Quick and healthy..

O god no… I can hear you think… not yet another salad!! Yes, sorry, it is another salad.. Isn’t January the official salad month? The month where half the nation wants to lose a little here and a little there so turns to ‘boring’ salads? Now let me correct that immediately; salads are amazing, salads are so versatile you could eat salads for the rest of your life and never have the same one twice.

True, when I was growing up, my conception of salads was also quite boring; iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, throw in a boiled egg for good measure, make a dressing from one of those little bags they sell in the supermarket (it’s called salad dressing, add 2 tbsp of mayo and 3 tbsp of water and voila, you have a dressing) and if you go really wild you might add a few pieces of ham. That was my salad growing up. That was – I fear – the only salad mum ever used to make.

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Quick update

by Simone (junglefrog) on January 22, 2012 · 14 comments

in Current Affairs, Photography

You didn’t think I had vanished from the face of the earth now did you? I’ve just been incredibly swamped with work ever since the new Year started. It’s weird, wonderful and a little troubling too. (knock on wood) It could be over next month, so I am taking everything I can to make up for possibly leaner times coming soon. The funny thing is too that I spend more time working in the studio then ever before… It must be a sign of some sort.

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Healthy quinoa salad with feta

Delicious and healthy salad with quinoa, feta and apple

It’s no big secret that I love quinoa as it has been featured here a couple of times, as you can see with this delicious quinoa salad with courgette, the quinoa salad with pomegranate and most recently the pumpkin stew. I was reading a couple of blogs on my Iphone this morning (don’t you just love the possibilities of wireless internet??) when I came upon this delicious recipe from Reeni of the blog Cinnamon spice and everything nice. She had this quinoa salad on and I immediately knew what I wanted to make for lunch. I had everything in house so it was perfect.

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DHSPC #4 december results

January 2, 2012

Yes, well, what can you expect of a month such as December where everyone is running around and trying to get things organized and done before Christmas and new years.. So I realize that.. And despite all that we even have four entries for the Donna Hay Styling and Photography Challenge so hey, that’s not [...]

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Oliebollen and a Happy New Year 2012!!

January 1, 2012

It’s here… Happy New Year! So let me first start by wishing everyone a fantastic 2012. Wishing you lots and lots of happiness, love and health for you and your families. Great food, friendship and more love. If you have any dreams or desires or plans for 2012, then I hope those will come to [...]

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Turkey adventures

December 26, 2011

Before me lies a big naked bird. A somewhat hairy bird that seems to need a bit of pampering to get going. I look around the kitchen to find a tool to remove the remnants of it’s feathers, find a big tweezer and start plucking. It’s really not much but I can’t imagine anyone wanting [...]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

December 25, 2011

Wishing everyone out there a wonderful Christmas or Hanukkah and hope you get to spend the days with friends or family. Enjoy the food and have some relaxing time! Warm wishes Simone

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