spinach pie

Tim's brother Nick and Tim's dad came for dinner. We ate -

pumpkin soup

spinach pie
green salad

poached pears with yoghurt and passionfruit

Very good.

spaghetti bolognese

Tim's dad came for dinner. We ate -

spaghetti bolognese
green salad

My bolognese sauce is lacking. I'll have to find a new, and improved recipe!

Indian dinner

Last night Matthew and Cade came over for dinner and we ate:

Bengali green beans and potatoes*
Bengal red lentils with spices*
Yogurt with mint and cucumber
Carrot and mustard seed salad
Rice
Pappadums

for dessert we ate little cakes from Caketown on King St, Newtown - yummo!

* from Julie Sahni's Classic Indian Vegetarian Cookery

Osvaldo Polletti

Last night we had dinner at Osvaldo Polletti in Leichhardt.

Silverbeet Tart
Sardines with Currants and Pinenuts
Arancini flavoured with Squid Ink

White Bean and Mussel Soup

Ossobuco

We drank a red wine from a vineyard called Donnafugata - basically because that's the name of the village in The Leopard.

Once again the food was delicious - I particularly enjoyed the Silverbeet Tart and the Soup.


about arancini at Wikipedia
and an array of Sicilian recipes elsewhere

eggs and haloumi

fried eggs and haloumi
green beans and tomato
rice with onion
radicchio and artichoke
olives

this was a beautiful to look at dish: the yellow orange egg yolk surrounded by rice, the dull green and red of cooked beans and tomato leaking yellow oil, the dull grey green artichokes against crimson radicchio, and black olives

wonderful

bangers and mash

Tim cooked tonight.

sausages
mashed potato
sweet corn on the cob and green beans

delicious!

chicken breast and brussel sprouts

sounds nice doesn't it!

fried chicken breast
sliced brussel sprouts cooked with smoked pork neck, seasoned with salt, pepper and a little red wine
potatoes in butter and oil

chickpeas and spinach

chickpeas and spinach
yoghurt with garlic and mint
rice with onion
cherry tomatoes and black olives

lamb shanks

lamb shanks with lemon and thyme
potatoes in butter and oil
broccoli