Right at the end of summer, the beer schedule is still rather full and lunch has been sometimes catered by the work toastie machine* so updates have remained sporadic. However, as part experiment, part health incentive the household is under “Vegtember” lockdown: no meat-derived protein for a month. So far it’s been a interesting, but […]

The intermittent fasting continues as sporadic as the lunch entries, though the quiet log days do not reveal what was dinner there wasn’t much to report there either. Considering that, this means that there were days which the best way to dispose of leftovers (and foods approaching their best before date) was to eat them […]

In the pursuit of healthier/ethical eating, I’ve attempted to go retro and cook a veggie chilli. It surprises me that I’ve not personally tried this before but after the other half’s past attempt it was easy to realize that the cupboard was ready. This was a lentil-based chilli, and for a first attempt I thought […]

On Sunday, I had the most appalling “Japanese” meal. Call it nostalgia for the fresh seafood of Sydney and despite the fact that experience has told me that it was not to be in cloistered, ignorant Cambridge – or perhaps post beer festival fatigue – I agreed. It was not just the seafood. The entire […]

Whew, another festival! Before falling into the familiar (and delicious) trap of karaage, I got to try out a new way to do chicken – and it’s bloody awesome! One day I should try to actually match my sidedishes better – or at least have them come from the same country/region, but that would require […]

When one is exhausted, the familiar becomes a comfort. In this case: carrots, tomato, steamed broad beans, spinach, potato salad. Nothing too extravagant, but decent flavours and enough variety to stave boredom. May 31 A simple comfort for a rainy day. And really fast to prepare. Another pimped up instant ramen with spring onion, homemade […]

Finally, at the bookend of May – and another exhausting beer festival! What I like about investing the time to make meals when at the venue is the smugness I get when looking at the line of food vans while I have my tasty food AND feel the money left in my pocket. IN UR […]

What I like about May is that daylight savings really starts making the days feel better with the longer period for sunlight, it is definitely warming up and the local farm shop just constantly has their own-grown asparagus in stock. This is the real deal – I don’t think I can ever buy them from […]

After fussing to get okra, suddenly I don’t have the motivation to make anything new… Oh well, beef mince (and leftovers) to the rescue! May 10 Back again from a ‘working holiday’ and back to rice and miserable weather. Good thing there were leftovers… Lunch is BBQ lamb chops, pickled radishes, potato omelette, garlic purple […]