Amongst the teenaged journals, the hand-written letters, the birthday cards and the long forgotten post cards there is a large pink album. A childhood album that spans newborn to late primary school. There are empty spaces here and there, photographs used for school projects and never returned. Gap toothed pages echoing a primary school smile. But on the whole, it tells the story of my childhood. It amounts to maybe a couple of photos a year but it is enough to bring the memories flooding back. Read more
Sharing my passion – Sarah’s Salads
Food has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember.
Some of my earliest memories are of baking with my mum. My family always grew some of our own fruit and vegetables, or had chickens be it for eggs or meat.
On Christmas holidays we would drive from the Atherton Tablelands to Brisbane and stay with my Grandparents. My Grandfather was a mad horticulturist – fruit, vegetables, flowers, he grew it all in abundance. I would sit in the peach or nectarine tree and just gorge myself. Even now, with his ill health he still instructs my Grandmother on what needs to be planted and done in the garden at their retirement village.
These days I also love growing my own herbs and vegetables and am hoping to expand into some fruit trees this summer.
I love reading and watching chefs and cooks who focus on the importance of good produce, Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer are my all time favorites. And then there is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall of River Cottage fame, and of course the adorable Jamie Oliver, and the charming Valentine Warner.
Something I am always complemented on is my salads. So as a way to share my passion with you, our lovely readers, I have put together a small collection of some of my salad recipes – Sarah’s Salads. These are the ones people constantly ask me the recipes for. I’m big on pimping salads and taking them to the next level. So each recipe has an optional “pimp it” section as well.
These recipes are not original, they are all influenced from others I have tried. I do hope that you enjoy them.
Bon Appetite!
Sarah x
Owning it does not mean you’re a wanker
I still remember the first time I did it.
My heart was beating loudly in my chest, my cheeks were flushed and burning. I double checked the spelling in #everydaystyle & @stylingyou and hit SHARE. I had just posted a photo of the outfit I was wearing on Instagram. For the rest of the day, all I could think was, “Does everyone think that I’m a wanker?”
Valuing Motherhood
What do you do? It’s an innocuous question. An icebreaker. Something we say.
It’s not generally a request for a persons complete CV. Yet, that’s how I answer that question. I am at home at the moment on maternity leave but I will be back at work next year. I did manage IT and knowledge for a law firm, but managing a big team with children wasn’t ideal so I have moved into more of a consultative role.
It’s only recently that I have started asking myself why I do this. What am I really saying is: I am a mum, and that’s fun and all, but I am also an intelligent, successful person with a career. I am actually quite smart and valuable. And you aren’t going to see me that way if I only tell you the mum bit. Read more
October challenge – Re-igniting your passions, realising your value
Most big changes in life result in some personal reflection.
For us, motherhood had us both questioning our worth and roles. I think there are two common elements to mothers questioning their value: Read more
