecycle… Continue reading Free to a good (?) home

Christmas 2015 was awesome. It was our first on IOW in our new house and for once, we finally had enough space (and ovens) to cope with my large extended family. Poor COD was inundated with my family. I think we are all an OK bunch but we can be full on. And opinionated. Anyway,… Continue reading Panettone bread and butter pudding

Mother’s day is one of those days I don’t recall doing much for growing up. Now whether that was a sign of our family, SA being slow to pick up on commercial opportunities or that it just didn’t have the same kudos it seems to have developed, who knows? I am sure we made cards… Continue reading Beetroot Ravioli with Salmon and Greens

Who knew the humble tortilla wrap made such a good pizza base? Well, probably everyone except us in the O’D household. It’s a revelation. While I enjoy making my own pizza bases, let’s be honest, with three small O’D’s and the never ending mountain of washing, anything to save time is a good idea. So,… Continue reading Wrapizza

I have a long list of sewing projects I need to be getting on with. This list includes things like curtains and fixing COD’s jeans pocket, neither of which are particularly inspiring. Also, I have the fabric for ACOD’s curtains but I tend to sew while she is asleep so hard to get in there… Continue reading Cocktails and clothes