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A few weeks of not being able to partake in the Random Lunch Challenge left one of my boys quite eager to give it a burl today. Relatively quickly he found a 99c bag of 9 sweet Hungarian capsicum or … Continue reading
Category Archives: Random Lunch Challenge
The existence of a celebration cake represents an event to be celebrated, but the way in which it is decorated can symbolise something quite specific about that event. A few weeks ago, myself and a friend–also a keen cook–had the … Continue reading
Asparagus. Or sparrow grass as I called it as a child. Last week we noticed that asparagus had hit the market shelves. Fresh, local asparagus at $5 a kg as a basis for RLC was an opportunity to be exploited. … Continue reading
Last Saturday lunch was not random. Last Saturday lunch was planned. In the diary, “locked in going to happen” planned. Lunch at my Aunt and Uncle’s home in an oasis of a garden in the dairy country of Gippsland is … Continue reading
The goal is to partake of Random Lunch Challenge each Saturday (market day) but sometimes it just doesn’t get there. Last Saturday the ball was dropped. RLC was pipped to the post by something called The Grand Final–the play-off game … Continue reading
The start of the holidays seems to have caused an immediate non engaged mode from my boys, so the task of choosing something randomly for lunch was just a tad too demanding today. So they had to deal with what … Continue reading
Right from go, today it was going to be potato and rosemary pizza for the challenge. The thought had sprouted and taken root–they were one eyed, focused, and firing to find pizza bases and the right sort of potatoes. And … Continue reading
The economist Milton Freedman once said “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” But there is the Random Lunch Challenge. Our aim is to get the best bargains and sales at the market on a Saturday to concoct an … Continue reading
I really love finding something new AND good value! The Random Lunch challenge today unearthed a surprise package of garlicky goodness–a bargain basket loaf of artisan bread. Garlic bread. Not garlic bread as we conventionally know, but a wonderfully textured … Continue reading
Based on the knowledge that there were a substantial amount of left over rice noodles in the fridge, and a cold wet day outside, the RLC thought process pretty quickly leapt to the image of a hot, tasty bowl of … Continue reading