Author Archives: gibberlicious

Black eyes and bloody birthday cakes

Picture credit: thanks brother K I haven’t written in ages, mostly because my camera died of old age and humidity (does anyone want to donate a Canon Powershot G10/11/12 to the cause? Thanks). This post has only been possible because … Continue reading

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Roasted sweetcorn, red onion, parsley and sour cream salad

What is it about tasty mush at the moment? It seems to be all I am capable of in the kitchen. I thought a jaunty piece of parsley would help make it look less mushy, but it still looks like … Continue reading

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Quinoa, green beans, fancy-pants mushrooms, creme fraiche, sunflower seeds and fresh herb salad

No I haven’t stopped eating. I have just been making the same dishes over and over again, or forgetting to take photos, or taking photos halfway and then forgetting in my ongoing sleep deprived state of parenthood, but recently I … Continue reading

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Happy 100 posts and birthday louvi

Around this time last year my family was in Cyprus. It was warm and I swam and ate ice cream every day. I was looking through some photos of summer in the hopes that I could warm myself and found … Continue reading

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Steamed green beans and balsamic roast tomato and olive salad with feta and almonds

On these cold winter nights the usual go-to salads are not all that appealing. Oh the coldness! I am still not completely used to being so cold most of the time. I also always seem to be cooking in a … Continue reading

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Anari and mint spaghetti

Dinner tasted like Cyprus! Dean cleaned out the fridge this weekend (oh the horror…) and he found some fully seeled anari (Cypriot cheese) and mint, which made up for the evil lurking in a puddle that may have once been … Continue reading

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Chocolate cupcakes

There is nothing super exciting about these cupcakes, but they are easy to make and I get to show off my new birthday silicon cupcake holders. It was my birthday so I also baked a carrot cake. I also baked … Continue reading

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Seedy rice with leeks, peas, wild rocket and creme fraiche

A lot of people don’t like rice. I get it. It can be really boring. Or starchy. Or mushy. A lot of the time it is the sauce that is the important bit and the rice just makes you full. … Continue reading

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Banana and mango sorbet

I found these photos lurking in a folder on my machine – I think we made this sorbet a year ago (thanks Brad for the recipe suggestion). It was definitely pre-baby, because the quality of the pictures had deteriorated somewhat … Continue reading

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Lemon roasted chickpea, baby marrow, red onion and feta pasta

I have a bit of a backlog of easy pastas. It is easier to cook and take the pics than it is to find time in a day to process the images. I used to have a fridge overflowing with … Continue reading

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