Dukkah!

This is my favourite new recipe. Take some pieces of chicken : I used boneless thigh : chop into favourite eating size : I cut mine so each piece was 2 chomps worth : lightly dip in flour, then dip in beaten egg : coat in dukkah : I used this one : fry in a little oil on medium heat until brown all over : bake in a hot oven for about 15min or until cooked through : serve hot or cold with yoghurt or hummus and a salad. I think you could even use this on fish or meat - I'm really keen to make my own dukkah too.

I've been seeding up a storm of veges over the last six weeks - in fact some plantings like the zucchini are just excessive now. A great tip I saw somewhere was to plant them in egg cartons a) it recycles the cartons and b) you can easily seperate the seedlings for planting directly into the garden - carton and all. It has worked really well but they need lots of watering as the carton soaks loads of water up.

Auckland is pushing hard for spring - view from my desk last Wednesday and today:

It's a nice view to have from your desk - everyday I catch jumpers out the corner of my eye or see the bright orange suits of the walkers on the top disc. In fact last week there were some orange muppets up there in the grey, waltzing around - goodness knows what they could see!! Ah well at least it was a bit more tourist money in the pot for our poor economy!!