STAND UP IF YOU LOVE THE FURY...

Today was a fairly average day except that I got to go and watch the football! And I mean real football, that you play with a round ball and your feet (soccer) not Rugby or AFL or some other ridiculous code that doesn't make any sense and involves a lot of big ugly men wrestling each other to the ground... Unfortunately my team, the Fury, are not doing very well this season and it was a bit of a nasty game to watch. The ball was down our half for the majority of the game but then Central's would just all of a sudden take off and score because our goalie isn't all that great with his hands. The 5-1 loss was very disappointing but the atmosphere of the place was still fantastic. We seem to have resigned ourselves to the fact that the Fury are going to lose but still head down to stand up if we love the fury and listen to the F-Troop's antics (although they won their last home game which was incredibly exciting).

On another note, I have been really getting into fruit salad lately. I can't seem to get enough of it! I have been going down to our equivalent of a farmers market and also to the deli down the road to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. I really can taste the difference, it is incredible! I went to my friends house for a barbeque the other night and made vege kebabs with zucchini, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, baby corn, and haloumi cheese, and also pineapple, peach, strawberry, banana and haloumi kebabs for dessert. They were really good except that the fruit kebabs got cooked on part of the barbeque that seemed to have burnt food on it, so that spoiled the flavour a little bit. Since then I have been making fresh fruit salad every couple of days, with a balsamic and mint dressing. Definitely restaurant quality!

Balsamic and Mint Dressing: is just 3 tablespoons of balsamic glaze and 2 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh mint, and a touch of freshly cracked pepper all whisked together and drizzled over fruit salad. So delicious and easy!!

Anyway I must be off to bed, work in the morning, ugh...
much love,
frankie.pleure