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CRISPY SKIN SALMON

  CRISPY SKIN SALMON   INGREDIENTS :   4 x 200g fresh King Salmon or Ocean Trout portions (leave the skin on) 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon sea salt 285g jar of roasted small whole peppers (drained) a handful of cherry tomatoes Rocket lettuce leaves Lemon juice Extra virgin olive oil Feta cheese METHOD : Put the grill on high.. Using paper towels pat trout dry on both sides. Rub both sides with olive oil and sprinkle skin with sea salt. Cook portions under a high grill, skin side up for 8-10 minutes until the skin is crispy. Check the underside /middle of the fish to see if its cooked - most of the time you will find its cooked through if unsure, turn the fish onto its skin side and cook a further 5 minutes. Set aside. Combine red peppers with lettuce leaves. Drizzle with lemon juice and olive oil. Crumble over feta and serve with the fish. more recipes here.
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OMELETTE (Nagy's way)

  OMELETTE (Nagy's way) This dish is highly versatile.   I often make it without zucchini and change up the bacon with chorizo for extra flavour.   This recipe takes 6-8 eggs and serves 4 - increase the number of eggs, use a larger frypan and adjust some of the ingredients, to suit, for more serves.   Any additions can be made as per your taste; ie tomatoes, mushroom, broccolini sprinkles, peppers, ricotta cheese etc.   top tip: duck eggs make a creamy mix. INGREDIENTS :   6-8 eggs ½ cup milk ½ cup sour cream 1 cup grated cheddar Bacon (or chorizo) – you choose how much 2 large onions, chopped or sliced thinly 2 spring onions - sliced thinly Salt & pepper to taste 1 cup Freshly grated parmesan cheese Zuchinni   (optional) –sliced in fairly thick rounds (enough to line the bottom of a large frypan METHOD : In a large, deep frypan fry onion and bacon (or chorizo) until some of it is a little crispy mix lightly with a fork the eggs, milk, sour cr...

THEY LOVE MUD ... #livingwithducks

They are such a joy. This is confirmed when looking through 'duck management' groups on facebook - everyone loves their ducks.  We are new to ducks so i am learning constantly about them.  Currently getting 3-4 eggs a day - so lovely. that is 'Florence (above) - our Indian Runner 'Daisy' is on the top left, I think she is a Welsh Harlequin, 'Florence' at the top (our Indian Runner), the apricot one on the right is 'Mini' and the brown one, centre is 'Chelsea' - both are Call Ducks. " Daisy " "Florence" HAPPY DUCKS - Late Spring so much more on our youtube channel  across playlists  that cover art, lifestyle, the ducks, turbo chooks and more let me know what you think and where in the world you are 

#countryliving #tasmania - learning about ducks - our story

  <<<this image takes you to youtube We got a few ducks from friends recently and have been learning about them for 2 or 3 months now. The first problem we came across (remember we knew nothing about ducks) was our friends had given us 3 drakes and 1 female.  I soon read up on the fact a drake needs 4-6 females as they are pretty rough on them once the hormones kick in.  So we sourced 3 females and when they turned up, having chosen them from photos, it was obvious the two little call ducks are far too small for the drakes who are campbells cross and twice the size of the little ones.  As spring was kicking in here this past two weeks I noticed the boys were squabbling amongst themselves and quite aggressively.  So .... we created a bachelor pen and moved the 3 drakes out.  My thinking is i also dont want a gazillion ducks where a lot of them might be drakes.  After a short time of settling in we started to find 2 eggs a day - one dropped on t...

Diary walks each month

 I am doing monthly walks around our place to keep track of changes - monthly, seasonally and annually. this month we received new ducks - 3 girls to add to the 1 girl and 3 drakes.  the drakes are getting angsty as spring is approaching ... we must move two drakes out of the pen as they are fighting regularly. (i lose it in this video!) we may need to move the third drake too as he is very big compared to the new very small call ducks that have arrived.  and within a day 'mini' (the apricot callduck) laid our first egg and has been laying each day.  so sweet.   check out our youtube channel and the playlists which feature various aspects of artist lifestyle in country Tasmania. i am googling and finding suppliers of oyster grit, pea pebbles, pellets and i soon learned (from taking note) they ate the candy (rolled oats, cracked corn, wheat) and ignored the pellets which are more nutritious.  so now i feed only pellets and use the candy as a training t...

Ducks - lessons to learn - if you have any tips, reach out please

 i have got us into quite a pickle - we decided to get ducks rather than chickens thinking ducks are less problematic - they dont need to roost, they dont need a house, and they will just come and go when they begin to free range. well.  we have had them now for around 4 weeks. we received 3 drakes and 1 female who we thought were call ducks.  lesson 1 - too many drakes and not enough females even for a single duck.  so we brought in 3 female call ducks with the intention of moving 2 of the drakes to a bachelor pen.  well ... the new ducks are the 'real' call ducks and they are tiny !!! so i googled yet again and have established our ducks are wels harlequin drakes and duck (Daisy). they are twice the size of the new call ducks so now we have to move all three harlequins to the bachelor pen.   its nudging spring already and the boys are fighting amongst themselves trying to establish territory and the girls have been here 2 days which is not helping te...

back in the studio

George & Archie lots happening in the studio after a #getaway to an art retreat at Enclave organised through Artable .  posts at blackfisharts studio blog about the art retreat here and back in the studio here .   a few drawings on retreat here . a recent published haiku here .  I am an award winning artist/poet working daily out of my studio in Tasmania. in an effort to keep my activities as an artist working daily and living/learning in the country i have blogs dedicated to each area -  my art gallery is at blackfisharts this blog Regents Park is about learning /experiencing #countryliving in Tasmania. a blog about my art, books, printmaking etc is at blackfisharts STUDIO WORK  my poetry is at Emerald13 my favourite recipes (mostly from my mum) - luscious Hungarian fare - as we are heading into winter its time to add a few more. If you are enjoying my blogs do leave a message and let me know and do visit my youtube channel which has playlists featu...