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A foray into japanese

My lovely friend Katie and I went a did a great little Japanese Comfort Food course at the Chef’s Armoury a couple of weeks ago and I’m finding it fun attacking this cuisine in a different way. The first thing I did was to replicate exactly some of the dishes that were made on the…

Home smoked salmon breakfast treat

I am loving the surplus NZ salmon we have in our freezer from our smoking day a few weeks ago. This was a breakfast of home smoked NZ salmon, chive and potato rosti, poached egg, wilted silver beet from the garden and roast tomato. For the rosti I boiled two medium peeled potatoes with the…

Soft centred chocolate pudding and raspberry sauce

This was so easy and so yum. This recipe is for two. 100g good quality dark chocolate 50g butter 70 sugar 2 eggs 20g spelt flour Butter and flour ramekins moulds. Melt chocolate and butter. Beat sugar and eggs then add chocolate. Whisk in flour. Spoon into ramekins moulds. Bake in preheated oven at 180…

Marinated spring lamb roast with minted broad bean salad and lemon vinagrette

Spring has spring and I’ve been itching to make use of the wonderful produce this time of year has to offer. In keeping with my obsession with broad beans at the moment I made this wonderful broad bean and pea salad with mint from the garden which has gone crazy with spring growth. Roast lamb…

Fancy potato salad as a meal

With the taller half sick I had to jump in quickly and make something yummy. 6 medium sized pontiac potatoes cut into 2-3cm sized pieces with skin on 2 tablespoons good quality mayo Juice of half a lemon 1/4 cup chopped dill 1/4 cup chopped chives 6 thin slices of prosciutto cut into 1cm strips…

Snapper with broadbeans and spanish style sauce

Well. I’ve returned safely albeit a little dusty from Burning Man in the Blackrock Desert in Nevada and my need for good healthy homecooked food is great. Home cooked meal number one for me was Kangaroo steak with sweet potato mash which I have posted before. Great home coming feast. Spanish Style sauce ingredients for…

Huevos rancheros

This is the mexican breakfast of champions. We ate this all over Mexico. The salsas vary from place to place giving each breakfast it’s signature difference. A great way to start the day. Fresh corn tortillas Fried eggs Sliced avocado Fried onion rings Refried black beans Monteray Jack (or similar) cheese – grated Salsa verde…

I got spoilt with french cuisine and love

I currently don’t have any of the recipes for these dishes. I’m working on it but I unexpectedly got spoilt by my taller half with this divine treat of a meal. Cold avocado soup with caviar Duck confit, potatoes roasted in duck fat served with baby asparagus and roast capsicum topped with orange glaze sauce…

OMG STEAK AND CHIPS SO YUM!

I have to start my saying that I cheated in so many ways with this meal but it was pure indulgence and so so good. I was cooking for myself and wanted it to be super easy. 1 tbone steak 2 potatoes cut into thick homecut chip chunks 1 small bunch broccolini pepper gravy mix…

A foray into chinese

I love asian food but I don’t cook a lot of it. Sash has the whole stir fry thing covered and he’s great with thai flavours. Recently though I’ve been interested in learning more about different styles of chinese cooking. I’d like to make some fresh and interesting things steering clear of sweet and sour…