Toad in the hole tonight! Don’t ask me why it’s called that lol. Sausages roasted then topped with a Yorkshire pudding mix. Yes there was a beef jus served with it. It’s just ugly to photograph some dark sauces.

The Toad in the Hole emerges!!!

Guess what I’m cooking up on this chilly wet night?

Landed up at a cafe along Beach Road yesterday! I love seeing the ocean & the weathers moods. I felt cosy inside with a cup of tea. Investigated the BBQ’s here as well. I can see meals here very soon weather permitting.

Tarte Tatin on a chilly Melbourne wet rainy night!

Apple & pear Tarte Tatin last night, with a nice splash of calvados brandy.

Cooking Prause chicken

Praise chicken. Chicken poached with leek, celery, heritage carrots & parsley chilli flakes, cracked black pepper and cracked salt. Remove everything once cooked and then cook your basmati rice in the beautiful chicken stock. Serve with Dijon mustard and crusty bread. Great on a chilly night.

Making the most of warm autumn 🍂 evenings with marinated turkey on the BBQ!

Turkey isn’t just for Christmas. It’s beautiful marinated and popped on a bbq, especially as the wings are extremely meaty and have just two easy bones to deal with. Add a nice big beautiful jacket potato with the trimmings and what I call “Cliff-slaw” yum!

Last night Rockling fillets with capper sauce, oven baked fat chips, salad with sourdough croutons.

Settled into my bedroom. It’s relaxing with a beachy feel. I have called this house “Sanctuary”

Quick and easy light meal. Tarte Tatin.

A savoury Tarte Tatin, a nice change from the fruit one. Cherry tomatoes, honey, sage with cracked black pepper & rock salt with salad. Fruit one next.

Anyone know how to contact Bluesky admin, I’m so Frustrated

Such a beautiful simple meal to put onto the table. My household loves this.

It was muscles tonight. I think it’s possible I enjoyed the licker more than the muscles. So inexpensive and tasty. A real favourite in our household with a fresh baguette.

Let’s try again, maybe BlueSky has fixed its doggy app? Asian inspired roast duck salad, with maybe the best spikey dressing I’ve ever made for it! If you are not eating this, you are missing out.

Ohhh what is it tonight for dinner? Hint: Confit garlic Garlic infused extra virgin olive oil Lemon Chilli flakes Dry white wine Onion Parsley House made Pasta

Bluesky So notifications show my activity, new followers & likes, but none of them are showing up in my main feed/page. Does anyone know how to contact BlueSky to support their app? It’s really bad how these apps have no one directly accessible to us! Please don’t force me to refocus on “X.

And the dahlias just keep on giving, I love them. Soon to go into a warm autumn salad

Can anyone put me into contact with the Gods of BlueSky, I have lost the masters details and need to beg to get my likes showing up properly “again”… thank you in advance to anyone that can help

Again Blueskys algorithm is not listing my likes…! So strange

And my beautiful dahlias are still going…they truly went mad this year and just kept on giving

Asian style duck salad, and possibly the nicest and tastiest dressing I have ever made for it! This was delicious.

A little Melbourne lane way street art I looked yesterday. Forever changing

I needed a time out today, do it was a wonder around Melbourne! It’s the heart of culture and fine coffee here (I say this as mainly a tea drinker). Melbourne is also considered the food capital of the southern hemisphere. Big food scene.

Roasted duck leg last night with a simple frisée salad, and beautiful fresh gramolata and green beans. It was beautiful.

Rich beef jus well underway now! YUM!

Beautiful beef just underway now. I love knowing I have lots of containers of this in the fridge and freezer

A lovely “BIG” cooked breakfast / brunch for Sunday! It was delicious

My first dahlia in the new home… it truly bough a smile to my face, it brings a feeling of continuity… #dahlia #home #newchapter

Yes, a Wonton soup night and relaxation. It’s just a feel good moment. We all love homemade hot pot. Fish, prawns, Chinese sausage, prawn wonton dumplings, noodles and all the vegetables. Highly recommend and fun yo make your own in a group.

I love making hot pots at home. This time as I was still unpacking it wasn’t individual induction plates on the table to self serve. But we managed on the stovetop none the less. Beautiful and really tasty

Nice to get a verity of beautiful fresh fruit into the house today. I love natures sweets.

Yes there’s only one answer for a chilly autumn morning for me. Another old nursery comfort dish! Soft boiled eggs with toasted bread fingers, or soldiers as my mum called them when I was a boy! Yep, a nice start to the day with a really hot cup of tea.

Chilly evening here in Melbourne with rain. Time for simple bangers (sausages), mash, baby sweet peas and rich onion gravy! It was so hearty and tasty.

I love the little collages my phone whips up for me.

Finally a chilly autumn rainy evening after all the muggy heat. I was ready for it. I made this giant lasagna that could feed an army!

It’s nice seeing my massive Buddha looking serene again…. It nearly got left behind fleeing the house I was chased out of by a lunatic new owner after 25 years! But like Buddha I believe in karma.

Finally a nice healthy meal. Lamb shank casserole with roasties. I have not been able to cook properly for a while. Yum!

My brother picked the last spray of my beloved dahlias from my former home. I do love them. I’ll go for softer colours next year.

Beautiful chicken curry. All the way to London to have my brothers Indian friend Bimla teach my twin & I Indian 🇮🇳. So this one is called a legacy dish in my cookbook folder. I call it Bimla curry. With pilaf rice & 5# spice potatoes. Over cooked roti bread. But gee it hit the spot.

And here is a plate dahlia on a plate! It’s so soft yet so strong. I love it.

Here’s one of my beautiful plate dahlias. The wind broke the stem and I had to cut it off. But I do love it. I hope you all do as well.

My plate dahlias have responded to all the humidity. I am so thrilled, I have only grown dahlia tubers and bulbs for a few years. I am so enjoying it all.

OK, packing my home or not. We had to eat on this muggy day! Round quiche, ham, cheese & tomato with herbs. Oblong quiche mushroom, onion, cherry tomato a touch of paprika. So nice with salad.

Salmon & prawn stirfry tonight. I love stir fry and especially when its packed full of vegetables

How about a loosely related Tortalini carbonara with mushrooms and crispy bacon? It’s cool enough to cook here in Melbourne right now! #letscook #tortalinicarbonara #feedthefamily #coolerweather

Yes, I am thrilled with this surprise show at my front door. It’s amazing to me. Only two years getting to know dahlias. They are a firm favourite. I’m still waiting for others to flower. I guess they just arrive at different times?