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We had what we call lamb cutlets with mash potato and ”greens”. I “Frenched” the cutlets to take the fat off the long bone and each became a tender two mouthfuls.

Went out for lunch and had a soba noodle lunch bowl which was delicious. You can see above in the photo Husband had lunch scrambled eggs with chill and a croissant

Last nights bread crumbed chicken salad bowl

Spaghetti and meatballs with a rich tomato sauce… rich because it has left over wine in it. The sour cream is not traditional but I saw it in the fridge and I thought “why not”

Breakfast of ham omelette with toasted wholemeal bread.

Sunny summer salads for multiple dinners or sometimes late lunch with occasional use of the BBQ

What else but dumpling soup at the start of the year for lunch.

A quiet New Years Eve for husband and I. We had steak frites and salad for New Years Day… two sauces one green peppercorn with cream and the other creamy horseradish. i couldn’t choose which one, so had both.

We had a traditional Christmas lunch with all the usual suspects plus a large rocket, beetroot, goats cheese and walnut salad. There’s also ham, gravy in the jug and cranberry sauce. We are now into Boxing Day 26th and I must say that the left over salad went better with the cold turkey and left over stuffing this next day. The drink is the Italian Chinotto below.

Typical breakfast for us although bacon is involved only about twice a month. This breakfast was cooked by my husband.

Oh dear @Maison RustiqueAttack of the Killer Squirrels Actually these pickled walnuts were bought in a jar imported from the UK. These ones are a typical pickled Gherkin like taste and disappointingly no hint of walnut coming through. Perhaps made at home and therefore fresher you might get a more walnut taste.

Two meals dictated by the weather. First meal below was beef stew, mashed pumpkin, mashed potato and puréed cauliflower 2nd meal below was smoked salmon salad. The sliced brown ‘things’ are pickled walnuts and the white balls are mini bocconcini.

Squid ink linguine with seafood sauce. (again) … so easy to buy a handful of fresh marinara mix of seafood including mussels, salmon, white fish, shrimp, scallops, calamari rings and make a sauce sometimes tomato based and sometimes not with lemon and thyme. The squid ink gives a nice silkiness to the pasta - I’m hooked.

A few meals we’ve been having this week. Below. Bought Tortellini with red sauce Below Pork chop with pasta and red sauce, plus puréed baby spinach. My red sauce is gently fried onion and garlic in olive oil, a can of tomatoes and usually a pinch of dried basil or maybe oregano. I know I could open a jar of passata but I’ve always done it this way. Below Breaded chicken fillet, salad and nuked potato.

Soup again… we love soup. This time with different mushrooms. Enokitake plus shiitake mushrooms, chicken, coriander, chilli, lemon grass, Vietnamese mint… love an Asian broth soup. The Vietnamese mint is growing like mad in the garden but not so the Vietnamese basil nor the sweet basil.

Centrelink oysters Kilpatrick…Hilarious @CantCookStillTry. They look delicious and I’ll be serving them at a small party I’m having on the 23rd. Salt plus.

Yummy breakfast, pancakes with smoked salmon and a dollop of whizzed up avocado.

Corned beef or also known as silverside with potatoes, carrots, broccolini and a mustard sauce. Fresh small dinner bread rolls were also on the table.

This was a small lamb Balinese curry using the paste from a jar of Ayam Balinese curry paste. Added onions, lamb and small pieces of potato and cooked for quite awhile till the potatoes were soft and creamy. I like this curry flavour, it is milder than most and not coconut milk based. Broccoli as a side and served with a slice of bread rather than rice!!

Baked beans and an egg in the pan with dark rye toast

Seems as though there are plenty of shrimp/ prawns being eaten including in my dish of seafood spaghetti

Here’s some soup I made for lunch. Has home grown kale and all the good stuff. I guess you could call it minestrone.

Chilli mince beef with black beans plus my simple accompaniments.

@Maison Rustique your, as you say doctored pizza looks really good. For dinner soy hoisin chicken with chicken stock rice and broccoli. A sort of “invented” dish. I did add a little chilli crisp after taking the photo. Was tasty.

Love those lamb chops above @gfweb Two dinners Pizza with bought base. I made paprika mince beef to go on with the usual olives, tomato sauce, mozzarella etc Below Cooked Pizza Chicken in white wine with thyme, potatoes, carrots and peas