Wednesday bento - a picnic in the sunshine

Jac didn’t need bento last Wednesday, so this is what I packed for myself.I used the two-box combo again. French toast and fresh fruit (strawberries and watermelon), meatballs with ranch...

Bad Luck Bakery

photo courtesy of Cece A little more than a month ago, a friend and I made the trip to Brunswick Street Fitzroy. Inner-city Melburnians invest a lot of emotional attachment on this part-yuppie,...

JIM (Jac’s Italian Meatballs) and spaghetti

Last Tuesday night Jac made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. She made the meatballs from scratch but used a jar of tomato-based pasta sauce (not enough time after work to make meatballs AND sauce...

Tuesday bento

For last Tuesday’s bento lunch I used the barbecue-flavour chicken strips Jac cooked on Sunday afternoon, along with leftover coleslaw, broccoli and marinated mushroom salad, and sweet potato...

Juicy ham steaks with pineapple

We bought a couple of ham steaks recently, and Jac asked me what I’d like to eat with them. I said I’d love grilled pineapple rings and coleslaw. Of course this was no problem at all for...