In My Kitchen - May 2026

This is a quick post this month, friends.  I am writing this at the beginning of a big week ahead.  Mr P. starts his radiation treatment at the hospital, and there are many other things happening. The weather is finally getting cooler thankfully, after a very long and hot summer.  In fact, I am about to shut all the windows as it is freezing!  Well, for Queenslanders used to sunny and humid days, the current temp. of 20C is very bracing.  

I have to confess to being in a stinky mood lately, feeling stressed-out and tired and full of anxiety.  Mr P. is always very calm and collected and cheery, so I am taking up the slack for him - hehehe ...  Happily though I have been busy this past month with creative endeavours.  I have sent off three artworks to a couple of shows, and also three short stories to competitions.  Fingers crossed!  So not much cooking has been done, but I will get back to it.

   

just had to show you my new T-shirt from Bad Batch!

In My Kitchen:

bought these in a cute (but expensive) country homewares store

love me a bit of furikake

you guessed it!  another visit to the Japanese grocery store 

Japanese ice cream! That's a delicious wafer with green tea ice cream and red bean paste

goodies from the Asian store (not the Japanese one)

made a delicious citrus loaf! (Recipe from David's Spiced blog)

and there was chocolate slab cake

That's it for another month.  Hope to see you all for this month's IMK, my global and virtual friends!

Oops! Nearly forgot the curveball! Another vase by Nat from The Austin Flowers!

For those who don't know, Milo is a hugely popular malted chocolate drink, invented by a young Australian chemical engineer back in the 1930s!  Aussie kids still love it, and it's great on vanilla ice cream too.  Our mate Nat has added this vase to her fabulous, handmade collection!

c. Sherry M.

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