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We had Thai green chicken curry for dinner… not too spicy but just enough.

Our iconic dinner again… lamb chops, peas and mashed potato with mint sauce.

I do understand people like to sous vide and I have had pork done this way… very melt in the mouth, ( slightly mushy though I thought ) BUT I HAVE to say … that is an awful lot of trouble to cook a piece of pork when you could slow roast in the oven straight from the shopping basket. I truely don’t know why you would do all that to a beautiful piece of meat. Apologies for critical speak out, but couldn’t hold it in.

After having BBQ sausages last night, the left overs were rolled up in zucchini pancakes which made quite a good lunch. There’s a dollop of tomato chutney as well.

@rotuts Thanks, it was tasty and turned out well. My husband usually makes the gravy and did so today, I use a similar method. The dish the ham was roasted in had drippings from the fat ( I think he poured some off ) so he made a roux with a little flour, then added some box mix gravy powder with water from the carrots. He’s English and this was the way his mother taught him. However, in UK he used Bisto to add flavour from a box and here in Australia, we use Gravox. I would like to say we made it from scratch and roasted bones and boiled up vegetables and strained it all a la Jamie Oliver, but the truth is… we didn’t. With a 7 month old baby grandson as part of the family get together, there was quite enough to do.

Early dinner with some of the family for a Sunday roast. I made a baked ham for a change (hardly ever do this ) with all the trimmings including a spoonful of Lingonberry jam which we all like in place of cranberry. Scalloped potatoes instead of roasties.

Nice tomatoes are back, not homegrown yet but still if you look in certain shops you can find tasty tomatoes. Breakfast

I asked husband if he wanted the same breakfast as I was making for myself… his answer was ‘never in a million’. What’s wrong with liverwurst on toast with gravy and a boiled egg??

Dinner tonight was chicken fillet in a white wine tarragon sauce with small potatoes and silver beet. Thyme sprig in there as well.

Made a large beef pot pie… no bottom. Plenty of Worcestershire sauce in the mince. v In

Dinner tonight was lamb chops on the BBQ, Smokey but still pink inside. I used the forgotten gremolata from yesterday’s meal to sprinkle on and flavour the chops. Lots of veg because you know “eat your vegetables”

Early dinner with guests, I cooked osso bucco with , mashed potato and green beans. I made the gremolata to sprinkle on top and of course forgot it waiting in a container in the fridge. Dessert was fruit salad with a shortbread biscuit.

Breakfast of left over fish and lemon sauce on toast. I love left over cold fish and particularly for breakfast.

Lunch today was the remains of a chicken pie, salad and some ash Brie.

Made a small quiche with onion and Romano cheese, added a few pecans for crunch.

Tuna roll… canned tuna with mayo and salad in a bakery fresh white roll.

A few dinners we’ve had, the fish last night and the sausages over a couple of nights. The fish was fresh flake (shark) which I served with a lemon beurre blanc sauce, orzo and vegetables on the side… mini asparagus Sausage with mashed sweet potato, broccolini and corn. Sausage with mash and salad.

Avocado on toast with a poached egg that slipped off.

@TicTac I do like the creaminess of your ‘deconstructed marg pizza risotto’. I always try for that creaminess but sometimes it doesn’t work out.

Another pork chop but not a thick one. Served with a sauce with leek and Dijon, orzo and silver beet from the garden which has once again survived the winter.

@liuzhou Do you agree a ‘full’ English breakfast must have a portion of Heinz baked beans? Although my breakfast was pretty tasty, it would have been even better with a serving of good old Heinz baked beans imho.

Making a habit of steak, roasties and asparagus. Sauce was creamy pepper with a splash of brandy.

Not a great fan of a sweet breakfast but sometimes indulge, this was such an occasion. Toasted Belgian waffle bought from Aldi ( very sweet ) with butter and maple syrup.

Dinner was rare roast beef, roastie potatoes and asparagus. Somehow I ran out of time to make Yorkshire puddings.

Lunch was fresh scallops in a brown butter, lemon, parsley and garlic sauce. I removed the coral and used it in a sauce with fish for dinner. These weren’t those giant scallops you see in recipe photos but they were sweet and we enjoyed them.