More precisely, B is for morog pulao which is a Bangladeshi pilau rice dish and the dish I decided to cook for challenge 2/26. It’s easy with this challenge to end up doing insane amounts of research and then getting choice paralysis but for this one, I went with ‘will the kids eat it?’. This… Continue reading B is for Bangladesh

On a day when life literally gave me lemons, it has also given me a metaphoric dose of citrus sourness. Things started out really well when I discovered five ripe lemons on our lemon tree. This is fairly momentous given it is January in England and by all accounts lemons shouldn’t really grow here and… Continue reading When life gives you lemons – Argentina

Anyone else had just about enough of the endless cycle of cooking that lockdown has brought with it? If it isn’t the basic three meals a day, it’s the endless snacks required. I can set my watch by the following conversation: Child 1/2 or 3: ‘mummy, can I have a snack?’ Me: ‘yes, no crisps’Child… Continue reading Wagon wheels and KFC

It’s day 5 million and something of lockdown. I have completely forgotten what seeing friends and family is like and the days blur into an endless stream of meals shopped for, thought about, cooked and fairly often rejected. I am making my way through the last wine order all by myself as COD decided to… Continue reading Pig in a cow blanket

Perhaps it’s the fact that we haven’t had a holiday in well over a year and it’s not looking much like we will be having one anytime soon, but recently (and a recent meal) I’ve been thinking about holidays from my youth. Growing up in South Africa, holidays usually meant driving from where we lived… Continue reading Fishy-eggy-breakfasty goodness

Last Saturday morning I was out running with my running crew. The amazing ladies who are helping keep me sane trotting up and down the hills of Ryde and beyond. While discussing our plans for the weekend I mentioned we were having friends for dinner and I was going to make bobotie. This was of… Continue reading Custard-topped bolognaise? WTF?

Every now and again, I hit upon a dish so lovely and delish that I want to cry when I run out of food on my plate! That happened today. Because I am #socool, I get both ‘Good Housekeeping’ and ‘Prima’ delivered monthly. Good Housekeeping mostly for recipes and middle aged fashion (poor girls –… Continue reading Salmonthing delicious

Good grief it’s hot this week. This is not a complaint (I can’t complain about blazing sunshine), it’s a fact. In case you hadn’t noticed, we’ve topped 30 degrees every day for the past week or so. Having spent the best part of the weekend in the sea, it actually feels less like summer in… Continue reading Tomato risHOTto

So, we’ve entered week 3million of lockdown and things have started to settle a little. The girls are on school holiday for four weeks (how long????) which makes it marginally easier to manage my work and their day in so much as I don’t have to actually manage their day! That’s not entirely true….. we… Continue reading ROD’s not quite Kate’s not a curry

Well, this week is interesting. Enforced time at home with the kids and work is bloody hard and not quite the utopia some on social media are trying hard to get us to believe. ‘Cherish this time, slow down, read books, bake, spend quality time together…..’! One website offered the following words of wisdom: “I… Continue reading Lockdown is a shockdown