Yummy Lummy

3 highlights from this week plus a whole heap of other stuff

Tonight I’m writing a weekly wrap up of 3 highlights from this week plus a whole heap of other stuff

Saturday 27 August 2016

My youngest brother became Mr45

I started the day with avocado on toast

Avocado on fried bread
Avocado on fried bread

Lunch was a Garlo’s lean beef and mushroom meat pie

Dinner was a plate of beef burgers coated in crumbs made from Panko and fried shallots

Sunday 28 August 2016

I started with a nice walk around Lake Ginninderra

Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra
Spring flower on Lake Ginninderra
Spring flower on Lake Ginninderra

Breakfast was eggs Benedict with salmon

Eggs Benedict with salmon
Eggs Benedict with salmon

Lunch was another Garlo’s meat pie

Garlo's beef and mushroom pie with Worcestershire sauce inside
Garlo’s beef and mushroom pie with Worcestershire sauce inside

Dinner was slowly roasted lamb shoulder

Monday 29 August 2016

A relatively uneventful day at work, busy but not hectic.

Dinner was salmon and prawns coated in crumbs made from panko and fried shallots

Tuesday 30 August 2016

Nothing to report from Work

Bad news

Miss15 broke the fifth metacarpal on her dominant hand while on the balance beam. This means she won’t be competing with Ms19 at the National Club Championships in Bendigo later in September. I am so sad for Miss15. She’s already had a couple of fractured vertebrae last year as well as an injured ankle.

Dinner was baked salmon with avocado on a bed of pearl barley couscous

Wednesday 31 August 2016

Highlight #1

Performance review time. I came away very happy.

Highlight #2

The plumber came and fixed a leak in my en suite hand basin, repaired the taps in my laundry and tightened the taps in my shower. For those querying, yes I could do this myself but all my tools are still in storage and as a renter I shouldn’t be doing my own running repairs.

Dinner was chicken Maryland with macaroni and Brussels sprouts

Thursday 1 September 2016

It wasn’t pay day so it wasn’t an exciting Thursday. I did have a good meeting though at Russel Offices.

Dinner was a piece of chicken Maryland on a bed of crispy crunchy ‘instant’ noodles with Brussels sprouts.

Friday 2 September 2016

Hospital day!

Highlight #3

I received a gift from a workmate who had just passed her Part I examinations for her Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. She bought me a first edition of the American Society for Microbiology’s Manual of Clinical Microbiology. I have every edition of the Manual but the first which was published in 1970. This made my day. I was so happy. In fact, this made my week.

Manual of Clinical Microbiology First edition
Manual of Clinical Microbiology First edition

Dinner was leftover lamb shoulder with red quinoa and brown rice done fried rice style except rather than soy sauce I used Worcestershire sauce for an English touch.

Saturday 3 September 2016

It was raining cats and dogs so no walking today.

Lunch was a Garlo’s sausage roll and beef and mushroom hot pie

Garlo's beef and mushroom pie with Worcestershire sauce inside plus a sausage roll
Garlo’s beef and mushroom pie with Worcestershire sauce inside plus a sausage roll

Dinner was Coles Australian pork slowly cooked pork ribs

Final words

How was your week?

Let me know in the comments below.

 

A Yummy Lummy 2015

So here is a Yummy Lummy 2015 highlight post. About this time every year bloggers start posting reviews from the previous year.

Last year I did my top 10 Canberra restaurants which I split into two posts. This year I didn’t eat out that much because I’ve been saving for a special holiday with my daughters. Every pay day I’ve been sequestering money into a holiday account.

Highlights for 2015

I think one of the biggest highlights this year was holidaying in Hawaii and all the spam I ate.

The other big highlight was attending my first food bloggers conference right here in Canberra.

Another revelation was turning fifty and receiving a gift from the Australian Government in the form of a faecal occult blood test with the associated positive result and the need for a colonoscopy.

Statistics for 2015

Yummy Lummy has very meagre stats. Not many people read my blog but there are some regular readers and people who comment.

Lorraine from Not Quite Nigella tops the list with MJ (Bloggeretterized) coming in second. I have a tear in my eye knowing Barb, a dear friend who died recently was number three. I am sad that her comment count will never go up.

According to the WordPress statistics my most popular day is Monday and the most popular hour is 7 pm. My most viewed post ever is about Chicken Maryland. This year my top two most viewed posts have been about Eat Drink Blog 2015 and Delicious roasted Chicken Maryland pieces (there’s something going on with Chicken Maryland).

Most referrals come from search engines, Facebook, Twitter, Not Quite Nigella and The Bloggess.

Most visitors come from Australia, the USA, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Germany (thanks Jennifer and Ana).

How about a little Canberra Food Blogger link love

Each Monday Canberra Food Bloggers share a post from the previous week in our Facebook group. Here are the links from today so far.

SPACE, WODEN – TRYING A FEW MORE DISHES

SUMMER COCKTAIL SERIES: THE HIGHBALL EXPRESS

Simple Strawberries and Cream Smoothie (sugar-free, vegan, with hidden greens!)

Behind the Scenes with OzHarvest – COP21 Canberra

Here are some food photographs from the last day or so.

Baked salmon with fennel salad and aioli
Baked salmon with fennel salad and aioli
Baked salmon with coleslaw including fennel and red onion along with aioli and sweet chilli sauce
Baked salmon with coleslaw including fennel and red onion along with aioli and sweet chilli sauce

One of the things I’ve really enjoyed this year has been doing more nonfood photography

Lake Ginninderra HDR
Lake Ginninderra HDR

What are your highlights for 2015?