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A photo of dinner: roast beetroot, pumpkin, garlic and cherry tomatoes on couscous served with balsamic vinegar reduction and many basil leaves.

Tonight on Disaster Chef… [insert flame visual]

On 17 June, 2011 · 7 Comments · In food

I have been craving roasted cherry tomatoes with balsamic vinegar reduction for the last week and tonight was the first night in a long time that I’ve had enough energy to cook. So I decided to righteously address my craving and because it was such a momentous occasion I took photos. Seriously, when you find [...]

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Thanks Nigella, food is pretty awesome!

On 13 May, 2010 · 15 Comments · In food

When you talk about hard issues, like body image and being fat and feminism, it’s nice to have a refuge. Somewhere to recoop lost Sanity Points. A little place where you don’t have to justify why you have the right to take up space, or field the same old tired questions. Nigella Lawson is one [...]

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Super tangy lemon pudding

On 9 March, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In food


I was craving something with a citrus tang last night so I cobbled together a recipe for a microwavable lemon self-saucing pudding.

Ingredients
1 cup self-raising flour, sifted
1/3 cup caster sugar
2 small lemons, rind finely grated (you [...]

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Sweet potato and lentil patties

On 6 January, 2010 · 6 Comments · In food

Today I was in the mood for a bit of a burger but lately I’ve gone off animal meat, so I put the feelers out on the lazyweb (i.e: Twitter!) for a vege patty recipe. Viv supplied me with this sweet [...]

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Totes houseproud

On 21 November, 2009 · 3 Comments · In A Beautiful Life

The weekend means mystery flowers from the market! The sign in the bucket said “Lizzies $5 or 3 for $10″, so I bought three for a very plump looking arrangement. I did a bit of a google for Lizzy/ Lizzie flowers but the image search results turned [...]

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Delicious savoury muffins!

On 7 October, 2009 · 6 Comments · In food

I wanted to bake some savoury muffins for my husband to take to work and for general snacking noms, because I think I have just about hit my strawberry limit (Queensland seems to be having some kind of strawberry explosion at the moment). This recipe is [...]

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What a tart! or, How food and I are mending the rift

On 22 July, 2009 · 4 Comments · In A Beautiful Life

I’ve never been very big on cooking, and since being diagnosed with juvenile diabetes I developed a strained relationship with food. It’s a bit of a chore, really. Gorging on a delicious treat needs to be calculated against the amount of insulin or exercise I [...]

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