Day 87 & 88

It’s Friday evening and I’m thinking of how much I am looking forward to a weekend of gardening, new raw food adventures and a few good naps. I haven’t been spending as much time in the garden as I would like and will be dedicating some tlc to our little patch this weekend. I can’t wait to see how our sweet spuds are going, let the chooks have a good run through and then get the beds ready for our winter crops. We had our kitchen gardening meet-up again on Thursday evening and it was lovely to spend some time together learning from one another and sharing a nice supper. My lovely Fijian Indian aunty was most disappointed that I could not try her traditional dishes yet again (though the aroma was most inviting) so I promised that I would come for dinner very soon and am most looking forward to our date. Scott and Kitty generously shared their abundance of knowledge and seeds and we've got a nice little collection to plant this weekend. The group meets on the last Thursday of every month (email us if you want to be added to the mailout) at the Leichhardt Community Centre and all are welcome!  I have found a great recipe for raw pumpkin pie so I’m going to give that a crack and I have some buckwheat sprouted ready for raw waffles on Sunday morning. 

Day 18

Friday we do love you! I've put in some big hours at the gym this week and every muscle is feeling 'alive' so it will be grand to have some rest and recovery over the weekend. This morning I tried to make a green smoothie with a small hand held milkshake maker type instrument...hmmm did not work - note to self buy blender tomorrow. What else is on this weekend - we've got an invite to visit our friend's 'food forest' on Saturday afternoon then we're going to the drive-in, that's a very nostalgic evening out! I am planning to make a raw pumpkin pie as well for a family lunch on Sunday (my brother's birthday) he does love my creative cuisine - I made him sukiyaki once and he suffered through it. My brother is an absolute gem, when I was an impoverished student living on mung beans and dahl I remember once he visited me and appalled at my empty fridge - took me to the grocer and filled my trolley to the brim with all sort of vegetarian delights!! So Sunday morning we're taking Cooper (my nephew) on a playdate with my other nephews Jet and Uriah for a Day out with Thomas the Tank Engine (who is visiting the Railway Workshops in Ipswich at the moment). We're all coming home for lunch in the garden afterward! I will let y'all know how the raw family lunch goes!!