The months are rolling around far too quickly for me to keep up right now! But I have a few fabulous delights in my kitchen this month, so I thought I’d share.
I’m trying to crank up the health factor in what I’m eating [and drinking] so making a bit more of an effort to have a green smoothie every day. This one had baby spinach leaves, cucumber, carrot, ginger and some pear. It made loads and was very refreshing to slurp on throughout the day.
Sometimes I think the chickens are the best fed at our place! I’m really grateful to our local greengrocer, Feast on Fruit at Morningside, for helping us keep our girls fed in greens. At least three times a week they give us a very generous bag of lettuce and cabbage leaves from their scraps pile. The girls go crazy when they hear that red bag rustle! We’ve been buying loads of our fruit and veg there since moving here about 8 years ago, and their deli is sensational!
My fairly blah day yesterday was brightened immeasurably when this gorgeous pack of goodies arrived from Nessun Dorma Coffee Roasters and cafe at Yeronga. A bag of coffee, a couple of macarons, some drinking chocolate and a gift voucher to check out their cafe for lunch or breakfast over the next couple of months. Excellent timing as I’m just about out of coffee – a calamity when you are a full time uni student, and trying to run a business and blog and feed a hungry hubby and step-kid!
I’m a massive fan of Thomasina Miers Mexican cookbooks, so I was beyond delighted when Fiona from Tiffin gave me a pack of wahaca chilli seeds she collected on a trip to the UK. I really need to plant them, but I love the pack too much!
This wooden flour scoop was mum’s that I found a couple of years ago. I remember using it as a kid when I baked, and I love that it is now in my kitchen again. Especially as I’ve been having a bit of a baking revival over the last year or so.
The gorgeous people at Heilala Vanilla noticed a tweet of mine a while back that said I hadn’t ever tried their product, so they sent me some. How kind was that! I’m now a convert, especially to that vanilla paste. OMG yum. Shortly after it arrived, Bizzy Lizzy posted about a slow cooked vanilla beef casserole that I just had to make – it was stunning.
What’s in your kitchen this month?
Thanks to the lovely Celia from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial for instigating In My Kitchen – you can check out other kitchens on her blog.
I love the wooden scoop. It is so nice to have some of your mum’s things in your kitchen.
Thanks Passionfruitgarden – I love the scoop too. I have a few treasures from mum’s kitchen, including a set of 1970s Cordon Bleu magazines 🙂
Dearest Mel, so many good things in your kitchen. That wooden scoop, how wonderful that you have something of your mum’s in your kitchen. I bet you treasure it too! Thank you for the shout out… I hoped you liked the beef. Heilala Vanilla is the BEST. I love it and I’m glad they have treated you to some of their products. I buy their cryovac-ed beans en masse.
Mel, I love the scoop – we use an aluminium one, but yours would have so much history! Your chooks are very well fed indeed – how nice of your local store to give you their scraps. And the green drink looks very healthy..and very green. 🙂 PS. I’m a huge Thomasina Miers fan too..
Like everyone else I’m in love with the hand-me-down scoop. Regretfully mine’s plastic. Lots of yummy goodies coming your way by the look of it.
Not much new in our kitchen this month but loving my sourdough bread as always and finally got around to English muffins again. Hubby and I are keeping the dough warm on our laps as I type.
Hi Mel, Those green smoothies look so healthy – good on you! – and I love the wooden scoop that was your mum’s. I have lots of my mum’s kitchenware and I find it such a lovely connection with her.
Like everyone else, I love that scoop too. Nice haul in your kitchen this month – I am in too much disarray getting ready to go away, so haven’t managed a kitchen post for some time.
Wow so much love for the scoop! I wish I knew more about its origin. Mum had a few other wooden utensils that look similar that I also love and use often
Mel I did not know like me you also contribute to Celia’s kitchen forum each month, will link up now, Roz