For my birthday, I wanted a whole day at the beach hut: breakfast, lunch and dinner. I didn’t mind cooking but I wanted a campfire dinner. That’s what I requested when my family asked me. I know, feeding a crowd on my birthday, crazy hey? Well not for me, I find it relaxing and I love feeding people and if you throw in an open fire then I’m complete. I…
After a busy full on week rushing around – you know work and kids’ stuff there is nothing like a bit of family down time. We relish rare family gathering days such as pyjama days, TV vegging days, lazy beach walks. I say lazy beach walks but with two active teenage boys, this usually involves a football, frisbee or in this case as it’s the ICC’s Cricket World Cup time,…
As a way of saying thank you to a good friend of ours who came to our aide regarding a rather impulsive eBay purchase, we honoured him with a curry night at the beach hut. I have a curry recipe which I use all the time and it does it for me. I don't grind my own spices, I simply use a ready-made curry paste but always it has to be Patak's™. I've…