That moment when the Tiramisu sits on the kitchen bench, finished and ready to eat. A satisfied moment when you think, yeah…that looks alright.
That moment when you are gifted some homemade pickled garlic. Thankful for generous friends and impressed that she had got a farmer to grow ten kilos of organic garlic just for her.
That moment when you know the starter is ripe and ready. It’s time to get doughy.
That moment when you bite into a new concoction chocolate brownie, nod and smile a little. A chocolate brownie that was deadly simple to make and not disappointing at all to the taste buds, (with a few added surprises in there as well.)
That moment when you see at your friend’s house a pretty nifty kitchen addition that you know you have to give a look into. Enter the ‘Apiwrap’– “…eco friendly and reusable kitchen wrap, perfect for storing food in the fridge or to go.” So what does this mean? It means a pretty rocking alternative to glad wrap people.
And that moment of quiet inhalation of a tiny gifted pot of almondy goodness that no one else wants to know about. That is almond heaven right there, (all marzipan dislikers need not inhale.) Now what to make with you my pretty?
What’s happening in your kitchen at the moment?
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linking in with the lovely Celia for in my kitchen
cityhippyfarmgirl 
So many things to love in this post, Brydie, pickled garlic and sourdough and that gorgeous tiramisu! Those brownies look the business, I’ll bet there’s one very happy man in your house! Will check out the apiwrap, thank you! 🙂
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Yes, brownie doesn’t tend to last long in this household 😉
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I loathe glad wrap Brydie, so thanks for the tip!
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R it’s a bit awesome, and definitely something to look into. If you google glad wrap alternatives and fabric and beeswax, a good selection of similar items comes up… I want to try making them.
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I like the sound of making them too… must be a tutorial out there somewhere. 😉
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Ooh now that would be another use of some of my bees wax…there are only so many candles one house can hold! Thanks for the tip.
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I’m excited about Apiwrap! She’s sold out but I’ll go back. My current moment in the kitchen? Learning to cook with cocoa butter.
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Rose, like I said to ‘intolerantchef’ above, have a search there might be others in your area doing them. The apiwrap is the one I got. I’m hoping I see more of them, they’re wonderful!
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Drop back in Rose, she has more up again 🙂
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I always love your kitchen Brydie. Everything looks good, I bet that Tiramisu didn’t last long!
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Nooo…didn’t last long at all 😉
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Ohh your kitchen must smell delicious.
At the moment I’ve got Thyme ginger beer fermenting on the kitchen table and am about to try a new zucchini brownie recipe.
x
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Zara thyme ginger beer sounds like a rockin’ combo…I might have to look into that
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Your tiramisu looks lovely Brydie! Any chance of sharing your brownie recipe please? There’s not much going on in my kitchen at present, but you’ve inspired me (as always)!
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That particular brownie is still a work in progress Keri, still needs a little tweaking before it’s unleashed on the world 😉 Will the spelt brownie tide you over until then? Or the Dark Chocolate Espresso?
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Mmmmmm! Thanks Brydie x
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Wow- these pictures are amazing! It inspires me to make more food like what’s in your kitchen (SPiCEY Son). 🙂
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aren’t we lucky to have so many kitchen choices.
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G’day Brydie! Happy New Year to you and your family!
I got caught up in each of your moments and thank you also for your kitchen view this month too!
Cheers! Joanne
Tiramisu is my all time fave dessert!
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It could never beat Lemon Meringue Pie for me Joanne, but it’s certainly up there.
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So much goodness there – I really want to bite into those brownies – and the apiwrap sounds intriguing. My kitchen has bread dough proving and another bowl for the pizza dough for dinner – your sourdough inspiration is still infusing my kitchen I am very happy to say!
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Fantastic Johanna! It’s good stuff isn’t it sourdough. Have you passed on any starter to other potential bakers yet?
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Yum, yum, yum!
And the Apiwrap – how good do they sound! I’ve just ordered myself some! 🙂
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Excellent Amber! I hope you love them 🙂
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Your kitchen not only holds some tasty food but some interesting items as well. I’m curious about the tiny pot of almond aroma.
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ahh, what to do with that little pretty indeed?
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I am completely enamoured of your garlic pickling friend being able to get a farmer to grow 10kg of organic garlic just for her. I would love to know what her secret was but I fear it has something to do with pert breasts and long flowing hair and large batting eyelids and I think I might be past being able to pull that one off…I NEED that brownie ma’am. I am serious. They just went on my bucket list. You know how you see the ubiquitous brownies and think “MAN they look dry!” Yours look unctuous. Yours look tender, sticky, dense, desirable, sensuous and completely and utterly decadent. Sharing the recipe would be the ONLY way that you could make it up to us for wafting them in front of our questing snouts and hanging that gorgeous image over us like the sword of tender tasty Damocles.
Grass is happening in our kitchen…grass and dog hair and a strange series of unusual things piling up on top of stoves, benches and tables that really have NO place seeing the light of day inside a kitchen…nails, screws, even a tin of paint or two. While Steve and I turn ourselves into smurfs and Kermit the frog (respectively) and paint the deck, the kitchen has been left to its own devices. At the end of a long day hanging upside down with the blood rushing to your head in order to “just reach that little bit…” the LAST thing you want to do is pull out the butter and make puff pastry. Steve is just lucky that I have the last vestiges of energy to pull a Stromboli together and open a bag of (shock horror) oven fries! Keep these gorgeous products and productions coming ma’am…some of us are living vicariously through them in our early mornings before the stark reality of paint seeps into our days…I wasn’t kidding about those brownies…I NEED THEM! 😉
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Fran there is nothing worse than a dry brownie. Nothing. A little further up in the comments (to Keri) I mentioned the other two brownie recipes I have on here. An espresso one or wholemeal spelt (my favourite one so far.) The one pictured isn’t quite ready to be unleashed as I need to tweak a little more. It is still similar to the other two though and perfect fuel food for working long days with blood rushing to your head and aching painting limbs… Bake em’.
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“Yes MA’AM!” 🙂
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Gorgeous things in your kitchen. Love your photographs – no wonder you get a satisfaction from that magnificent tiramisu.
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Thank you Sally, and thank you for dropping in 🙂
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Pass that spoon for the Tiramisu, but I’ll pass on the pickled garlic. My husband would like it though. The Apiwrap is just what I need. We try to use as little plastic as possible in our house, but what to do about blocks of cheese? Also, my little babe eats half a banana at a time and I have to use plastic wrap to cover the over half so it doesn’t brown. This is perfect!
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Sounds like the apiwrap will be perfect for your needs Katie. You are in luck!
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Pickled garlic – what a wonderful idea! I must give that a go this summer. Happy new year to you, and the family!
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Thank you lovely Misky, you too.
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Everything looks wonderful. I really like the apiwrap. Where do you get it?
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OK, dopey me. I just clicked on the link for apiwrap. Thank you.
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I hope you like them Debra.
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Brydie, your moment by moment interpretation of IMK this month was wonderful. That’s really what it’s about, isn’t it? Memorable moments… noticed, appreciated, and thankfully, shared. Happy New Year!
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It really is Kim. Those little moments that make up our day/ weeks. Some times I need reminding, and this blog is a good space for doing just that. Happy New Year to you too.
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I really don’t get people who don’t like marzipan???
Your kitchen is really productive 🙂
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I live with four of them Jo!…luckily for me.
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Mmmm, ‘api wrap’ ! Having attempted to give up glad wrap a million trillion times until I caved in and also buying a giant roll of biodegradable cling wrap made out of corn that is still a giant roll because it won’t unroll and is all stuck together…i found myself on the api wrap link buying some of this to end my ever lasting love /hat affair with glad wrap. This is it glad wrap…we are over . …over I tell you!!
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Oh, that was meant to be ‘love /hate ‘ relationship …not ‘love /hat ‘ sorry . Just thought I would correct that .
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Kim you are a farmer in Australia, I’d assume you have a very strong ‘love hat’ relationship- the sun is strong!
Seriously though, I hope the apiwrap is a better alternative for you.
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Alternatives to glad wrap? I’m definitely all in 🙂 Not only do I dislike the plastic, it dislikes me and bunches and shrivels in all the wrong spots…
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It’s a pain isn’t it Kari.
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Too much sugar is happening in my kitchen at the moment – I need some pickled garlic! But you have inspired me to get the sourdough starter out that has got lost in the back of the fridge…
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excellent! I’d love to see what sourdoughy action you get up to.
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It took the best part of two days to reactivate itself properly and then all day yesterday for the first rise. I put it in the fridge overnight and had barely risen this morning so has now been out all day! It’s pretty much ready to bake now but have to do the school run. Hoping it’s not decided to go mad by the time I get back!!! It’s just my basic everyday loaf so won’t be on the blog but thanks again for the inspiration!
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Brian is a huge pickled garlic fan too, though he tends to buy large jars in the Bristol Sweet Mart and he buys olives stuffed with garlic too! and I am intrigued by the wrap and am going to look at your link and find out more! and the new brownies and it all looks absolutely beautiful in your kitchen, moment by moment xx Happy New Year!
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I’d love to wander around your Bristol markets Joanna. That was always the highlight of any overseas travel, seeing what foodie goodies other people had on offer.
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Just discovered your blog– looks like a treasure!!
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aww, thanks Nine Cent Girl. Happy reading to you, and thanks for dropping in.
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Nothing more pleasing that the tiny bubbles of a sourdough starter or yeast that has activated. It’s up there with popping bubble wrap… Thanks for the tip on ApiWrap. I’ve actually seen it many times in a couple of eco stores but never really investigated until now. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to reading more IMK adventures in 2014.
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Hey, Brydie!
Everything looks scrumptious! I like an alternative to glad wrap- I tend to use aluminum foil lined with parchment paper. Looking forward to yet another brownie masterpiece recipe! Love youi!
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Those beeswax wraps sound fabulous, I am so giving that a try as soon as I can source some beeswax in HK, thanks for sharing.
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