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We had friends for lunch on Saturday and I cooked up more food than I needed, BUT,  I love leftovers as it gives me meals for the rest of the week.  My menu on Saturday was this: Hummus with chorizo topping served with crudités Roast Lamb Jacket Potatoes Braised Beef Cannelloni with mushroom sauce Chicken Pasta Tossed Green Salad Homemade bread Fruit Salad and Passionfruit Parfait Sunday we simply re-heated the leftovers.  I had the cannelloni with leftover salad and Philip had the Chicken Pasta.  Monday we had the same only we swapped over.  Tuesday the lamb went into fritters with the salad that was still very good.  Today the leftover potato, chicken and vegetables from pasta, leftover chorizo crumble, leftover crudités (chopped small) all went into a frittata that I had with the leftover salad (it is now finished).  Each day we have also finished our main meal with a bowl of fruit salad and parfait and that is now also done and dusted. So, who wouldn't love leftovers! Leftovers

I love my country.  Whenever we travel overseas and people ask where we are from we proudly tell them Australia!!!  And just about everyone you say that to says "oh....I would love to visit your country!"  Sometimes we don't appreciate it as much as we should. Australia Day is the day that we truly celebrate being Australians.  This year we went to "Great Australian Bites Port Douglas".  We arrived at Rex Smeal Park nice and early and set ourselves up under some shady trees and watched as the "new" Australians were welcomed into our great country. They proudly held up their certificates to announce to Australia that they love our country enough to become citizens. The local indigenous welcomed everybody with their symbolic dance Thank goodness the rain stayed away and we were able to sit back under the shady trees and soak up the wonderful atmosphere and sip on refreshing drinks. We watched the Tug-a-War events for young and old..... and sack races for

We had a lunch date with our friends at 2 Fish Restaurant in Port Douglas on Monday.  We haven't been to this restaurant for awhile and what a lovely surprise it was!  We all chose the $40 three course set meal and everyone of us enjoyed our choices.  I chose the Prawn Bruschetta for starters followed by the Crab and Pipi Linguini. Philip chose the crumbed Squid and Kate chose the battered Mackerel for their mains For Dessert three of us chose the Pannacotta with Tropical Fruits while Philip decided on the Sorbet Trio The meals were absolutely fantastic and the restaurant has recently won the award for "Australian Contemporary Seafood Cuisine in the Tropics" and it was well deserved.  If you are in Port Douglas it is worth a reservation. I have still been trying to think of ways to use pineapples and passionfruit.  We have been collecting about a dozen passionfruit a day.  Today I made Pineapple and Passionfruit Jam.  It is a bit sweet for my taste but that is mainly beca

We have been following the 5:2 diet for quite awhile now and I'm always on the lookout for tasty low calorie recipes on our fasting days.  I came across this one last week....Sweet Potato Chilli. I am definitely one for using "in season" fruit and vegetables and in my garden this week I have an abundance of sweet potato and chilli.  This recipe was easy and very filling which is just the thing for fasting days.  It comes in at 212 calories so still plenty of room to fit in either a good size breakfast or dinner. Speaking of the 5:2 diet, our GP told us in conversation that he is also a follower of this way of eating.  We adore our GP who we have been with for ten years.  He is a Buddhist and is just the most gentle person I know.  When you talk to him he gives you his absolute attention and makes you feel like you are the only person in his world.  Such a treasure. Something else that I have an abundance of at the moment is pineapples.  They are just so sweet and deliciou

Hands up if you have a tupperware/container drawer that looks like this....... Actually, it looks kinda organised but believe you me, it's a nightmare trying to find the right lid for the right container.  Now, last year on the Active Camper Facebook page someone posted a photo of these containers..... I purchased them for the camper, immediately.  They are so handy and because they fold flat they take up very little room in my very small camper cupboard area.  When we were on our recent trip I mentioned to hubby that we should have these at home as well as camping so we ordered them immediately and they were waiting for us in the mail when we arrived home.  This is what they look like when they are opened up.... That is a large mango in front of the containers and it is not a great photo for you to judge size but you will have to believe me when I say that the containers are good sizes.  And the best thing we find about them when we are camping, with just a small fridge, is that a

I had intended to blog our holiday while we were away but unfortunately it never eventuated.  I took all the apple orchard with me.....iphone, MacBook, hard drives and a million cables.....and they annoyed me the whole time we were away.  They always seemed to be under my feet when we were in the car! Our time away, as predicted, was wonderful.  We left on the 20th December and arrived home on the 6th January.  Our new vehicle, with the camper onboard, behaved beautifully.  Philip did all the driving and we were "those" people. You know.  The ones that drive at 90kmh!  But, we did pull over to let other vehicles pass at any opportunity and at the passing lanes we SLOWED DOWN!  Can't say that about a lot of drivers who speed up at the passing lanes. We didn't leave until after lunch on the first day and made it to our favourite caravan park at Cowley Beach (just below Innisfail).  Once again we almost had the entire place to ourselves.  Unfortunately the fish and chip