The Knit Guru

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  • It’s a Cat and Mouse game….

    Well… today I tried making it all a little more awesome…. The top layer was a simple green salad with cat shaped cucumber slices…. While the mice hid on the bottom layer with some smaller food to “nibble on”…… And what is lunch without a mid-morning snack of some sworded cheese cubes, with grapes and Read more

  • Review #1: "The Lunch Box"

    Ah, I started with a really basic lunchbox recipe book….. and now it has a total of 8 post-it flags attached to it.  This is “The Lunch Box” by Glenda Gourley.  This was published here in New Zealand by the National Heart Foundation in 1991. I bought this secondhand from trademe.co.nz ….. for like $3…. Read more

  • The Great Lunch-box Cookbook Review

    Well……  Those of you who know me well, know my obsession with cookbooks….. sadly, the obsession does not extend towards being a good cook….. or even trying all the recipes…. but there is nothing better than curling up on the sofa (in winter) or in the hammock (in summer) and reading a good cookbook.  Nigella Read more

  • ARGH!!!!! Where did the week go????

    Well…. I notice that Wordless Wednesday was the last post I was able to get set with……… WHOA!  It’s now Sunday morning….. Since Wednesday we did 5 performances of “The Wizard of Oz” and that is basically it…… I have been baking for the cast…. painting faces….. washing costumes….. yelling at people….. generally throwing my Read more

  • A flap and a hassle

    Well… with today being a total flap and hassle and stress-fest- I have decided to burn the candle well and truly to get a less busy start to the day. I have now done my first EVER made-the-night-before bento…. and made lentils and fishcakes for my husband’s lunch tomorrow.  Going like the clappers….. even made Read more

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