ORANGES & EGGS

 

 

 

A bit of a wet and grey welcome to the weekend. No chance of a sleep in today as Matty is up north surfing for the weekend. So for me, an early breakfast by the window today and with some freshly squeezed orange juice made by my five year old son. He was pretty impressed with his slicing of the oranges, as was I. Today we have plans to bake in the morning and party in the afternoon.

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WEEKEND TREATS

Brunching with someone who loves food as much as you do is fun, but in my case it sometimes means that you don't get to eat a lot. So we went out for brunch today and we ate in the following order; a chocolate brownie with a raspberry surprise, chai latte with full cream milk and a lentil dahl with a poached egg and fresh roti. He had a chicken and leek pie with a quinoa, beetroot and avacado salad with fetta cheese, yet he still managed to eat half of my meal. So after bickering about picking at each other's plates, we made peace and decide to 'share' our plates, but sharing meant that everytime I cut off a slice of pie, he would evil-eye me sizing up the slice on my fork to the millimeter. Perhaps this is karma for all of those times I did that to my parents.

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MY CHOOKIES EGGS

 

Although it was a bit of a stop-start kind of a feast due to our babes waking and fussing, the conversation, story-telling and laughter smoothly kept us connected as we seemingly took turns in leaving the table to tend to our babes who were playing on the floor around us. The food was an inspired mish mash of my favourite local cafe foods and it was lovely to enjoy the comfort foods at home with friends.

In the Pan: Sauteed kale, mushroom, onion with crumbled fetta and fresh lemon.

Accompaniments: Fresh berries, sourdough bread, avacado, fresh ham, Green Goddess dressing from Healthy Everyday by Pete Evans, fried shallots, gooey raspberry and white chocolate muffins plus chocolate and peanut butter muffins from Oomph Cafe, fresh berries, sauteed mushrooms and freshly laid eggs from my chookies which were softly poached and my gorgeous friend introduced me to the wonderful 'Duffin', a cross between a Donut and a Muffin.

Drinks: Fresh orange juice, tea, and fresh locally ground coffee.

Music: NYC SKA/JAZZ playlist on Spotify.

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