I Don't Eat, I Devour

Hillview Farm is located in NSW. It grows a bunch of fresh fruits and vegetables which are usually sold at various farmers markets around NSW. What they don't grow themselves, they source from a select few family-run neighbouring farms. In addition, Hillview Farm grows their produce sustainably, without the use of synthetic chemicals or artificial ripening processes. With COVID19, farmers markets are unfortunately non-operational, but Hillview Farm is doing fresh produce delivery, which I can only imagine is very popular at the moment. You have the option of purchasing individual items, and that of ordering seasonal box sets. Whilst the price of individual items are more expensive than supermarkets, they are comparable to your local green grocer, and at times like these, if one can, it is nice to be able to support farmers directly. If you choose their seasonal box, then the prices are pretty comparable to that of supermarkets. The downside of the seasonal boxes, of course, i

Is anybody else feeling like time is passing incredibly slowly, and yet at the end of each day, I think - oh my, it's been another day already? I start this post in this way because I have just finished my week of Soulara home delivered meals, and yet I feel like I have been on this meal plan forever. If you missed my previous blog post where I reviewed a couple of the meals and provided information in cost, delivery method and packaging, here it is. Now let's get back into reviewing the food. Sunset Mwanga Stew Promising to "take your taste buds to Africa", this is a West African peanut-based stew filled with kale, butter beans and coconut cream, and served with sweet potatoes and quinoa. I enjoyed that I got two types of complex carbs and I really think Soulara nails the quinoa-cooking. The stew has a great texture with little bits of crunchy peanut, but I found this dish strangely sweet. I got behind it after a couple of mouthfuls, but it was a bit of a

What s strange time we're living in! You will see that the unusual times has also had an affect on my style of blogging - I am usually quite direct and impersonal, focusing solely on the taste of the food. This time, however, I cannot help but wish to share some of the thoughts that have been swimming around in my head for the past few weeks. Please bear with me, and I hope this conversational, personal style of writing might be a little resonating during this lonely time. Holed up in my home without being able to go out, I have had plenty of time to reflect upon how lucky I am to have a home in which to quarantine. Life must be even tougher than normal for the homeless. I am also reminded on a daily basis that the ability to socially distance is quite a privilege through harrowing videos and photos of those who live in slums, which flash across my computer and TV screens each time I turn on the news. My thoughts go to those who might be quarantined with an abusive partner, wit