Dish and the Spoon

a passion for food and cooking inspired by travel, family and friends

A is for Artichoke

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deliciousI made this recipe almost 2 months ago, and I am glad to be sharing it after a difficult time.  It has been just over a month since my wonderful dad passed away.  There is nothing that can prepare you for such loss and sadness and in time things should feel a little bit better.  There are so many things I am grateful for, most notably having the support from my family and friends to be able to travel between Dubai and Sydney frequently during the past months to spend time with dad.  My family and I have plenty to look forward to this year and dad will never be far from our minds.  Dad really enjoyed reading my blog and we talked a lot about possible recipes and ideas.  I will miss his comments…. 

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Fish Cakes

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After 5 weeks of being back in the work force, my freezer of frozen meals is dwindling.  As I am very fortunate to have Thursdays off work, I was able to get groceries and general household admin sorted.  Because the traffic has increased tenfold (or so it feels) since summer holidays ended, I am reluctant to spend any more time than is necessary in the car.

So everyone had to stay at home for the afternoon.  It was lovely pottering and for the first time since I can remember we were able to spend some quality time outside paying in the garden.

I had a bit of pressure building that a blog was well overdue and decided on these little fish cakes (I’m also blaming my broken lens – sorry for dodgy pics).  Essentially they are a simple fish pie recipe just all mixed up into little patties, and fried.  The recipe is embarrassingly simple (I surprised myself at the restraint in use of ingredients!)
 but oh so tasty, especially sprinkled with a little crunchy sea salt…. 

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Aperitif time

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Silly season is well and truly upon us.  In our house we have two birthdays that we are also celebrating.  We have friends leaving Dubai, family coming to say hi and plenty of parties to compliment this celebratory month.

I am not ashamed to say that I have an obsession with tv cooking shows because I have picked up many a handy tip or recipe idea (even from the most dullest or wacky of presenters), and there are some really interesting people out there cooking interesting food.  One of my favourite tv cooks is Laura Calder, a Canadian Chef who loves all things French.  Somehow she makes the classic french recipes seem very easy and also has some lovely simple home style creations.  My husband’s favourite is her savoury loaf which is a classic french housewives recipe…. 

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Simple and fast

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Its been a long weekend.  We had a 3 day weekend to mark Islamic New Year and I would love to be able to say we had so many social events that we partied ourselves to this state of exhaustion.  Sadly no, the household was feeling a little out of sorts with one niggle or another (including the treacherous Man Flu)…. 

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