I recently met, and developed a little lady crush, on the wonderful Mandy Dos Santos, nutritionist from Little People Nutrition.
It was refreshing in this day and age of hyper-sensitive eating (for which there is an important place – I’m not poo pooing), to find someone who has a very similar food philosophy as myself.
We discussed this sympatico over a schooner of beer and a bowl of fries and we decided we really needed to do some cool shit together.
A pair of busy mums, living a good two hours drive from each other, cool shit was hard to co-ordinate…. and then there was this.
Going head to head in the kitchen two suburban Iron Chefs battled it out over the kitchen bench only to be judged by the harshest critics in the world.
Those Japanese actresses are a piece of cake compared to…
The Toddler.
I present to you
IRON CHEF : SUBURBIA
Our guest iron chef was victorious this time, but stay tuned for more opportunities for Mrs H to win the crown.
To see the complete recipe for the brown rice sushi check it out here
To see the complete calamari recipe check it out here
I am launching my new book on the 28th November. 11 days….The countdown is on!
Cook Once, Feed All is about making your life easier whilst preparing nutritious and quick food for your family. This book is a collection of family friendly recipes, all accompanied by stories from my life.
If you subscribe now to the Keeping Up With The Holsbys mailing list you will automatically receive my new mini-eBook ‘A Bit On The Side’ – A collection of fabulous summer salads and side dishes.
To pre-order your hardcopy of Cook Once, Feed All ($35) head to the Holsby Shop right now and you will be the first to receive the hard copy book after it launches on the 28th. You will also receive the Cook Once Feed All eBook (worth $15), plus the new eBook ‘A Bit on the Side’ (worth $5)as a bonus gift in your inbox today.
Three for the price of one, and you save $20.
Winning 🙂
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If you’re a friend of Holsbys on Facebook, then you would have seen my shame two days ago when technology and my lack of record keeping caught up with me in a rather embarrassing event, that left me looking like a tool.
Just to recap, I finished the latest episode of Holsby TV and when I went to upload it to my YouTube Channel I was denied access, with a message saying that account had been permanently deleted and could not be retrieved.
I don’t know if you’ve ever needed tech support from Google, but the online support matrix makes stopping bullets with your bare hands look as easy as picking a booger. You are guided through a series of questions, before returning back to the same answer –
Your account has been permanently deleted and can not be recovered, Full-fricken’-stop.
But, but, but….. I can still see it. It has to still be there.
So, I called in the in-house tech support. My husband is a computer nerd and can generally work out any issue I have if I’m prepared to admit that I’m struggling (2 minutes after pushing every button).
Alas, he could not help. I was deleted. Erased.
In the grand scheme of world issues, this is not really a big problem, however, it was so difficult this tech-spazz, to set it up in the first place, I was not looking forward to this prospect. Like, I would rather clean the toilet with my toothbrush kind of vibe.
Also, I would not be able to use the same emails, passwords, channel names…nada. So although it’s not as bad as world hunger, it’s a right royal pain in my arse.
The next day I tried to find a number for tech support. Couldn’t find anything in the matrix, kept coming back to the fact that Google ONLY has online support and no actual people to talk to anywhere in Australia.
So, it seemed logical to call Californ.i.a. Right?
Head office?
They didn’t answer cos of some time zone issue…. but then I thought I’ve seen jobs for google Australia. I’ll call Sydney office.
Still seems like a legit plan, no?
The receptionist was none too impressed by my problem and stated 10 times that she cannot help me, and there is no-one to talk to and I needed to get my snivelly butt back into that matrix and sort it out like Neo.
Long story short, I finally recieved an email, which I activated myself through some god-knows-what path that indicated that I was using the wrong email address.
Bup-bow. Fail.
How embarrassment… but I was so damned thankful – like, REALLY THANKFUL – that I didn’t really give a rat’s arse.
Anyhoo, I was explaining to the Holsby in-house tech team how I solved the issue myself, and I very proudly mentioned that I called Google U.S. of A., and Google Sydney Head Office, to which I received explosive laughter.
‘What’s so funny?’
‘You called Google Head Office for a Youtube technical issue?’
‘Yeah’
‘That’s like calling Bill Gates to tell him your computer won’t start’
Mirth, mirth, mirth.
‘What wrong with that?’ Still don’t get it.
Mirth, mirth, mirth.
I bloody would call Bill Gates if I thought he could help!!! What’s the point of messing around with the minions if you can go straight to the top???
I’d probably be more of a Steve Jobs stalker but Vodafone can’t even get it right to Coogee, let alone heaven.
Anyway, onto the Holsby TV thing, I reckon it’s about time our kids started paying their own way by making themselves useful.
If you train them up right from now, you could be relaxing, or Facebooking, while they do they housework. It’s not shirking your duties, it’s teaching a child to fish.
They’ll thank you later.
Check out the new Holsby TV episode that shows you how –
PS I made Mister Clever Clogs promise not to go to work and laugh at me with all of his computer nerd friends. I bet $50 he did it anyway.
Are you technically challenged? Done anything ridiculous you want to share?
Are you sick of your children freeloading and you want them to earn their keep?
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If you use your time more efficiently in the kitchen, it frees you up for the fun stuff…..you know, the hours you spend enjoying the children’s company, watching Doctor Phil and eating soft centred chocolates.
Once you’re all over this simple recipe you, too, will have extra time to keep yourself nice for your partner.
It only takes a little effort, and they really appreciate it after their hard day at work.
If you would like to see the whole recipe for the Green Vegetable Pesto, you can find it here
If you know anyone who will relate to that pile of washing, send it on over to them.
Who doesn’t need a giggle???
Linking up with the IBOTSTERS over with EssentiallyJess. Go see what everyone’s up to……
Did you know that 1 in 7 women can suffer from post-natal depression?
When you think about all of the millions of women out pushing prams and cuddling little chubsters at this very minute, that figure is staggering.
Chance are, you, or someone you know may be feeling the deep pull of the dark despair right now.
This week is Post-Natal Depression week during which we endeavour to bring a greater awareness to a massive problem that, with the right help and support, is very manageable.
I’ve popped together a little Holsby TV episode-ette, in honour of PND Week.
If you are, or you know someone, who may suffer from post-natal depression, reach out for help now. Don’t wait.
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