Sunday, April 10, 2011

Days 320 to 324

Wednesday, BBQ Thai pork with cous cous. Thursday we had Tajine with beef, chilli, cabbage, parsley,can tomatoes can chick peas, onion, with rice. On Friday we had chicken tajine with macaroni. On Saturday we had butterflied leg of lamb on the BBQ, with stuffed pumpkin, potatoes and beans.
Tonight we had baked chicken legs with vegetable tajine.
For dessert we had oaty, apple crumble

Days 313 to 319

The photos for these few days are not in any particular order.

Unfortunately I have no idea how to re-arrange them! On Sunday we were on our way from Broken Hill to Coonamble. We stopped at a serive station in Wilcannia for hamburgers for lunch.

On Sunday night we arrived at Bob and Bev's. Bev had cooked us all a lovely curry plus a yummy rice dessert.

On Monday we travelled from Coonamble to Wally.

For dinner that night I cooked chicken fettucine....no photo.


Tonight, Tuesday, we were back at Wally...we had lasagne with corn, spinach and onion.

On Saturday we went to the movies and saw, "Beneath Hill 60", then went out and had a big Sicilian Pizza....delicious!

Tonight, Friday, we had big, fat Broken Hill sausages in the skillet with red onion, roasted capsicum, can of tomatoes, chilli powder, plus potatoes, kumara and broccoli, all with a dollop of sour cream.
This is our kitchen in Rosie.
Thursday night we had T-bone steaks on the BBQ with potatoes, pumpkin, peas and carrots.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Days 310 to 312

Sunday today..staying at Flinders Ranges Caravan Park.

We had chicken and mushrooms with veges,

accompanied by a Cooper's Brewery Mild Ale.

On Monday we were late back for dinner as ther was a slight problem at Wilpena Pound.

The bus forgot to go and pick us up after a walk, and we

had to walk back to the information centre in the dark.

For dinner had toasted rolls with chicken,tomato, red onion and blue cheese,

with a Jacob's Creek Pinot Grigio.

On Tuesday we had a picnic lunch on the Strezlecki Track..

.it was very windy so we ate in the car.

For dinner we had vegetarian pasta. Lunch on The Strezlecki Track.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Days 303 to 309...Hahndorf to Port Pirie

Sunday night we had Thai chicken with veges, and strawberries and cream for dessert.


On Monday we had chicken sausages with spinach and pine nuts, with veges, accompanied by a bottle of SA Steeple Jack Moscato.

We went and visited Maggie Beer's farm in the Barossa Valley today...
here are some of our purchases.

We had pre dinner wine/beer with some of Maggie's pate, blue cheese and bickies.
Dinner was a quick hamburger after returning from Maggie's, and prior to the movies at Mount Barker....saw Letters to Juliette.


Wednesday was pizza with Hofbrau Munchen beer.

Thursday we were in Port Pirie. For dinner we had chicken cordon bleu on BBQ with veges,
plus a bottle of Five Judges Chardonnay.
On Friday night I didn't cook dinner.
We had Indian take-away from Port Pirie...yumm
On Saturday we had pasta and roast veges cooked in baby Q...
this was accompanied by a bottle of Jacob's Creek Tempranillo,
purchased from Jacob's Creek Winery.







Days 298 to 302

Dessert tonight was quarters of apple, pear and banana, lemon juice, dobs butter, brown sugar and drizzle of port....cooked in foil tray in BBQ.

Tuesday night we had lamb meat balls cooked on BBQ,
veges and macaroni...
enjoyed with a SA wine
Renmano River Breeze Chenin Semillon Chardonnay.
On Wednesday we had pork loin steaks on BBQ with roast veges and salad.

Today we tried camel burgers..quite lean meat, very much like beef but just a bit different..Accompanied by a Hardy's Nottage Hill Riesling 2009.

Friday we had sun-dried tomato and pistachio chicken rolls in BBQ with boiled new little spuds( from Hahndorf fruit market), pumpkin, broccoli, with sour cream on top, served with
The Creek Station, SA 2008, Semillon Sauvignon Blanc.
The only thing I cooked today was porridge for breakfast.
Today we went and saw Hans Heysen's gallery and property in Hahndorf.
We went to The German Arms for lunch with old friend, Jane,
then went back to her place at Mount Barker for Pasta.





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.