18th April-20: We go through little fads where we just hanker for good steak – it seems April is one of those times, so off to Benno’s again Friday morning for some lovely scotch fillet and other goodies for the weekend… Again the weather is…

15 April-20: Early in the week, we try and practise being good so can splurge later in the week but by “hump day” we are often hankering for some yummy food… The weather is magnificently mild, with another beautiful Autumn sunny day and it brought…

6th April-20: Back tracking a little as I nearly forgot to include this one and I thought I couldn’t let it pass… Monday evening before Easter was very chilly and we’d had a simple dinner (trying to be good early in the week 😄) but…

11-Apr-20: I have to say, whilst we don’t eat loads of red meat, it’s something I definitely do not wish to give up and also, whilst I did enjoy our wonderful Good Friday dinner, tonight’s dinner was centred around a very lovely piece of scotch…

10-April-20, Good Friday: Whilst not a practising “mick”, with both of us having grown up in that environment, long held traditions are hard to break… so no red meat today. Don’t’ know about you but I always find Good Friday one of the least exciting…

9-April-20, Easter Eve: Beach walk done, head clear, time to get some “yummy in my tummy”… We are very fortunate to have a great local butcher in Barwon Heads, Benno’s Meating Place, who has excellent quality fresh and smoked meat and does some great pre-pared…

9-April, Easter Eve: Easter is upon us and for everyone it’s a very, very different Easter. There’s quite a bit of tension in our local community as the lockdown hits. Given we live in a very popular holiday area, with many holiday homes, there’s a…

  These are bulbs are from the original stock my father, who loved his garden and which rubbed off on all his children, had planted for my wedding – many, many years ago now… The funny thing was, the Ballarat weather intervened and the gladi’s…

4-April-20: The autumn days are kicking in – milder days and that chilly bite to the evening but not too cold yet… just the inspiration to do a curry and I thought given I have plenty of time, make our own roti. I’ve made it…

3-April-20: It’s Friday – YEAY – and we were very excited this Friday, as in our local community Facebook page a couple of our favourite cafes, who have had to close down, are starting to do take away with either pick up or delivery. In…

1-April-20: Well, we were good Monday and Tuesday nights but it’s “hump day”, it’s been a glorious Autumn’s day, so don’t want anything too heavy… Hmmm we have that yummy left over Mushroom Risotto from Sunday night I don’t want to let go to waste.…

29-March-20: This is one of mine and the Chief Taste Tester’s favourite for comfort food on a chilly Sunday night – wild mushroom risotto. There are many recipes to follow out there, if you need a step by step guide but this is the basics…

31-March-20: I really love eggs and this particular day, whilst in the mood for googs, wasn’t in the mood for the usual – hmmm I wonder how quick Frittata is – I didn’t want flour and so did a quick bit of googling to find…

Late March 2020: We are settling into life with both of us home – the girls love it – they are being walked EVERY day and we are lucky we have to our own studies to retreat to and focus on our respective work lives.…

Well it is Mid-March 2020 and things are getting fairly serious, I’m still working in Melbourne but each day this virus situation is escalating. Lockdown is becoming a real thing, “social distancing” is quickly entering our vernacular and workplaces are contemplating shutdowns as the seriousness…