Feb Fast and Flix

What an amazing week, so hot it was really hard to work over 30 degrees for a week!

But who are we to complain, a bit of heat and a few bad nights sleep is all we got, while hundreds of people are homeless in Queensland and today the front page is 40 homes in WA lost to fire.  Frightening times for so many people in Australia.

So have just enjoyed another great weekend.  We attended ‘Flix in the Stix’, as it sounds an outdoor movie / music experience held in the local botanic gardens.  A number of award winning short films, interesting and thought provoking, humorous and beautiful.  There where also a couple of slots where Mark Seymore (x hunters and collectors) was on stage – could have done with less of that but he was a big hit with a number of chair dancers close by that made it all allot more entertaining.  All in all a really nice way to spend a Saturday evening with a picnic dinner and a couple of camping chairs, especially for those participating in Februarys – 'Feb Fast' 

For those of you that don’t know….

FebFast Ltd challenges people to press the pause button on their alcohol consumption during the shortest month of the year, and at the same time raise funds to help reduce alcohol and other drug related harms amongst young Australians. 

Proceeds raised through registration and fundraising go towards the Australian Drug Foundation, YSAS (the Youth Substance Abuse Service in Victoria), Mater Health Services Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Service (Queensland), The Ted Noffs Foundation (NSW and ACT), BushMob (Northern Territory) and Mission Australia youth alcohol and other drug services in WA, SA and Tasmania. 

Further funds will also be distributed through a grants program for smaller grass-roots organisations. 

For more information about FebFast and its beneficiaries visit www.febfast.org.au

If you would like to sponsor us just follow this link….

http://www.febfastfundraising.com.au/team_debere

Back to food.........while in Spain last year Nick and fell head over heels for salt cod, prepared in a number of different ways but at the moment I’m trying to perfect a recipe for salt cod croquettes…so Friday was our second version, it takes a bit of thought as the cod must be soaked in several changes of water over at least 48 hours prior to making the croquettes.  You can only just see these ones that we served with prawns, on mayo and with Rocket and Roasted home grown little Tomatoes.

I’m definitely not there yet.  The ones here tasted okay – they looked great but not anywhere near as light as the ones we where eating in Madrid, just means we have to eat more I guess….I’ll share the recipe once I’m happy with it but if anyone has the perfect recipe I'd love you to share.

Love Mary