Stickifingers

The Proscuitto - or was it Jamon(?) - topped mini quiche was my favourite of the #highcoffee hot savouries (at InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto)

Sorbet at the Intercontinental’s #highcoffee was refreshing (at InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto)

$55 #HighCoffee treats at the @InterConMelb include a plate of hot savouries & sorbet (at InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto)

Delicious #highcoffee service every day at @interconmelb. Thanks to @runforrestmelb for the invitation

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Waiting for the orange blossom honey wholemeal sourdough rye to cool. Oh the aroma! I wonder if the kids next door are dreaming of bread?

Easy dinner. Japanese curry, a beer, a bit of telly. You know, quiet Sunday night.

An excellent fresh Autumn salad made with homegrown & farmers’ market produce. Lots of flavours and textures in this simple vegetarian meal.

• Sweet steamed Spring Creek Organics’ beetroot
• Homegrown rocket, wild rocket, rocket pesto and zesty sorrel
• Rich fresh King Valley Walnuts
• Schulz Organic Farms marinated fetta and a little of the seasoned olive oil from that stirred through the salad
• Pomegranate seeds
  
  

The jewel like fresh pomegranate seeds were picked from an old abandoned tree on a nearby verge. The man who long ago planted the tree had passed away and we were encouraged by his neighbour to reap the fruit of his labours.

We are truly thankful. I am going to visit the tree with a gift of home brewed worm wee fertilizer. Isn’t nature wonderful?

Healthy dinner: Nutty freekeh, kale & sweet corn; grilled spicy dry rubbed chicken served with fresh tomatillo, chipotle and coriander salsa with homegrown lime.

Quick work day lunch at home, Hokkien mee with Linx Cantonese style roast duck.

I fried the noodle with masterstock & oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar, garlic, onion and choi sum. Easy!

Cantonese style Singapore fried rice vermicelli - one of my ‘cooked on auto pilot’ meals. It’s a dry curry noodle, tasty and really quick to make.

A chicken sandwich for Mr to eat at the football. Considering how his team is going it could be the only high point.

In the mix: homemade bread and mayonnaise, Myrtleford butter, homegrown stuff: thyme, French tarragon, marjoram, parsley, chives, sorrel, lemon basil flowers, Lebanese cress, wasabi parsley and radish.

When the cat’s away, the mouse makes pain perdu - French Toast.

It was just an excuse to use the last slice of my homemade milk bread and eat gooey fresh figs from the farmers market. On went super thick @schulzorganicfarms cream which in turn begged to have Heilala vanilla syrup poured over it.

It’s been a big week. I figured I deserved it.

The sourdough loaf made last night to fuel Mr Sticki’s 120km bike ride.

I used my sourdough levain, raw milk, ghee, unbleached organic white flour with bran, organic wholemeal flour, rye, oats, barley, freekeh and camelina seeds. A tiny bit of sugar and dried yeast was added to make it soft and light textured with a crunchy crust.

And the taste? So flavorful that I ate it simply with Myrtleford butter. No need for embellishment.

So I only intended to get milk & pork at the @GasworksArts farmers’ market today…oops…could barely carry my basket. Quick hit n run visit, so much to do.

Yummy sausage & @greenvalefarm gammon silverside roll made with @pastrybypatersons puff pastry. Homemade tomato relish on top and pumpkin soup on the side made it a simple supper.