Burnside Homestead

Wednesday 25 February 2015

I had the opportunity to go hear some live music at a historical homestead in the countryside near Oamaru, so I went. 
Although I have been to Burnside many times, I don't recall ever attending a concert there before.
I was also particularly taken with the beautiful carpets.














 



G.

Oamaru Food & Wine Festival | 2015

Sunday 15 February 2015

I only got to catch the very end of this years festival. From what I hear the food aspect was lacking but the wine side was grand. 
The band was The Eastern.


 ^ (kudos to my camera, none of my photos are edited, but this one is especially colourful)


















G x

A Week in Meals

Sunday 8 February 2015

Hi again, 

I thought I'd share some of the meals I've been eating recently. 
I've been trying to eat a little more healthily as I find it improves my mood and energy, and stops my body playing up i.e. bloating - who would have thought, eh!

^ Small salad of lettuce, goats cheese, cherries and prosciutto  


^ Pesto pasta with smoked salmon [hiding in this picture...]
(Handmade pasta from local Oamaru pasta master Asta La Pasta!) 


^ Caesar Salad (a Conrad special)


 ^ A salad of many ingredients, including
 carrot, tomato, pine nuts, baby spinach and kale


^ Fish risotto with a side salad


^ vegetables ready for the stir fry 
(peeling and chopping by Nicole McKay)


^ Honey Chicken and crispy noodle stir fry 


^ BBQ chicken with roast potato, kumara, onion, pumpkin, 
beets with goats cheese, and grilled zucchini 


Have I made you hungry?

G x