Monthly Archives: September 2013

• The Trials & Tribulations of a Birthday Cake

  Posted at 7:47 pm by tastewithoutwaste

  Sep 4th

  This piece technically isn’t about food waste, however I felt compelled to post it, regardless.

  Boy has the lead up to my sisters 18^th birthday been an ordeal and a half. A high stress exercise. Not to mention time consuming. You would think that with it being at the forefront of conversation I would have had her present and card lined up weeks ago. Yet, in light of everything else, that small matter has somehow slipped my mind. Oops. Looks like I’ll be making a late-night dash out to the shopping centre sometime soon. So if we haven’t been focused on presents – the logical issue – then what on earth have we been arguing about discussing? Food of course. My darling princess of a sister recently put forward her ‘birthday menu’. That’s right, not just a nice birthday dinner and cake, but a whole weeks worth of meals. She’s not asking for much is she? And, I momentarily took leave of my senses, stupidly agreeing to fulfill her wishes. I think I have a death wish. You see, my sister has high standards when it comes to food. Well, more specifically her favourite foods. They have to be prepared ‘just right’ and according to her – sometimes obscure –  interpretations. But the thing is I don’t have a big problem with the menu in itself. Just one dish in particular. The prize jewel of any birthday. The cake. Continue reading →

  Posted in Musings on Waste, Ramblings
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  Strawberry Tea Cake

  Posted at 7:38 pm by tastewithoutwaste

  Sep 2nd

  Fathers day. An event rarely given much consideration, let alone celebrated, in our household. Why? Dad passionately abhors the materialism and commericalisation that it embodies. Not to mention that he feels that we should treat everyday like fathers day. Tough luck mister. In primary school we would always buy a trinket from the ‘gift stall’ – a mug filled with sweets, or handkerchiefs or socks.  Seriously, do the schools source those items from? Every year the gifts are practically identical. Each kid proudly goes home thinking they have bought dad a unique gift, failing to cotton onto the fact that every other classmate has done the very same thing with virtually the same item. Mum used to have to tell my sister to buy a mug and me to buy a hankie so that we didn’t do just that. With that in mind I actually can sympathise with dad’s misgivings, to an extent. The gifts aren’t what fathers day should be about. I mean, he drives me bonkers a fair bit of the time and I could list twenty traits right now that make me want to go stick my head in the oven, but all in all he’s an alright bloke. That’s an understatement. He’s a bloody brilliant dad. So, yesterday I attempted to walk the fine line between saying thanks for everything and ignoring the event altogether, like we usually do. In order to do that I turned to what I know best. Food. Continue reading →
  Posted in Breads, Cakes & Muffins | Tagged Cake, Strawberry, Vanilla

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  Hullo! I'm Shani. Thanks for stopping by! Here you'll find vegetarian recipes oriented towards balancing that fickle line between supreme indulgence and wholesome eating. There's also many a musing about food waste (and it's many manifestations), with tips on how to reduce it at a household level. To find out more, hit the 'About' tab in the top menu...