There is something incredibly dreary about every supermarket ever known. As soon as you walk into one your heart sinks and you become a grumpy trolley shuffler, unless you're one of those crazy basket people that goes to the supermarket at 6am after a brisk jog (in which case you should go away and eat [...]
As a perfectionist, it can be easy to cast a disparaging eye over someone else's trolley in the checkout queue and think "I'm way too awesome to eat lean cuisine". Hell, I've done it. (Sorry). Well you aren't so awesome when it's 9:00pm on a Tuesday night, you're starving and you end up in a [...]
I'm a very big fan of Indian food. However my favourite curries involve a lot of cooking time (and ghee). Fine for a weekend - not so practical on a weeknight. This is my speedy, healthy-ish, completely not-Indian, not-curry version. Mix a couple of tablespoons of good quality curry paste (if you're in Perth and [...]
There is something comforting about a roast dinner on a cold winter's night. However it is not altogether practical when you don't have time to spend all afternoon preparing and you don't have an army to feed. This is my "cheat's roast" which will be tonight's dinner. Smoosh a couple of cloves of chopped or [...]
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Beyond Beeton is a post-modern guide to household management inspired by Mrs Beeton’s 1861 Book of Household Management.
