A smoothie and lemon slice with a friend on Saturday, a memphis meltdown icecream at the movies yesterday so tonight I had to eat light to balance the overindulgence. Just looking at cakes adds the kilos so actually eating them does some serious damage. I had one of these fajitas, Dario two and Adriano had the other seven. He always stays at the table long after we have left. Shrimp Fajitas Print Author: Suzanne Perazzini Ingredients 2 tsp oil 1 tsp garlic-infused oil 2 spring onions, chopped finely - green part only 1 small red pepper, sliced 500g shrimps ½ cup homemade salsa (no onion) Salt & pepper 8 small gluten-free tortillas 1 cup shredded Edam cheese Small handful coriander, chopped Method Heat oils in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add spring onion and bell pepper and cook for 2-3 minutes, flipping just as the vegetables begin to brown. Add shrimp and stir-fry 4-5 minutes or until shrimp are opaque. Add salsa and cook for 1 minute. … [Read more...] about Shrimp Fajitas – light and tasty
The Strangest Toilet I have met
Like all other seasoned travellers, I am uncomfortably familiar with the squat-down toilets in the filthy back rooms of Italian bars; the cramped, smelly, elbow-bumping toilets on sailing boats, and the lack of toilets in the wildernesses of the planet, but here I wish to share with you one of the more unique toilets I have encountered. A few years ago I took an ill-advised camping trip into the Okavango Delta in Botswana. I say ill-advised, not because it wasn’t beautiful, and exciting, and refreshing, and mind-opening, and adventurous, but because of the toilet. After a two-hour trip by mokoro canoe weaving our way along the blissfully calm waterways of the Okavango Delta, we landed at a clearing in some mopani trees and unloaded tents, camping equipment and packs. This was to be our Robinson Crusoe experience for the next three days. We set up home on the fine grey dust which constituted the ground, while our polers and guides made a fire, which was to blaze twenty four hours a … [Read more...] about The Strangest Toilet I have met
My favourite Place in the World No. 5 – paradise at the end of the earth
My Uncle lives with his wife in a fishing lodge they built mudbrick by mudbrick on the Zambezi River in Zambia. We visited some years ago while the place was half built and I fell in love with the isolation, the views, the rawness and the mindblowing, brilliant red sunsets. To get there, it took us eight hours of extremely rough driving over incredible roads which took us down through dry river beds and up over steep ridges. Several times we had to stop and move boulders aside so we could get through. My uncle has since built an airstrip and helicopter pad. He is a pilot and ferries people in and out with a microlite. The lodge is built up on a hill overlooking the river. You might ask why it isn't down by the water. That would be because the water is teeming with crocodiles and hippos, which don't take too kindly to humans inhabiting their territory. When we finally arrived at the site of the half-built lodge, it did indeed feel like the end of the earth but, as we drove … [Read more...] about My favourite Place in the World No. 5 – paradise at the end of the earth
Coriander Encrusted Salmon with Salsa Verde – full of Omega 3
Every now and then I remember we are supposed to think about keeping our Omega 3 levels up and the fish shop gets a visit. Salmon is one of the foods with the highest levels available to us, which makes it easy. Except husband and son are not keen on it and I have to work hard to disguise its flavour, which is a shame in my opinion. Anyway, I scrambled about among the multitude of online food blogs and came up with this recipe from Confections of a Foodie Bride. The recipe has a concoction on top which is flavoursome enough to disguise any base food. The combination of capers, anchovies and the aniseed flavour of fennel would be perfect for this disguising task. The only problem was that Adriano (my personal shopper) couldn't find any fennel and I was left with what I had at hand. In the north of Italy where I lived, we used to boil meat and smother it with a green sauce and that is what I ended up making. I would have liked to have tried it with fennel and will one day, but this … [Read more...] about Coriander Encrusted Salmon with Salsa Verde – full of Omega 3
High Tea at the Langham Hotel
I just got back from high tea at the Langham Hotel to celebrate my and my friend, Genevieve's birthdays and it was well worth the $39 per head. There were twelve of us - family and friends - so we were ushered into a beautiful room of our own with a painted ceiling and gilded mirrors on the walls. We sat in big upholstered, very comfortable wing chairs and the waiter took our order for coffee or tea and described the food, which soon appeared. We started with a tray of sandwiches and all sorts of small savories. Unfortunately we forgot to take any photos before they were devoured but I made sure the cakes were photographed before eating them. For two and a half hours we ate, drank and chatted to our hearts content as our tummies expanded and started to hurt. All the leftovers were scooped into boxes and tucked under our arms for supper later tonight and we rolled out of the hotel to go home. … [Read more...] about High Tea at the Langham Hotel
A Shot of Hot pink in a White Room
As I have mentioned before I love white rooms and here is one I found on the Sanctuary blog. This I am particularly partial to because it has that shot of hot pink in the sofa. It emanates a feeling of cool calmness, which could be rather inviting after a busy work day. I am off to high tea at the Langham Hotel with family and friends to celebrate my birthday and I will try to remember to take some photos of the sumptious food so you can all see how the well-heeled live. It will be quite an adventure since I seldom, if ever, take high tea. … [Read more...] about A Shot of Hot pink in a White Room
