I can categorically now say that I do not love marrows. I can’t say I hate them given they are basically tasteless but I do not love them. We scored some free marrows from the taller half’s mums farm so I felt it my duty to find something creative to make with them. On investigation…
Month: February 2012
Fig, prosciutto, rocket and two cheese tart
Seeing as fig season is in full swing I’ve been making full advantage of it. They are amazing in salads, savory dishes, sweets, stuffed with cheese, stewed with icecream. What’s not to love? 6 fresh figs – quartered 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons water 1 sheet puff pastry – thawed…
A week in review
Well I thought I’d better go back and check how the last week turned out after participating in last Monday’s challenge from Inner Pickle. Monday: Crab and apple salad. I’d been wanting to experiment with this for a long time and being home alone gave me the perfect opportunity. It wasn’t THAT great but I’m…
Roast chicken wings with watermelon, mint and chevre salad
I’m loving the use of fruits in salads at the moment. We had the pleasure of ducking away to seeing the Taller half’s mum and husband on the weekend. They live on a lovely property in the Manning Valley with a marvelous vege garden and an orchard to yearn for. We scored ourselves half a…
Fig, prosciutto, chicken and chevre salad with honey mustard dressing
It’s terribly satisfying when you can cobble together something so yummy out of what’s in the fridge. 6 figs – quartered Enough rocket for two 1 chicken breast – cut into strips and shallow fried in olive oil (you could also steam if you wanted to be healthier) 1/2 a round of chevre – crumbled…
Valentines day dinner
My taller half and I split the planning, lumped entrée and dessert together then tossed a coin to see who would do main. I lost the toss so main it was. (We both wanted to do entrée and dessert.) My taller half excelled at entrée serving up fresh oysters followed by a salmon carpaccio. Dessert…
Baked lamb with home made olive tepanade and home grown salad
I’m pretty sure I’ve posted this lamb recipe before but it really is so fab. The olive tepanade is so easy to whip up using a mortar and pestle and doesn’t have to be precise to make the lamb turn from an ordinary cut into eatable gold. I’m still working through the fresh produce we’ve…
A game with a pickle
So it turns out that even the internet is a small world and as it turns out there is a lovely woman who is married to a school friend’s brother who has a delightful blog that includes many foodie things. Check Inner Pickle out. Particularly if you’re a fan of made from scratch, home grown or…
Home alone salad
I wasn’t 100% happy with the balance of this dish. Some people I know posted a picture of a crab and apple salad a fair while ago but they lost the recipe. I adore crab so I decided to start with some trial and error and see if I could create something similar that tastes…
Dinner from home
I’m just about more proud of this meal than any other I’ve ever made due to the number of ingredients that came directly from our inner suburban back yard. Pork chops with honey mustard sauce and a spelt pasta salad with eggs, tomatoes, beans and herbs Half a punnets worth of fresh home grown cherry…
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