Ham Dip
Super easy, this dip also makes a great filling for sandwiches. I think you can get this particular meat paste at Aussie online food shops, but there are sure to be local equivalents in all countries...
View ArticleThai Pork Stir-Fry
The other night I made this very easy pork mince dish from taste.com - I don’t usually think of mince when I think of stir-fry, but this did turn out well and has a lovely mix of Thai flavours in it....
View ArticleBacon Wrapped Salmon
Ready for the oven From a cod recipe in Jamie’s Food Revolution I was recently inspired to wrap my salmon in bacon. I brushed the fish with extra-virgin olive oil, then sprinkled it with truffle salt,...
View ArticlePre-Christmas High Jinks!
I’m in Melbourne now, for Christmas with the family, and am more in party mode than cooking mode! Lots of socialising and catching up with people going on this week. I have cooked one meal for my mum...
View ArticleDelicious Dumplings!
Still haven’t been cooking much here, apart from a last minute Christmas cake. Instead, I have been doing a lot of Christmas shopping (and I mean a LOT – 10.5 hours at Chadstone shopping centre on...
View ArticleParty Nibbles 1
I made a batch of mountain bread rollups on Christmas Day – these little savoury bites always go down well and you can put whatever fillings in you like. In this case I made some with smoked salmon,...
View ArticleMulling Over This One….
This Mulled Pork recipe looked excellent on the face of it – anything that calls for a whole bottle of red wine can’t be bad! I did enjoy it; however, the meat was too dry, particularly with the...
View ArticlePloughing Away….
I’ve been quiet this week as I am in England at the moment, hence 1) not doing any cooking and 2) I’m busy seeing sights and travelling around. I am, of course, doing my best to eat lots of yummy...
View ArticleKitchens on My Travels 2
Palace kitchen garden As you know, I had a wonderful experience at Kew Gardens on my recent UK trip. It was the day before I flew home and for once the weather was absolutely lovely – blue skies and...
View ArticleYou Say You Want a Revolution….
Layer upon layer upon layer A quinoa one, that is. Quinoa has been a super food winner for the last couple of years, and I’ve been on that bandwagon since living in Chile, where it has always been a...
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