Day 63 - Lemon, Pea and Mint Risotto with Goats Cheese and Crispy Pancetta

I am on a bit of a roll with risotto lately. After not making it for years because I thought I couldn't, a little while ago I gave it a proper go again. Apparently patience is the key. Now this one was supposed to be an oven bake one, but when I took it out of the oven the majority of the liquid had not absorbed. With a hungry toddler in the vicinity,  and with the risotto not looking like the one in Donna Hay's book, I decided to take matters into my own hands and finish it off by doing it on the stove. After straining it off, I called upon my patience and slowly did it spoonful by spoonful... delicious :)

Day 62 - Dinner in the City

As it had come to me to find somewhere to eat for a dinner with a few girls from work and since I was feeling like something Italian, I booked a table at Tosolini's in the city for dinner. We had a great meal! I love going somewhere where you can have three courses and not feel like you need to roll home. I shared an entree of natural oysters with lemon and lime, enjoyed a ricotta and sage gnocchi for mains and a lemon cream with shortbread and strawberries for dessert. After a good couple of hours catch up (certainly needed by week 6 of the term) we ventured back out into the cold (yes it appears to be winter all of a sudden), debriefed and ready to start the weekend.