Homemade Pizza with Friends, and Kinky Olive Oil

Our olive oil is bought in massive 20L tins, so we needed something more manageable to decant it into. Fortunately, Rish came across this Kinky brand of rum. We used it at the cocktail party last year, and now use it for our olive oil :)

Olive oil of course being essential for a home made pizza night with friends. From the bases, to the marinade on the roo meat, to the salad dressing.

Chicken, pumpkin, feta and pine nut. And home grown basil!
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She’s Packin’ Lunches

I’ve not been exactly creative with my lunches since the start of Feb (and Febusave) but I’ve been happy with the results:

I’m such a tuna girl. My mum will attest that I used to live on it. Today I had some avocado (a quarter on dietitian’s advice – keeping it yummy but not too much fat), some leftover mushrooms, the tomato was bought it a kilo bag, and the tuna in a huge box. Bargain. (Lack of feta cheese in there… boo!)

It would be even better if I had home grown tomatoes, but I’m not quite up to that as you can see:

My first tomato is nearly ripe, while the second one is only just sprouting. One day! :)

Summer Dinners

Summer dinners for me involved something small and cooked, surrounded with a huge amount of salad!

Saturday Dinner.

Of course, it’s even better to get Rish out on the BBQ :) That’s where salmon, steaks and sausages come in!

Enjoyed a few glasses of wine… retoxing a little after my week away ;) The wine’s a sparkling sav blanc, and the strawberries tasted awesome after soaking in it ;) Picked those up for less than $2 a punnet at Aldi.

Last night I made the cherry tomato and feta tarts from the Golden Door cookbook :) Once I figured out defrosting the pastry they were nice and simple. Next step will be finding a place to buy frozen egg white here in Canberra so Rish doesn’t have to get through so many yolks!

Post-gym smoothie. :) Frozen berries, Ladybird Soy Protein, So Good, Jalna Greek yoghurt and ice.

Rish’s Gourmet Salad

Ahh we love to go “gourmet” around here. That means few ingredients, minimal chopping and impressive results. Like this mushroom, rocket and romano cheese salad. Dress with Balsamic vinegar. Nice.