I decided to treat the boys to some (healthy – sssssh!) junk food last week and you should have seen (and heard!) the reaction when I told them we were making chicken fingers… This is one of the dishes the boys absolutely adore when it’s served at lunch (our lunch version is made with flax [...]
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Les Petits Chefs make (healthy) junk food!
By Mardi Michels on November 2, 2010 in chicken, cookbooks, cooking with kids, eat, food revolution, Jamie Oliver, les petits chefs, potatoes, recipes

French Fridays with Dorie: Hachis Parmentier
By Mardi Michels on October 22, 2010 in beef, cookbooks, Dorie Greenspan, eat, FFWDorie, French, potatoes
I *loved* this week of French Fridays with Dorie – it’s one of my favourite meals. The French equivalent of cottage or shepherd’s pie, it’s named after Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, a French pharmacist, nutritionist, and inventor who, according to Wikipedia, in the late 18th century, was instrumental in the promotion of the potato as an edible [...]
Old and new favourites
I am a little loathe to start writing any long blog posts right now as the switch to WordPress is imminent and I am paranoid of losing half-written posts but fear not, as soon as we’re up and running on WordPress, there are many more tales of Brittany to come!! In the meantime, I thought [...]
Adelaide Central Market #3
By Mardi Michels on July 16, 2009 in Adelaide, Australia, Central Market, eat, markets, potatoes, travel








