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Review #2: "School Day Lunches"
Ah, here was a book that held great possibilities…. However… after reading through the beginning part about making sure foods would stay safe to eat, and some good advice about keeping food cool, then the recipes began. After reading many recipes with the phrase, “looks like cake, tastes like pizza” or “looks like soup, tastes… Read more
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Muffin Tin Monday – Halloween
Ooooo… spooky. Now, I have never really been a Halloween kinda gal…. so I had to google Halloween to find out more about it. And in the end, this is what I settled on. At the top:1. Caramel sauce and apple slices2. Dragon toenails (okay, so they were potato wedges)3. Toxic ooze complete with Zombie. … Read more
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Waffles… I made waffles!
So, I got a waffle maker, and I finally got up the courage to make them. As the whole concept of separating eggs terrifies me, I kept looking for a recipe that had nothing to do with it. And then I was given the greatest cookbook ever……… The Wizard of Oz Cookbook….. The waffles have… Read more
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A Friday lunch
This was a revelation… I actually managed to make lunch on a Friday! Whoopee! In the top bento are slices of Turkish bread with baked beans and cheese with spring onions. In the middle, 70’s cocktail skewers with mini toffee pops and 2 marshmellow ducks. In the bottom, a boiled egg nomming his way through… Read more
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Bento for Beginners
And yes, I am now a free-lance writer. Will this be the cash-cow that brings in the millions? Probably not, but what I am hoping for is a little paypal “mad-money” to buy more random bento’s! So I have now published 2 articles on suite101. The first was on my experiences cruising on the Pacific… Read more
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And now for something sorta different
Well, in the mail came a new bento! I have an obsession, I KNOW! Here is todays lunch. THe top layer has a baked, stuffed potato, handful of grapes and some crackers with cheese cut into little flowers. The bottom layer has capsicum hummus with cucumber and carrot sticks and a boiled egg (with dinosaur/eggshell… Read more
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