Quality grass-fed butter that comes from happy cows is something that just makes vegetables go POW! Just when you think you couldn’t love something any more, along comes its cousin, or brother, or sister, or whatever you want to call it – Ghee.

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When hummus just won’t do, and you want to spice up the party, I recommend a little something like this fiery roasted capsicum and walnut dip. Speaking of parties, right now I’m totally overwhlemed by an endless trickle of going-away parties and the fact that all my friends are leaving Brisbane. Yes, there’s a movie called that, and yes, my life reflects this sad reality right now. Ok, maybe not all  friends but enough to make me sob miserably into my hankie. Read more

It’s getting HOT HOT HOT here in Brisbane. For those of you who follow from afar, it’s Summer where I am. Before you get jealous, because if you’re anything like me, you have a severe dislike for the cold and the only good thing about Winter is cuddling up to the (imaginary) boyfriend and sipping red wine by the (imaginary) fireplace. Not to mention, you also waste too much mental space being constantly jealous of the other hemisphere even though it’s inevitable that winter will roll around the same time each year. The reality of the picture is, you’re actually shivering your little buttocks off whilst spooning your hot water bottle and damn the toilet seat for being too freaking cold to sit on that you’re forced to do the crouching tiger. Read more ..