We fell into bed just after 8pm in Bedroom 2 of our transit house, exhausted by the day’s events. While the day was not dotted with drama, it had been a long one for us all – the first day of school for the three children, and the first time in all the schooling years...
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Daring Cooks Go South Indian With A Feast
If you are acquainted with Indian food, like I thought I was then consider this question I pose to you today: Is Indian food countriversal (like universal but for countries)? Is it? Well I certainly thought it was. Sipping on a mug of steaming ginger tea and chatting with friend and neighbor I reeled off...
Daring Cooks Fresh Pasta Challenge
I couldn’t believe when he gave me the machine…..8 years ago. I had wanted to make my own pasta forever and getting one of the silver, rolling thingies was top of my list in Nigeria, in 2003. So when a friend moving abroad offered me his brand new, unused machine, I snapped it up!
On Being Two/Celebrating With Lobster
Two, Thank God not the ‘Terrible twos’ Cause I’m not a toddler. And I think in this world of blogging Two is definitely adulthood. Two The number of times I’ve had lobster One – how many times I’ve cooked it And so Kitchen Butterfly is two. To celebrate, we’re having lobster cake. Only joking…… We’re...
Wordless Wednesday: I Heart Potatoes
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Daring Cooks April Challenge: Edible Savoury Containers
After Masterchef Australia on my TV watch list…..at a close second is ‘Desperate Housewives’. To think that for so long, I ignored it, till my husband got the DVDs from the video club a few months ago and we watched every episode of the last season, every night.
Green Chile Soft Pretzels For St Patrick’s Day
This post is a tribute to St Patrick, the saint I’ve never met.
March On With The Daring Cooks: Salmon Ceviche & A Wedge Salad
This month’s Daring Cooks challenge is brought to you by a very weary Traveller Jane. Weary in body but not in mind, soul or belly. So weary and a touch under the weather, that this daring cook stayed in on Saturday, fresh off a flight from the US of A, huddled on the couch watching...
Food School: Citrus Cured Salmon, For Alaska….
….because I long to be/am a ‘finisher’. And I think if you don’t know how to make ‘it’, school’s a good place to learn!