August 2012
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Wednesday write-up #33
Look at that, hump day.
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Maxi dresses can be for people other than tall, tiny models. But they still wear them better.
The newsroom. A few weeks ago. It’s now over. It was cool.
Coming up with two ‘secrets’ about yourself, that are appropriate for work, is legit hard. Mine SUCK. It’s for team bonding.
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Um….HOLIDAY in two weeks!...
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Cheeseburger 2.0
On Saturday night we had some friends over to play circle of death. We ended up playing four rounds of the game, a bit of rock band and lots of chatter. I ended up drinking TWO whole bottles of bubbly. You are correct if you are thinking that Sunday was a bit of a nightmare for me. In preparing for the festivities, I made a few dishes that I thought would mop up all the alcohol quite nicely....
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365+1: week thirty-four
So hungover right now. Blergh.
August 19 - Half way through dinner. Steak with mushroom sauce.
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August 20 - Jazz apples are the bestest.
August 21 - Prepping a side for dinner the next night.
August 22 - Chocolate fondant with vanilla ice cream.
August 23 - Caramelized onion risotto. Wine for drinking.
August 24 - Lazy dinner.
August 25 - Cheeseburger spring rolls....
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Wednesday write-up #32
Eep, lack of interesting food things lately…life has kind of got in the way. And by that I mean, I had to clean the house for our inspection tomorrow, and stuff.
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Due to the awesome shopping to be had in Dubai, my entire holiday savings will be depleted within days. Eep.
Our house can get really messy, really easily. One day I will be a domestic goddess. But not today.
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365+1: week thirty-three
Pretty stoked with this week. Though these pics seemingly look unhealthy, I’ve actually stayed within what I’m meant to be eating and the scales are looking pretty positive. This is mainly due to extreme health during the work day, and allowing a few extra treats in at dinner (and of course, a healthy respect for the gym).
August 12 - Sunday night leftovers. Risotto and parmesan...
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Wednesday write-up #31
It’s such a cliche, but seriously, where has this year gone? It’s total proof that getting older is good for not-very-muchbutthe weather is slowly giving us hints of spring, so I’ll take it.
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Injections still suck. And they’re expensive. Under one month until our holiday now and I’ve just updated my tetanus booster, and received the wonderful Hep A...
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365+1: week thirty-two
Week 32??? Have no idea how that happened.
August 5 -Slow cooker lamb shanks. Amazeballs.
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August 6 - New favourite thing. Now to keep enough of them in the packet to be able to bake with them…
August 7 - Beef, zucchini and carrot burger with caramelised onions, salad and BBQ sauce. Noms.
August 8 - Coleslaw.
August 9 - Breakfast. Apple, banana, non-fat yoghurt. Keep me...
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Wednesday write-up #30
This week is going fast. That is a good thing.
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If you try and run a little further each time you run, you can run a little further. I’ll be up to 6km before I know it! For now though, I’m at a piddly 900m (went for the full 1km but got the stitch…). I know it sounds like a pathetically small number to the fit runners out there, but remember, I’m a beginner -...
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Cinnamon roll muffins
There is nothing better than cinnamon rolls straight out of the oven. I had one when I was in the USA a few years back. It was goooood.
This last month, I’ve been obsessed. I’ve been craving them so bad and last week, when we were told we had to bake something for morning tea for the boss for Monday, I just knew I had to give in and make some.
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After scouring my pinterest...
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365+1: week thirty-one
Here is week thirty-one!
July 29 - Trying to find as many recipes as possible to use these in. Yum!
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July 30 - Bourbon chicken. A new-ish recipe the BF can’t get enough of. There have even been requests!
July 31 - I need a cleaner. Seriously.
August 1 - SANGRIA!
August 2 - There are always leftovers in our fridge. That spinach in the back there was the stuff I forgot to...
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Thai wonton cups
Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all have mega awesome plans for the weekend! Mine include three movies, slow cooker lamb shanks, cinnamon rolls and sleep ins!
A few weeks ago I went to a mates for a sangria tasting party. The purpose was to find the best sangria recipe for a friend to use later in the year. I’ll post more about the sangria later (suffice to say, yummy!). It was a bring a...
July 2012
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Burger on your face
Never before have I enjoyed have food dripping down my face as much as I did one Sunday night last month.
Brilliantly cold Auckland weather, the slow cooker on all day, and this - the reward: BBQ pulled chicken burgers.
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I used the recipe from How Sweet It is and it is definitely up there on the yummy list. We got a bunchload of servings from the recipe - our freezer is looking...
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Wednesday write-up #29
So everyone is caught up in Olympic fever huh? I want to watch more of it, but given that all the competing happens when New Zealand is asleep, and I don’t have pay TV to be able to record/watch it, it’s kinda difficult. I end up with a couple of highlights shows and reading about it all online. Le sigh.
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Old friends are good friends and that sometimes you just have to remembering...
