cherished I have a pasta maker you can use while you decide if it's for you! I have not found a decent non-egg pasta recipe, so ours has not been used for over a year.

Sorry have been off with the fairies! We had a bunch of guests on the weekend, so was flat out with that! We had a great time though, and managed to eat well, in addition to knocking over a 20km bike ride, on my fixie! (so it's more like 30km on a freewheel)

Our dinner tonight was stirfried tempeh, capsicum and gai lan with rice noodles. It was pretty good.

I ate two lunches today I had some leftover couscous and pomegranate salad, and leftover minestrone. I thought I'd take both and see which one I felt like at lunch time. Well, I had the salad, and it was great, but I wanted more, so I had the minestrone as well! If I still haven't gained weight by next week, then something is WRONG!

Couscous and pomegranate salad
2 cups couscous
2 cups boiling water
2 tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp cumin seeds
1/2 cup sultanas
1/2 cup smashed pistachios
1/2 cup chopped coriander
1 pomegranate, seeds only
3 sweet potatoes, cubed and roasted
big handful of baby spinach.

Put your couscous in a bowl with pistachios and cumin seeds. Add the boiling water and stand.
Chuck everything else in together and toss (I construct it a little bit artistically, but do it however)