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Breaking with tradition

Posted by Gary

Breaking with tradition

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Sausages not salmon

So why no salmon tonight? I can’t remember the last time on a Monday I did not eat salmon. It’s been so long. On the weekend while doing my grocery shopping I thought why not mix it up a little. Don’t get me wrong I’ll buy salmon next week. Salmon is good. It tastes good, it’s high in protein and low in fat. It’s filling and satisfying.

But who doesn’t like a pork sausage?

Cheesy pork sausages with avocado, spring onion, chilli, peas, corn, and carrot
Cheesy pork sausages with avocado, spring onion, chilli, peas, corn, and carrot

Cheesy pork sausages with avocado, spring onion, chilli, peas, corn, and carrot

This demonstrates that some photographs should not be cropped  

Monday link love

Canberra food bloggers on the Canberra Food Bloggers Facebook group have been busy.

Lunch

For lunch today I had leftover split pea and ham soup. For those who read last night’s post, yes, I had a very gurgling gassy large bowel all night and well into today.

This leftover lunch photograph was taken with my favourite Star Trek star ship, the NX-01 USS Enterprise! If you want to know more follow Doug Drexler on Facebook.

Leftover slow cooker pea and ham soup with the NX-01
Leftover slow cooker pea and ham soup with the NX-01

Coffee

My coffee from Urban Bean Espresso Bar along with an anatomy book I won as an academic prize in 1980.

Coffee and anatomy
Coffee and anatomy

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Slow cooker rump roast and some Monday link love

Posted by Gary

Slow cooker rump roast isn’t something for every day not even once a quarter. As I was grocery shopping in Coles on Saturday I came across a small roll of rump and through why not. It’s Autumn and the Canberra weather has started to turn cold (as normal). I thought I would add some different flavours just to see how it turned out. I knew I could get at least two more meals from the roll by vacuum packing and freezing the meat after it had been cooked.

Capsicums were going at a reasonable price in Coles so I added the tops and tails plus a potato, a brown onion, some arborio rice and white and red quinoa.

A lump of rump with vegetables for slow cooking Sunday
A lump of rump with vegetables for slow cooking Sunday

The nice thing about my Breville slow cooker is that it’s also a pressure cooker. I’m yet to use it as a pressure cooker mainly because I like cooking my meat low and slow. This cooker has a 6 hour and an 8 hour option. I tend to go with the 8 hour option.

I think I added a little too much water, normally the rice and quinoa has the consistency of congee.

Slow cooker rump beef with capsicum, red quinoa, white quinoa, onion, potato and rice
Slow cooker rump beef with capsicum, red quinoa, white quinoa, onion, potato and rice

There’s nothing like the fatty goodness of rump. The flavour wasn’t too bad. The texture of the meat was perfect. If I had some beef bones I would have added them for extra beefy flavour.

Monday link love

It’s another Monday and the Canberra Food Bloggers Facebook Group has shared blog links.

 Hope you had a good weekend.

Monday link love

Posted by Gary

I don’t have much to write about today. Yesterday I shared some photographs from a relaxing weekend.

I’ll get straight into the Monday link love from the Canberra Food Bloggers facebook group

Versatile blogger post

I should also add here that my friend Jennifer from Little Monster Girl nominated me for a Versatile Blogger award. I’m not sure how you feel about these blogging awards. I know a lot of bloggers who eschew them, even to the extent of declaring their blogs award-free zones. I think they’re harmless fun. That said, I don’t always carry through with them. I think the links above can be my substitute for nominations so I recommend you take a look at each of them as well as the LMG webcomic. Just remember the LMG webcomic is NSFW [nudity].

versatile

Here are some facts about me.

  • I like my weather warm and moist. Warm doesn’t mean hot either, I like a range of 28 to 32 °C. I like it nice and humid. Dry weather sucks.
  • I’d be happy wearing thongs and shorts every day
  • I used to be an okay swimmer at school
  • I don’t think I’d try balut
  • I really like speck
  • I want to the Captain of the Starship Enterprise and I want Beverly Crusher as my CMO
  • My favourite Tracy brother is Virgil. He’s so cool smoking cigars and playing the piano.
My morning coffee from Urban Bean Espresso Bar
My morning coffee from Urban Bean Espresso Bar
Tomato and cheese sandwich for lunch while reading about antimicrobial resistance
Tomato and cheese sandwich for lunch while reading about antimicrobial resistance
Zela's ABCD advisory Always Buy Cream Doughnuts | This is a shout out to the Little Monster Girl
Zela’s ABCD advisory Always Buy Cream Doughnuts | This is a shout out to the Little Monster Girl
Baked salmon and coleslaw for dinner while watching My Kitchen Rules
Baked salmon and coleslaw for dinner while watching My Kitchen Rules
Doughnuts | As I blog I've eaten the chocolate and pineapple one!
Doughnuts | As I blog I’ve eaten the chocolate and pineapple one!

Monday link love on Yummy Lummy

Posted by Gary

Yay it’s Monday. The best thing about Monday is waking up early and knowing I have a fresh new week at work. Yes I’m in a fortunate situation in that I enjoy my job. I’m surrounded by really nice people and the work we do is IMHO meaningful.

Monday also means we share blog posts in the Canberra Food Bloggers Facebook Group. It’s always good to read what the members of the group have been up to.

Monday also means salmon for dinner (usually).

Finally, Monday is also when I do Monday link love.

Before I get to the Canberra Food Bloggers links I want to share the URLs of three bloggers who I’ve recently followed.

  • Sue’s Fabulous Travels ~ around China and other countries https://tangmengxiu.wordpress.com/ Sue currently lives in Canberra and share’s her travel stories
  • Mabel Kwong Asian Australian Multiculturalism https://mabelkwong.com/ Mabel is in Melbourne and has an interesting pwerspective on life as an Asian Australian
  • I Love my Husband, I Love to Cook, I Love to Read 🙂 https://retetepreferate.wordpress.com/ I’ve just started following Silvia who cooks great meals

Today’s Canberra Food Bloggers links

I hope you enjoy visiting these blogs.

Here is my dinner tonight. I thought I’d add a little cheese to my baked salmon which I served with quinoa rice and avocado.

Gary Lum Cheesy salmon with quinoa rice and avocado
Cheesy salmon with quinoa rice and avocado

For breakfast I simply had fried eggs.

Gary Lum fried eggs
Fried eggs