The week of awesomeness

Howdy!

I’ve been having a very cool week. Three reasons:

1. Because I spent last Saturday morning being the market chef at the Otago Farmers Market, and I had an absolute ball! Y’all know that I love the market, so it meant a huge amount to actually be in the kitchen there. The food went down a treat (if you missed it, you can grab the recipes here). I got to meet and catch up with soooo many interesting people – I was blown away by how many folks wanted to talk to me about my recipes from the Otago Daily Times (this and this, for example, came up a few times), or their family’s favourite tricks for eating more fruit’n’veg, or how they took bliss balls to work and bamboozled their colleagues with treats which tasted amazing and were healthy at the same time. (Oh and the other thing I loved about it – I have to say that giving stuff away rocks.)  Thanks so much to everyone who trotted over and said hi, and tried out the food, and nabbed the recipes, and made appreciative noises!

I can’t show you a photo of myself at the market, as I was busy chatting and handing out samples and, you know, I couldn’t take a photo of myself without looking like an absolute plonker. But the good news is that I did manage to avoid needing one of those blue bandaids – anyone who’s seen me in action will know that they’re kind of like jewellery for me (as I’m a teensy bit clumsy). So that was a very pleasant surprise.

2. Because, most days this week, I’ve received a text or an email or a facebook message from someone who’s gone to the trouble of contacting me to say how much they LOVE the Seasons’ Eatings 2015 calendar (Dear Colleen, you are going to have a great time seeing these messages when you get home). So that has filled my week with warm fuzzies – thanks so much people, it is really lovely to get your feedback and to know that all the hard work is being appreciated, and the recipes savoured!

3. Because I’ve been recipe fine-tuning and prepping for this Sunday’s workshop – the last public Nibl event of 2014. After Sunday we’re going to take a little break until February. There are likely to be some changes with events next year, so if you want to be in the loop about those, get yourself onto the mailing list quick-smart as I’ll soon be sending out the dates for 2015 and spaces are going to be limited – when they’re gone, they’re gone. But if you’re keen to come to something before that, if you’re a decisive kind of a person, you might just be lucky enough to get one of the last few spaces in this Sunday’s Festive Super Snacks workshop – more details are here, and I’m going to give you a sneak peek at some of the deliciousness that we’re going to be sampling. If you’re booked in, I hope you’re getting excited! Some of you have waited a long time for this.

I hope your week’s been full of awesomeness and warm fuzzies too. (If you’re in Dunedin, that’s been the only kind of “warm” on offer this week.) Ciao!