22 posts tagged Waiter there's something in my

The next round of "Waiter! There's something in my..." has been announced and our lovely host Andrew of SpittoonExtra is proposing dried fruits and nuts as a theme. I've got my mind on something already, but won't give away anything, of course!

Fact: marriage is hard work. And I have a suspicion that everyone reading this who is married will agree with me on this...! Of course it's also fun, rewarding and comfortable, but anybody entering into it with the idea that it is going to be moonlight and roses is in for a painful reality check.

Johanna, the passionate cook is hosting the "There's something in my..."-event this month. She asks for our breakfast special: Mine is Porridge. There are only two possibilities for porridge, love it or hate it. I am the awoved porridge lover in our family. I always jumped at the chance to prepare it for an event like here or here.

Waiter, there's something in my...Perfect Porridge Plus Johanna, the passionate cook is hosting the "There's something in my..."-event this month. She asks for our breakfast special: Mine is Porridge. There are only two possibilities for porridge, love it or hate it. I am the awoved porridge lover in our family.

Yippee! I know I should get out more... but I always get very excited when it's my turn to host the fabulous Waiter! There's something in my..." event, hosted alternately by Jeanne of Cook Sister!, Andrew of SpittoonExtra and myself.

If your pulses aren't racing yet, they soon will be. Gather round, one and all, for the roundup of the 14th edition of the Waiter, There's Something in My... event! I was your charming host this month and I have battled through my nursing duties (see previous post) as well as mad weather that included 17C on Thursday/Friday and...

Late, late, late again - for my own event. But in fact, this time my lateness is a literary device - to illustrate practically the fact that I was a relative latecomer to pulses. (Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!) Did you have to study something called "Health" at school?

I have had an outspoken love affair with black beans ever since I lived in Mexico, but lately it's been more of a long distance relationship. They're one of a few main factors contributing to my most excessive weight gain ever (not even in any of my three pregnancies did I carry as much weight as I put on over there), but usually they tend to get all the blame.

Phew - here I am at home on a Saturday night for the first time since the 9th of February! Maybe that will go some way to explaining my woeful record of posting over the past six weeks or so - every time I think I'm getting into my stride, I leave on another trip or another batch of visitors arrive.

Think beans, lentils and chickpeas. Think warming casseroles and colourful salads. In fact, there's no weather that's the wrong weather for pulses. The rules are simple: read more