Opps...or when life gets in the way

Trouble....

Sorry I disappeared for a while there, life reared its head and this bloggy business fell by the way side. However, you will be pleased to know that I am working on a new summer menu plan, which I am hoping to implement next weekend. Summer in Sydney is a pretty great time to be into food, the amount of fresh produce we have right now is just incredible. I am trying to come up with ideas/menus to utilise all this great produce over the summer months.

In the meantime here is a list a some of the cookbooks I have been using - my meal plans are always a combination of my recipes, recipes straight from other people and an amalgamation of the two.

Cooking Under The Influence by Ben Canaider & Greg Duncan Powell.

I have had this book for years and I still find it delightful. Great recipes, funny antedotes, nice photos, what more could you want?

Jaime at Home by Jamie Oliver

Yes I know, Jamie Oliver is awfully annoying but I like this book as it is organised by seasonwith several different recipes based around single ingredients. I have not made a huge amount from it but the recipes I have tried have been great.

Rump and a Rough Red by Greg Duncan Powell

(How funny, I only just realised that this is written by the same person who wrote Cooking Under the Influence). This is a new book that I have not cooked a lot from but have been enjoying reading, very similar to Cooking Under the Influence.

Simply Japanese by Yoko Arimoto

Another new to me book, we adore Japanese in this house so I am planning on trying to make some more myself. This outlines both traditional meals and modern interpretations.

Hopefully I will have my new meal plan up soon and can start sharing again!