Last Saturday was one of those amazing late August mornings... the sun was shining, the air was crisp, and everywhere you looked Spring was right there waiting to burst through. We are blessed on the Surf Coast to have a pretty sweet little farmers market run every Saturday. So off we strolled, bags in hand, to see what treats we could find.
Though Aaron was hard pressed to get me passed my new best friend (the quite attractive Frenchman selling homemade macaroons - I can't decide which were more delicious the man or the biscuits), but we came home with a pretty good bounty.
Dinner tonight was a plate full of local: broccoli and potatoes from a friendly local lad, zucchini, carrots and mushrooms from 'The Organics Box', and two beautiful Otway Prime scotch fillet steaks (clearly not a weekday vegetarian today). There's just something about fresh produce that makes you feel good, like you've given yourself a little present.
The other thing you should know about this meal, is this is my first attempt at cooking steak. I know, I know. How can a food loving gal of 30 never have cooked a steak? It's just one of those things I palm off to someone else. But not today. Today a cooked a pretty damn good medium rare steak (needed about 3 min each side as they were fatties), nicely rested (about 15min). I was well pleased with myself.
So now I have one less thing I can't do. Now if I can just learn to drive a manual car and attempt boiling an egg I'll be doing well.
Though Aaron was hard pressed to get me passed my new best friend (the quite attractive Frenchman selling homemade macaroons - I can't decide which were more delicious the man or the biscuits), but we came home with a pretty good bounty.
Dinner tonight was a plate full of local: broccoli and potatoes from a friendly local lad, zucchini, carrots and mushrooms from 'The Organics Box', and two beautiful Otway Prime scotch fillet steaks (clearly not a weekday vegetarian today). There's just something about fresh produce that makes you feel good, like you've given yourself a little present.
The other thing you should know about this meal, is this is my first attempt at cooking steak. I know, I know. How can a food loving gal of 30 never have cooked a steak? It's just one of those things I palm off to someone else. But not today. Today a cooked a pretty damn good medium rare steak (needed about 3 min each side as they were fatties), nicely rested (about 15min). I was well pleased with myself.
So now I have one less thing I can't do. Now if I can just learn to drive a manual car and attempt boiling an egg I'll be doing well.
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