Sep 19, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Pig on a Spit: Practice Run

Please note, this post is NSFV (Not Safe For Vegetarians/Vegans). Mr: I want to do a spit roast for my birthday. Me: *stunned silence* Mr: A rotisserie pig. Me: OHHHHH! Yep, sounds good. And that is how the madness began. Over the last month, Mr has visited every butcher within 10km of our house to chat for hours about piggies, he’s bought a little motorised rotisserie from Ebay, and has dug a giant... read more

Sep 12, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Basil Hummus

Helloooo! Yes, it has been a while since my last post. I am a bad bad blogger. In my defence, a massive work project that I was running meant that I was working 12 day weeks and many 14 hour days for a few months. Which was pretty hideous but strangely fantastic at the same time. And at the end of it all, I was rewarded with a promotion. Eeeeee! But it’s over now. And I’m baaaaack! This is a... read more

Aug 6, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Fake Cookie Dough

Recently I've been reading a fair few 'healthy lifestyle' blogs, mostly from the US. Many of these blogs seem to be written by marathon-running fitness gurus who somehow find the time to post about their daily food intake. read more

Jul 31, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Chilli Mussels

It wasn't bad enough that I had to go in to work today. On a Sunday. I called it Monday Part One. But when I finished.... read more

Mar 14, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

A Day in Yea and a Really Big Cray

When Mr suggested on Labour Day that we make a trip to Yea to catch yabbies, memories of my Dad's family wading through the Swan River at midnight to catch prawns flashed through my mind. Thankfully this scenario wasn't exactly what Mr had in mind for us and no gumboots or giant nets were required. read more