Inspiration on a Monday: Table for 2

Ok, so let's pretend that I live here:

And my kitchen looks like this:

And I am the perfect wife and every night dinner is served at the table and not in front of the television:

And this is what I came up with tonight using some of my special vintage pieces (tablecloth, candle stick and glassware)

The Last Sydney Suppers

I can't believe how long I haven't posted for - it seems a life time ago.  

We are now installed at our new home and things are almost where they should be.  The main comment everyone seems to have is "how did you fit all this stuff into a 2 bedroom apartemnt?  It isn't going to fit in this 3 bedroom house!".  I have a lot of teacups, yes, and linens, and kitchen gadgets but I really do need them all.

Here are some photos of our last meals in Sydney.  I haven't taken any photos of food and emals in the new house because I couldn't find the camera but know I now where it is!  

This is a dinner that Mum made us.  Satay chicken.  It is the best and was one of my favourites when I ate meat.   But I am a very spoiled girl so I get satay veggies...

Mum's satay sauce is the best  (I think it is really me step-fathers recipe) - it could be the amount of peanut butter in it but also love the fresh coriander.

For sweets we had custard posts topped with whipped cream and fresh lime.  Very naughty but heavenly and smooth. 

Here is what I had the next day trying to make-up for my indulgence the night before - it is a sweet potato and red lentil soup with a swirl of truffle oil on it.  It is starting to get cold here (actually the weather cannot decide what to do as today is warm) I am trying to have soup once a day to up the veggies.

Here is the last meal I cooked for my brother and Beau.  We had been living together for over a year and had all grown close.  I miss living with my brother as he always knows how to make me laugh and took me to the organic food markets for macadamia nut brownies once a week. The above is spicy tomato mussels, salad and fresh pickled cucumbers.

My Playground

From the number of posts today, you may notice that I am catching up on  a lot of the photos I have been taking meaning to post.

Here are some pictures of my favourite place in my apartment - the Kitchen!

I have just done a bit of Autumn cleaning so thought while it's pretty clean (but it will always be cluttered) I should take some photos.

As you can see I do not have gas.  My favourite thing in this shot is my vintage canisters I bought at a flea market

This is the view from my kitchen window.  Pretty good,  I know.  In this shot you can also see all my La Parfait jars, which I try to fill with interesting looking things.

In this picture you can see some photographs.  They are of my family.  You can also see my pink appliances, which both my beau and brother love using (not)!

Here is a shot from the entrance to the kitchen .

This is most favourite breakfast at the moment.  Toast with guacamole (with stacks of tabasco), beautiful, fragrant tomatoes, basil and the strongest, freshly ground coffee - which i drink black - the whole pot!  I'm a bit greedy