It’s been a month since I finished exams, a month since I moved out of college for the summer. You’d think that would be plenty of time to get over the I-never-want-to-do-an-ounce-of-writing-or-study-ever-again funk and start blogging again in earnest. Hmmm not so. It’s taken a sunny day (sunshine always helps, does it not?), packing up a backpack and walking two kilometres to a park with a café (and a smashing selection of fresh juices) to finally get the ball rolling again. The will to cook/bake has been there in force, but the mere thought of sitting in front of a laptop to do anything more than look at other people’s recipes hasn’t been particularly welcoming. But not to worry…we got there in the end! And just to highlight how sparse blog posts have been over the last six months, this is a Chilli Con Carne I made back over the winter break (what seems like eons ago now). It may have been a long time coming, but boy it’s a ripper. Continue reading →