I’m still surprised there is no graffiti yet. I hope the chairs are fixed and some trees are planted for shade to help prevent skin carcinoma.
Tidying up my Instagram accounts
Are you on Instagram? For a long time it was my favourite app, but like a lot of social media platforms, my interest and activity waxes and wanes. The main social media platforms for me are Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and to a lesser degree Pinterest. I also like staying in touch with people with Messenger and WhatsApp.
I think it’s marvellous how I can be in a Slack chatroom with podcasters from across the Pacific Ocean. Chat with cooks in the UK in a Facebook group. Share tweets with friends from all around the world.
Birthday treats especially at work don’t have Calories! I wish this were true, but who cares. It happens once a year and when you have friends like the ones I have it’s amazing.
It started early when a dear friend brought me my favourite vanilla slice from the Gumnut Patisserie from Bowral. There’s just something amazing in the pastry the way they have a caramel flavour to the flaky pastry.
Birthday Vanilla Slice
Just before lunch (I didn’t eat lunch) another dear friend visited me and gave me a Queensland nut caramel tart from Urban Bean Espresso Bar. I love Queensland nuts (GenusĀ Macadamia), especially on a delicious caramel tart. The best thing is the boys from Urban Bean are all NSW loving cockroach supporters and the friend who gave this to me is a Queenslander!
Queensland nut birthday cake
I attended an executive meeting in the afternoon and a couple of my work mates bought me a cake to share with other members of the meeting. It was a delicious cake with yummy cream. It had a couple of layers separated by cream and jam.
Birthday cake from work friends. I have such great work friends.
So I was on a sugar high all day. I wonder what my blood sugar level is.
For dinner, I needed something savoury so I put a piece of baked salmon in a puff pastry parcel along with some Coon cheese. I served it with a Hass avocado (thankfully Hass has replaced Shepard in the supermarkets) mixed with sour cream and chilli flakes.
Birthday baked cheesy salmon parcel with creamy avocado
In the last few weeks, I’ve alluded to the amazing generosity of my work mates here, here and here.
It’s Monday night so that means salmon. I’ve been mixing it up lately. For a long time, I’ve been baking my salmon in my bench top oven. It’sĀ simple and only takes 12 minutes with minimal mess.
However, I do enjoy crispy skin pan-fried salmon though and now that I have a portable induction hob, getting a really hot pan is simple. I also coat the salmon in flour and this minimises oil splatter because it dries the surface of the salmon.
Crispy skin pan-fried salmon with Hass avocado and beetroot coleslaw dressed with aioli Garnished with lots of lime zest because I love lime
I didn’t eat dessert last night because I was feeling full after my leftover pork and beef meatloaf with extra bacon. Even my dessert stomach (also known as the Åsophagus) didn’t feel like it could cope.
Vanilla ice cream with mint flake #dessert #mealforone #yummylummy #foodporn #yummy #delicious #instafood #nikon #lightroom #canberra #cbr #australia Did you know your Åsophagus is your dessert stomach?
It’s Monday night so that means salmon. I’ve been mixing it up lately. For a long time, I’ve been baking my salmon in my bench top oven. It’sĀ simple and only takes 12 minutes with minimal mess.
However, I do enjoy crispy skin pan-fried salmon though and now that I have a portable induction hob, getting a really hot pan is simple. I also coat the salmon in flour and this minimises oil splatter because it dries the surface of the salmon.
Crispy skin pan-fried salmon with Hass avocado and beetroot coleslaw dressed with aioli Garnished with lots of lime zest because I love lime
I didn’t eat dessert last night because I was feeling full after my leftover pork and beef meatloaf with extra bacon. Even my dessert stomach (also known as the Åsophagus) didn’t feel like it could cope.
Vanilla ice cream with mint flake #dessert #mealforone #yummylummy #foodporn #yummy #delicious #instafood #nikon #lightroom #canberra #cbr #australia Did you know your Åsophagus is your dessert stomach?
