Family Christmas 2015
It's the third year in a row we've had a brunch picnic by the river for Christmas and I think it's becoming a family tradition.
Posts Tagged ‘fruit’
A sort of breakfast bento
I packed this breakfast for myself one morning recently- it was a kind of breakfast bento, I guess – I took it to work and ate it at my desk as I read my emails and started my work day. I’d made myself toasted sandwiches – two with honey-glazed ham, mushrooms and mayonnaise, one with […]
Bento – hard-boiled egg, cold meats, pickles, salad and fruit
I was very pleased with these bento boxes I put together for us. I’d asked Jac what she’d like for lunch, to which she said, “Cold meat, salad and pickles.” That’s exactly what I packed us – with a few extra bits and pieces. This was my lunch. On the left: hard-boiled egg, salad (lettuce, […]
Bento – sandwiches, fruit and salad
I decided to use up some of the leftover barbecue chicken to make sandwiches for our bento the next day. The sandwiches I made were: chicken, mayo and French mustard curried chicken English ham and Dijon mustard All the sandwiches had mixed salad greens in them. I also included a mini salad of lettuce and […]
Christmas 2008 – breakfast
This year for Christmas, my family got together for breakfast at my parents’ home. We made breakfast very early – Jac and I got there by 7:30am – because all of us “kids” were having lunch with our partners’ families that day. My sister CW put together this lovely fruit platter, with plums, peaches, nectarines, […
Hanging out with the kids
So why was I so busy last weekend? We had Jac’s niece and nephew, Savannah and Max, over for the afternoon and a sleepover. We spent most of the time playing Wii Sport tennis and de Blob. If you have a Wii, you really should check out de Blob – it’s a fantastic relatively new […]
Family birthday finger food feast
We celebrated Jac’s brother’s fiancee Kelsie’s birthday last Wednesday with a family feast of finger foods. We gave Kelsie a break from cooking; the party was at their house, but the rest of us did the food preparation for the evening. This was the first of Jac’s and my contributions for the evening: fresh vegetables [&helli…
Dad’s early birthday satay lunch
It was a big family weekend last weekend – on Sunday we got together again to celebrate my dad’s birthday with a satay lunch. Jac’s and my contribution to the meal were two fruit platters. We cut the fruit up and arranged the platters on Sunday morning, just before we left for my folks’ place. […]
Salad and fruit
After breakfast last Saturday, we did the grocery shopping and then I grabbed us a couple of salads from Sumo Salad for a late lunch. Jac wanted a regular box (AU$8.95) with her two favourite Express salads – the roasted pumpkin and cous cous salad, and the falafel and cous cous salad with balsamic dressing. […]
Afternoon tea and a weekend alone
Last weekend on Saturday afternoon, Jac’s mum Pattycakes and her brother’s partner K came over. Jac and her family are going away for four days to stay in a house by the beach this coming weekend – I’m not going because: 1) we have too many people currently on leave at work, and I wasn’t […]