My April Food Diary!

Hi friends! This blog is dedicated to all the foodie things I experienced in the month of April, 2026. We ate at a few different cafes for lunches and brunches, and I’ve been getting more into my anti-inflammatory foods + Mediterranean Diet. It’s mainly going to be a visual blog rather than writings/reviews as most of these places I’ve done reviews (on either blog).

All the places we went out to eat this month were:

• BrewDog, Pentridge – Benji got a free dog beer for his name being Benji! An awesome promotion, plus we really like the food there. I had a cheeseburger and Luke had chicken tacos. We also got mocktails because that’s better for my health than actual alcohol right now. They do trivia on Tuesday nights, but most days you can get in without a booking, provided it’s not Friday or Saturday night.
• Francis Winifred, Oak Park – One of our local cafes that has yummy dog treats, and I’ve never ever been disappointed in my food there. I even tried a Pina Colada Matcha.
• Saint Lloyd, Strathmore – Another local cafe that I love, and they always have puppachinos ready for Benji!
• 28 Mason, Newport – A new brunch spot we tried in Newport. Very delicious, and Benji even met a pupper!
• Lumbar and Co – For lunch when we went to Brimbank Park. Delicious food after a walk.
• Chiba, Moonee Ponds – We went here for Luke’s brother’s birthday dinner. I like Japanese food, and it’s gentle on my tummy (which is good because I was having a bad IBS day that day).
• Takeaway pizza from Ciccio Pizza in Pascoe Vale – I think we had this at the start of the month, but it’s a great pizza shop, just quite expensive.
• We’ve been making more coffee at home lately, but some of our favourite cafes to get coffee are Coffee Baby, Flower Baby, and The Coffee Lady (all local to us).

Food that we’ve been making at home (my partner Luke and I):

• Overnight oats. I’ve been using 1/4 cup rolled oats, 1/2 cup of vanilla almond milk, some honey, 1-2 tablespoons chia seeds, 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, a pinch of salt, and some chocolate chips as my base recipe. When it’s ready in the morning, I usually add some banana, walnuts, and whatever else we have in the pantry (sometimes berries, sometimes dragonfruit, sometimes different types of chocolate or nuts). You can also add flaxseed and psyllium husk for extra fibre.
• My own electrolyte drinks – I’ve made a kiwifruit one, which is 2 green kiwifruit, 1/2 cucumber, 2 cups of coconut, honey, lime juice, and either salt/electrolyte salt. I also made a plum one, which wasn’t as nice.
• More anti-inflammatory dinners like fish with spicy wedges and salad, and we also had a kind of deconstructed chicken souvalki the other night, where Luke made flatbread, lemon chicken, and Greek salad. Oh, we also had our own version of teriyaki katsu chicken (yay protein).
• My go-to lunch at the moment is a toastie with roast turkey breast, avocado, cranberry sauce, Dijon mustard, and Swiss cheese. So delicious. I usually have it with sourdough, but I didn’t take a picture, so you get the white bread one instead, haha.

I haven’t been making much ice cream lately, but I definitely want to get back into it. I can’t think of my next flavour to try. Any suggestions are welcome!! Thank you for reading!