Sweet Mary

A lovely autumn day, just right to plant up a few pots of spring bulbs with "guard" satay sticks included. My cats love fresh soil to dig in so I must protect, but the sticks will also provide an extra bonus as supports when the bulbs are up and thinking about falling sideways. An autumn lunch was also had. Bread from Entice , Gernot's morello cherry jam, walnuts and a golden queen peach. all from our excellent Farmers Market . Blue cheese is Kapiti Kikorangi, my favourite. The girls thought it was the perfect day to sleep...alot.

Look at the beautiful foccaccia bread and rustic rolls that my daughter made for us yesterday! She used the Basic Bread Recipe from Jamie Oliver's Happy Days with the Naked Chef. Using Jamie's recipe was not a surprise as said daughter just loves Jamie.

My friend Peter gave me a copy of his absolutely fabulous Soup book - its packed full of his great soup recipes and a good bread one too. He publishes it himself but you can download it for free so click on his name to find out more about this very clever man. Thankyou Peter.