2010 was my year of hearts.
Bryan and I don't make a fuss over Valentine's day. Throughout 2010 I served up hearts on a few occasions. If you are planning a special meal to celebrate Valentine's Day with your loved one you might find some ideas from the photos above. With a heart shaped cookie cutter you can easily turn any food into a heart offering.
I know,sago is one of those love it or hate it foods. My mother made a lemon version which I quite enjoyed as a child. During our November visit to Sydney when my appetite was lacking I lived on this for dinner most evenings. It was on the hotel restaurant menu and I fell in love with it.
Gula Melaka is known in English as palm sugar. The sap from the flower bud of a coconut tree is collected, boiled until thick and then poured into bamboo tubes 3 - 5 inches long until set. @OMGemma_ from the Brisbane blog Get In My Gulliver gave me several pieces she brought back from a recent trip to Malaysia.
SAGO GULA MELAKA (from SBS Food)
INGREDIENTS
METHOD
I didn't have cocnut milk so we enjoyed it with pouring cream.
This is my entry for Sweet New Zealand January, hosted this month by my dear friend Arfi at Homemades.
winos and foodies is celebrating 7 years of blogging this week. In my head I wrote a long post docementing my feelings over the past seven years. But when I sat down at the computer the words wouldn't come. So I'll keep it simple.
Thank you to everyone who popped into winos and foodies over the past 7 years.
Thank you to those who read and leave comments, thank you to those that read and don't leave comments.
Thank you to the friends I've made; those still here and those that have moved on from blogging.
Thank you to those friends I've met and those friends in the virtual world.
Thank you for your love and support; especially those who showed their support when I really needed it...and those who helped me celebrate when I was ready to celebrate.
winos and foodies began as a diary of my days and a place to leave my memories of family and recipes for my children. Lately I haven't been able to find the energy to do much baking.
The drugs I take to manage my pain make me sleepy. They have taken away my appetite. Food doesn't excite me in the way it once did.
Sometimes I will taste something that will excite me. Like the sweetness of my first summer strawberry, or the smell of a new season peach.
As each day passes my energy is a little less as the secondary cancer again begins to take over my body. Which is why I have decided to accept my oncologist's suggestion and undergo another six months of chemo.
I will continue to blog when I feel able. I may even bake and blog. I hope so.
....and one final thank you and my most important thank you. Thank you Bryan. I know we joke about you being my kitchen bitch.........but I do appreciate all you do for me, everyday. <3
The month started with a trip to spend a few days in Montville. But that's another post for another time.
In the first week we moved to a wonderful apartment on the river. Loving this kitchen.
Then there's the view.
We hadn't even had a chance to settle in before we headed back to the Sunshine Coast to have lunch with my friend Mausa visiting from Melbourne. Lots of eating, drinking and chatting at Season's, right on Noosa Beach. Then a stroll around Noosa and a little shopping. So much fun spending time when you've been friends over 40 years. Maus has been living with cancer for 10 years. We talk a lot about drugs these days!
I do wear that scarf a lot don't I? It seems to turn up in every photo lately.
Christmas began when this colorful display arrived on Christmas Eve. A gift from my brother and his wife.
Michael hosted our Christmas Day feast. Not before he and Aimee announced their engagement. Another wedding to look forward to.
We began with a spinach dip from Emma.
Followed by a little Asian from Chris' kitchen.
Michael cooked a perfect turkey and I didn't get a photo. So here it is already carved.
Boxing Day we spent on the couch watching Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test.
A break from Day 2 of the cricket to lunch with Jam Faced and Sara. This perfect and delicious tortilla was made by @jamfaced and I seem to have accidentally deleted the photo of the cut piece.
@jamfaced and sara introduced us to the card game Dominion . I'm working on my strategy to win next time.....and you can't have a card game without a bottle of Grand Marnier.
A few days before the end of December, our new neighbours little baby Charlie arrived.
Thank you to everyone who dropped by winos and foodies during the year. I appreciate your love and support very much. Here's to 2012.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
