Today’s post brings our week in Oceania to an end. It’s been a beautiful combination of sweet, juicy meat with equally juicy tropical fruit, and rich creamy coconut. Thanks and welcome to the new followers – it’s great and humbling to see you coming along for the journey :). If you have tried the recipes…
Category: Week 1: Oceania
A little cream never made anyone fat: Day 6
Yesterday was a hard day. Weekends are meant to be relaxing and enjoyable, but with the weight of readings and work starting up again next week, it felt more like the end of the world. Add a pinch of this to my creativity pool and the water appears to darken. I never realised quite how…
It’s always sunny in Samoa; Day 5
Today marks our fifth day of eating at home, I have to say we have NOT been out to dinner, lunch or breakfast. It feels pretty good so far, but now the weekend is here it’s going to be a bit of a challenge. However, today I have made it and roasted a delicious fish!…
Eating at home has it’s benefits; Day 4
Eating at home has it’s benefits. Not only do we save money, but I can unleash my pent up creativity on creating delicious dishes. It truly is the best therapy after spending most of my day buried in the recommended readings I have to do for university. But, the best part is sampling the dishes…
Australia’s National Dish; Day 3
Welcome to Australia, the land of beautiful beaches, barren deserts and the meat pie. According to the highly reliable and informative Wikipedia, the premier of New South Wales in 2003, Bob Carr called the meat pie Australia’s “National Dish”. Crunchy puff pastry toppings, generally cover succulent pieces of steak in a rich sauce. Most Australian…
Day 2: Nana’s Rice Pudding
As a child I remember visiting my grandparents house every Sunday for lunch. My favourite dish was a “plastic” cheese and tomato sandwich with a decent sprinkle of salt, it always tasted better there, not like the mushy, soppy sandwiches I took to school. My Nana, Beryl is a fifth generation New Zealander. Her descendant…
Day 1: New Zealand’s Best Seared Venison
A lot of foreigners only know of Kiwis as the furry brown fruit they eat in their fruit salads. Did you know the origin of the name of fruit? Well it’s this cute little flightless bird, that is an endangered native of NZ: As a born and bred Aucklander, I have always been lucky to…
Ginga Musings 