Living List

living list

Visit Machu Pichu, Peru ~ Explore Hong Kong ~ Visit Petra, Jordan ~ See Ayers Rock at sunset ~ Explore Paris ~ Explore Rome ~ Explore New York ~ Visit the Sagrada Família in Barcelona ~ Visit the Taj Mahal ~ Explore Egypt ~ Visit Whitby Abbey ~ Take a Jack the Ripper tour in East London ~ Go on a bike riding holiday ~ Go on a road trip across Australia and America ~ Visit Gallipoli ~ Walk the Kokoda Track ~ Visit Anne Frank’s house ~ Visit the Berlin Wall ~ Go to BlogHer ~ Cook 1 new recipe a week for a year ~ Investigate hypnotherapy for my nail biting ~ Complete a First Aid course ~ Dance a jive again ~ Hold a snake ~ Go to the ballet ~ Go hang gliding ~ Go on a hot air balloon ride ~ Go scuba diving with sharks ~ Play the piano well ~ Learn to take good photos ~ Go on a ghost tour ~ Write a book (or twenty) ~ Publish a book (or twenty) ~ Complete a screenplay ~ To one day own a house with a library and a comfy writing space ~ Run a full marathon ~ Provide money for a study scholarship ~ Invest in art ~ Go abseiling ~ Stand up on a surfboard ~ Ride a horse at a full gallop again ~ Do a hot lap on a racetrack ~ Go without television or computers for a week (at least) ~ Throw a giant ‘Great Gatsby’ themed party ~ Drink a martini ~ Get a PhD ~ Be an advocate for children’s literacy and reading ~ Write open letters of thanks to people who have influenced my life ~ Re-learn to change a car tyre ~ Dress up big-time for Halloween ~ Go to a ‘sing-along’ screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1. Whitby Abbey, 2. Owers Corner, 3. Berlin Wall – Berlin, 4. Taj Mahal – Early Morning Mist, 5. Night at Colloseum, 6. Uluru, 7. Holy, 8. Petra Treasury, 9. New York City, 10. Balloon silhouette, 11. Hong Kong Gets Ready to Party!, 12. Peru, Machupicchu: Light on the past, 13. Eiffel Power, 14. Chefrem’s Pyramid, 15. dead sea, 16. Jack the Ripper Walking Tour

Chicken Ball Noodle Soup

January 20, 2012

This is a recipe modified from Marion Grosby’s Marion: Recipes and stories from a hungry cook (she used pork in hers). Because the kids refused to eat it – more on that later – it fed Adam and me for two nights running. The portion sizes are pretty generous. Ingredients 100g vermicelli noodles 4 garlic cloves, crushed [...]

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That Queasy Moment When You Realise Life Is Returning To Normal

January 9, 2012

If my Twitter stream is anything to go by – and it usually is – then a great many people here in Australia are returning to their desks today to resume work after several festive weeks of relaxed debauchery (if debauchery can be deemed ‘relaxing’, I suppose). If you find yourself in such a position, [...]

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Sugar Spiced Pork Chops

January 6, 2012

I’m two weeks (three?) behind with posting my ‘one recipe a week’ challenge and I’m working on getting back up to speed on that front. This pork recipe is modified from the Marie Claire Real + Simple cookbook by Michele Cranston. From memory her recipe is for pork cutlets, but I had these whoppers in the [...]

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Cherry Clafoutis

December 18, 2011

I made this dessert for our wedding anniversary dinner during the week. Adam and I didn’t exchange presents on the day because we’d already done so earlier. Adam’s was … something I’ll talk about later; mine was a brand new iPhone 4. Yes, I now get to harass Siri and ask her sexually suggestive questions and think [...]

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One Recipe A Week Challenge – Weeks 6 & 7

December 11, 2011

Without wanting to come off as sounding slack I’ve not blogged my recipe challenge recipes for the past few weeks because… well… I guess I was too slack. But I have been keeping up with the task. Week Six: was this Chicken and Spinach Lasagne from Taste. Week Seven: is this week, and I’ve scraped [...]

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Peanut Marshmallow Tart

November 27, 2011

This recipe is a recent-ish discovery from the August 2011 Super Food Ideas magazine. I don’t like peanuts by themselves all that much but, by god, a packet of peanut M&Ms needs protecting with every ounce of strength if I happen to come past one. They are wonderful. As are those Christmas mix of chocolate [...]

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Roasted Pork Belly

November 19, 2011

In the wise words of Billy Bob Thornton from Bad Santa, “They can’t all be winners”, and such is the case with today’s one recipe a week meal. I was given Adam Liaw’s Two Asian Kitchens cookbook back at the beginning of the Malaysia Kitchen Campaign and have been wanting to give many recipes a [...]

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Rich Chocolate Mousse Recipe

November 12, 2011

I remember big family parties with tables full of food back when I was a child. At dessert – if we were lucky – there might be a chocolate mousse. I always hoped for mousse; I’d dollop that soft, spongy ooze on to my plate and wolf it down. This wasn’t very often though as [...]

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How I Learned to Roast a Chicken

November 5, 2011

I know what you’re thinking. I know, but I’ll say it anyway. “What – you’ve never roasted a chicken before?” That’s right. I can honestly say that up until this week the only times I have eaten one have either been when someone else has cooked it or I’ve gone up to the deli counter, [...]

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