Had a bit of a trying day at work yesterday, so today a lovely customer brought myself and a co-worker in a little posy of lavender in from her garden. She has an amazing garden as these show; she has lavender in bloom and it is winter in Canberra!!! All the lavender in my garden went crunchy back in november! She also wrapped it in cellophane with a ribbon: it made my day. Thanks, and thanks to all the customers and people who work nearby for your support yesterday and today!





Tonight for dinner I made frenched lamb cutlets with caramelised red onion, asparagus and snow peas.

Sounds a lot more complicated than it was, it really took no time at all. After the gym this evening I put the onions on to cook on a REALLY low heat while I had a shower and had some wine. Then I slapped on the lamb cutlets, they look about 5 or 10 minutes and toasted the pine nuts in the microwave and then microwaved the asparagus. My cooking mantra is pretty much "use microwave whenever possible" and I do for steaming all my vegies, melting stuff, polenta, scrambled eggs; how did people cook before microwaves??? Also I take a perverse pleasure in using the microwave as my partner is frightened of it. He thinks that by using it I could start some kind of nuclear meltdown. He is also frightened of electrical sockets and thinks that if the switch is on and nothing is plugged in electricity is floating into the air. No amount of my explaining how a circuit works will change my mind. He is also not good around lighbulbs, fuse boxes and the gas burners on our cooktop. (And is no good at taking photos) This makes life difficult as I am also not a terribly practical person... He is very good at opening bottles of wine and packets of chocolate though, which makes up for a lot!

Here is a slighly blurry closeup of the lamb.

It was quite good except for the asparagus which was a little woody and a bit tasteless. It is my own fault for buying out of season asparagus from china or cuba or mexico or somewhere. God is punishing me for my food miles!

I will have leftovers for lunch tomorrow with some cherry tomatoes. (I am super-organised tonight)

Thats all, I'm falling asleep...zzzzzzz