Monday, July 19, 2010

Boombana


On Sunday we headed up to Mt Nebo where we had a lazy sit in the sun at a local cafe, with beautiful birdsong all around us. We then stretched our legs, just a little, by doing the short rainforest circuit at Boombana picnic ground, just down the road. The highlight was this gorgeous giant strangler fig.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Knitting Frenzy


I am working myself up into a state of knitting madness. I am trying to make a jumper but I don't really have a pattern I like so I am making it up as I go...could be a recipe for disaster, but I am enjoying the ride.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Mt Ngungun


This is a delightful little walk in the Glasshouse Mountains of Queensland's Sunshine Coast. It takes about 30 minutes or so to get to the top, depending on how fit you are or how much you like to dawdle. Lovely views and lots of rocks.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Ron Mueck at GOMA



Yesterday Ric and I went to the amazing Ron Mueck exhibition at GOMA. It was wonderfully surreal, although I think it was meant to be wonderfully real. Anyway, well worth the visit and it's fun taking photos - but no flash of course.

Chorizo, Mushroom and Spinach Risotto

Sometimes I make up a new recipe that works! And then a month down the track I can't remember what it was or what went in it. Well this is an attempt to note down one of the good ones. Sorry there is no picture as it was a couple of nights ago that I made this and it's all eaten up.

2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 onion, diced
1 stick of celery, chopped
4 chorizo sausages, chopped
quite a few mushrooms, chopped
a few handfuls of baby spinach leaves
just under 2 cups of rice
1 cup white wine
some butter
4 - 5 cups of chicken stock
about a cup of parmesan cheese, grated

Fry the chorizo until brown and crispish, remove from pan.
Heat up stock in separate saucepan
In the same pan as you cooked the chorizo, fry the garlic, onion and
celery in a bit of butter until soft.
Add mushrooms and fry until soft.
Add rice, mix in until translucent.
Add wine and cook off.
Gradually add stock a ladle at a time, stirring regularly, and waiting for
mixture to absorb liquid before adding next ladle.
Add in a few bits of chorizo during this process to let flavour mix through.
When rice is cooked, stir in rest of chorizo, spinach, parmesan cheese and a knob of butter.

Enjoy!