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Lamb cutlets with salsa verde (mint, parsley, capers, garlic red wine vinegar). Served with grilled haloumi and a mixed salad.

Veal tortellini with a sauce of bacon, white wine and cherry tomatoes. Served with toasted sourdough and a simple baby cos salad.. At least I got to use my one garlic bulb recently harvested.

French onion soup.

Rightly or wrongly, we antipodeans say woostershear sauce. I'll get my coat....

Fish and chips by the seaside. The view, a lagoon in front for safe swimming for kids, the island behind is called Wavebreak Island, beyond that the Pacific Ocean.

A chicken curry in Malay style sauce, served on a bed of chopped wombok with roti breads and tomato raita.

Weird water chestnut shoots ?

Sirloin steak pan fried, baked potato with sour cream and chives, mixed panzanella salad and a few kale chips.

Fettuccine carbonara with speck lardons instead of bacon.

I've got one of those weapons in the kitchen too. Comes in handy for some extra persuasion when cutting through bones with a cleaver

Donburi- chicken, egg, snow peas, spring onion and stock over rice.

I was given 18 free range backyard eggs.... so here's a frittata with speck, asparagus and potato.

He who must be fed went to a corporate dinner last night, so I pigged out on junk food. That's a BLT with potato gems.

I'll trade you for some of that delicious looking fish

Indonesian roast pork belly with gado gado. The pork is rubbed with turmeric, salt and pepper, then marinated with a smash of garlic, ginger and peanut oil.

I lop off the knuckle with a heavy cleaver, even better

Yep, it's the same. My husband still calls it cantaloupe, a product of him being from Victoria.

Rockmelon wrapped with prosciutto, then linguine with clams in a white wine sauce. Served with spinach salad and crusty bread.

Thanks from me too. Goat curry is great .....

Papa, mama and baby cheese and ham toasties with mustard.

Evil jungle prince with chicken. Served with rice and green bean salad. This is a simple Thai recipe, a paste of chilli, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves is sautéed, add coconut milk, add chicken, season with fish sauce, and shredded basil, then serve on a bed of lettuce.

Bush tucker sausages served with sautéed cabbage, a few fried sage leaves, fresh tomato relish and steamed broccolini. Bush tucker is a generic term for any native Australian flavours. These were pork with Kakadu plum and lemon aspen. Not cheap at $7.50 for six, but very good. The relish was made with tomatoes, chopped dates, chilli and garlic.

Baked lamb chops with potatoes, tomatoes, olives and lemon. Served with buttery green beans and toast.

Palm sugar and the woven basket you buy it in. This is from Cambodia (not China, but they're close :)) Okay, the basket is a tourist thing, but the sugar is amazing. I wish I had more.

Chicken, asparagus and spinach risotto. Served with a green salad and toasted sourdough.