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Project 365 - My Year in Pictures

Completed - Yay.

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Project 365 - Week 37

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project 365 - week 36

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Project 365 - week 35

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Project 365 Week 34

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Project 365 - Week 33

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I hope to be back cooking and posting next week.

Project 365 - Week 32

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Project 365 Week 31

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project 365 Week 30

Project 365 week 30 complete. View original photos at winosandfoodies project 365

Project 365 week #29

 
Week 29 of Project 365. Original photos can be viewed at winosandfoodies project 365

project 365 week 27

 

Project 365 week 27 complete. View all originals at winosandfoodies project 365 .

Project 365 - Week 26

Half way - Project 365 week 26 completed. View original photos at winosandfoodies project 365.

I'd like to give a shout out to Eat Below the Line Cooking Challenge. I am unable to participate this time, but please support those who will post there live on $2 a day experience.

Project 365 - Week 24

Project 365 week 24 complete. View all original pictures at project 365 winosandfoodies.

Following several requests I have set up email subscription. If you fill in the box on the top right of winos and foodies you will receive an email notifying you of a new post to winos and foodies. It has taken me a little while to have it working correctly. Hopefully it's working correctly now.

Project 365 # Week 23

Project 365 week #23 is complete. View all original photos  at winosandfoodies project 365.

Project 365 - Week 22

Week 22 complete. View originals  at winosandfoodies project 365

Project 365 Week 21

Project 365 week 21 complete. View over at winosandfoodies project 365.

Project 365 Week 20

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Project 365 - Week 19 and Some Winners

Week 19 of Project 365 is complete. View originals at winosandfoodies project 365.

The winners of the Electrolux Tetsuya Masterclass competition have been announced.  Congratulations Kerry Heaney of the Brisbane blog Eat Drink Be Kerry.  The  Electrolux team  selected Kerry from the winos and foodies entries.

The second prize of Tetsuyas book, chosen by me using an on line random number generator, is Nigel from Curious Kai in New Zealand.

Congratulations Kerry and Nigel.

Pomegranate Memories For Cooking To Combat Cancer

You know how some days are etched in your mind. You may not remember everything about it, but something stands out to keep the memory of that day alive for the rest of your life.

This was one of those days. I was about 9, we were traveling home to Margaret River after a visit to my Grandmother in Perth. On the way we drove off the highway to visit my Grandfather, who was looking after a North Dandalup farm for his friends, while they took a holiday. 

The house was your typical farm cottage of the fifties. A few steps up to a front verandah, into a hallway with sitting room on left, main bedroom on right, big kitchen at the end of the hall way and a door out to the back verandah and bathroom and usually a lavatory built at least 10 metres from the house. Fruit trees in the yard.

I remember the day as a typical Perth summer day, hot as hades. A day when it's cooler outside than inside, especially a  post war farm cottage. My brother and I played under a tree on the lawn. A tree just like this one.

At some point that afternoon my grandfather reached up and picked some of the fruits and handed one to each of us.  Having never seen one before we had no idea how to eat it. I guess we figured it out because I remember trying the seeds and being seriously unimpressed.

Forty years passed before I came across another pomegranate. Again I remember the day clearly. The Barossa, autumn,  a wine festival, holidaying with dear friends. Nope, still not impressed with pomegranate seeds.

And then one day last year I was given a glass of pomegranate juice to try. It was like a light went off in my head. Finally, I understood the attraction of pomegranates.

I am now, possibly their biggest fan. The tart juice,  arils scattered on a chicken tagine,  sprinkled over a fruit platter, dipped in chocolate. Some days I'm happy to just sit in the sun and eat them one by one straight from their shell.

The modern pomegranate, now grown commercially in Australia, is more pulp, less kernel. Which is good taste wise, but for kids who like to play spit the kernel the furtherest, not so much fun. 

And how good is pomegranate for you? Pretty darn good they say. High in antioxidants it's an ideal subject for Mele Cotte's annual Cooking To Combat Cancer event.

 There are probably easier and more modern ways to juice pomegranates...but I kinda like the old fashioned way. Standing at the bench, pushing down on the seeds to extract  the juice and thinking about my grandfather.

Breaking apart the whole fruit and removing the arils, as the seeds are called... it's a little like mining for rubies.

Scrape the pomegranate arils into a strainer.

I use a small plate to push down on arils to release the juice.

I love this juice.

Please visit Mele Cotte and support Cooking To Combat Cancer.

Project 365 - Week 18

Week 18 of Project 365 completed. View photos at winos and foodies project 365 .

Project 365 - Week 17

Project 365 week 17 complete. View original photos at winosandfoodies project 365.

Project 365 - Week 16

Project 365 Week 16 complete. View original photos over on my 365 blog.

Project 365 - Week 15...and Almost Healthy Icecream

Project 365 week 15 is complete. View original photos at my Project 365 blog.

.....and  a little something with chocolate for those that didn't get enough over Easter.

You'll find my recipe for this Banana Chocolate Soft Serve Healthy Icecream over at Gastronomy Gal. Drop by and say hi to Eliza. She's a sweetheart.

Project 365 - Week 14

Project 365 Week 14 complete. View original photos at winosandfoodies project 365 .

Project 365 Week 12

Project 365 week 12 complete. View all original photos at winosandfoodies project 365.