Thursday, March 24, 2011

Days 291 to 297

On Mothers' Day we were in Robe. Dave took me out to The Caledonian Inn where we had a delicious lunch.
On Tuesday we had eggs, bacon and tomato on toast.
Dave had some left-over lamb chops with his.
On Wednesday we went out to Dino's Pizza in Port Campbell.
I had Persian...pears and walnuts- yum! Dave had Capricio...a meaty pizza.
On Thursday we had bream in foil on the BBQ with veges.
On Friday we had a marinated lamb roll with baked veges.
We used up the rest of our fruit and veges, as you can't take fruit and veges into South Australia.
On Saturday we had T-bone steaks on the BBQ with veges- enjoyed with a bottle of Cab Merlot.
Sunday was Mothers' Day...we were in Robe SA tonight.
After the big lunch we had a simple meal of cheese, tomato and onion rolls, toasted in the oven
On Monday we arrived at Goolwa.
For dinner we cooked a pizza in the baby Q, then dessert of apple, pear,banana, butter, brown sugar, red wine...cooked in foil dish in baby Q, with cream on top.
Dinner was accompanied by a bottle of Pinot Grigio.

Unfortunately there aren't many photos of meals this week...I guess we were too busy photographing everything else in sight...having a great holiday!!!




Days 284 to 290

Tuesday was our first night of cooking in Rosie... we had chicken with onion, can of tomatoes, and cheese on top...with a bottle of red.
Wednesday we had been driving a fair bit today, so had left-overs from last night on
halved bread rolls, in toaster oven, with cheese melted on top....with a bottle of Cab Sav.
Thursday we were at Castlemaine in Victoria.
We bought a New York steak from a gourmet butcher, and cooked it on the baby Q.
With it we had fresh cooked mushrooms, gathered this afternoon at the
Botanic Gardens next door to the caravan park.
There were hundreds of them growing under the trees.
Freshly picked mushrooms!

Friday night. After an interesting day in Castlemaine, we had sausages on BBQ with tomatoes, avocado, mushrooms, onions...enjoyed with a beer.

On Saturday we were at Ballarat, ready for Soverein Hill tomorrow. for dinner we had steaks on the BBQ with baked potatoes, mushrooms, avocado and tomatoes. For dessert we had strawberries in raspberry yoghurt...all enjoyed with a bottle of Rose.



Days 280 to 283

On Friday we drove to Bryan and Kathy's. When we arrived she had made lentil soup with chorizo sausage plus damper.

Saturday was Nigel's 60th birthday at Forrester's Hotel in Sydney...great night, great finger food!

On Sunday Kathy cooked a roast leg of lamb and veges, plus self-saucing caramel pudding for dessert...delicious!

Monday was ANZAC Day holiday, so we stayed with Bryan and Kathy an extra day before settin out on holidays. Kathy cooked curry and rice for dinner plus rhubarb and plums and some left-over caramel pudding with custard.

Tomorrow we hit the road and I'll be cooking again.

Days 276 to 279

This afternoon we drove to Wally with Rosie on the back, ready for our trip to Adelaide.
We stopped off at Bi-Lo in Tenterfield on the way and bought a cooked chook to have for dinner along with baked potatoes, sour cream and tomatoes.
The chillies at Wally were ready to be picked, so I picked them ,
char grilled them and bottled them in olive oil.
They will go to Adelaide too!

Bottled and ready to go!


Thses veges were baked in the oven with a little olive oil,
when cooked cream, salt and pepper were added,
then served with penne pasta.

Dinner's ready!