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The humble brussel sprout

Hated vegetable of the masses how we have embraced thee. I know a very large number of people have terrible memories of being force fed watery bitter brussel sprouts as children. I’m here to tell you that the memories will fade after trying this delicious recipe. I know my mum used to try and disguise…

More breakfast potato

I seem to be on weekend morning kitchen duty at the moment. Saturday saw us have home made hash browns, boiled eggs and grilled tomato. For home made hash browns simply grate potato, form into evenly sized piles and drop into very hot sunflower oil, cooking until golden brown. Enjoy!

Zesty spelt fettucini with ocean trout and peas

This is quick and simple. Serves 2. 1 reasonable handful of spelt fettucini 1 large piece of ocean trout cut into thin slivers 3/4 cup of peas – thawed 1/2 cup of freshy grated parmesan 1 small chopped chilli 1 tspn greated lemon zest Juice of half a lemon 1 tbspn olive oil Boil spelt…

Breakfast #2

This is a slightly different take on my baked potato rosti and poached egg breakfast featured recently. baked-potato-rosti-and-poached-egg I used basically the same recipe but this time doubled the quantity of eggs and rosti to two each. I also grilled some tomato halves with marinated goats feta on top and served with some fresh rocket…

Mussel mania

So last Friday night we made a MASSIVE pot of mussels. Two kilos for the two of us. It was a heavenly indulgence and loads of fun to make. First of oil put one yellow onion finely chopped, three cloves of garlic, one tablespoon of tomato paste and three small chillies in a big heavy…

Breakfast: Baked potato rosti and poached egg

I’m having a bit of a baked potato rosti fetish at the moment. I mean who doesn’t love the nice crisp outside and the warm soft inside of the humble potato? It is delicious. For this I used 1 medium potato (to make two) 1 finely sliced shallot 1 egg salt and pepper Boil the…

Italian inspiration

What always inspires me about good italian pasta dishes and salads is the simplicity. There is an ethos there based on great quality ingredients and tasting the flavours of fresh food that I really adore. This dish is vegetarian and packed with flavour. You could add bacon to the pasta for that extra salty zing…

Crispy skinned ocean trout, baked potato rosti and lemon garlic aoli

I decided to make this dish because, feeling like a bit of a challenge, I wanted to figure out if I could successfully bake potato rosti rather than fry them. They turned out beautifully fluffy in the middle with a delighful crunch on the outside. I will always do them this way from now on….

Red wine and garlic slow cooked lamb shanks with winter veges

Iron chef Stodgy-English-Winter-Stew took over the kitchen for a night and made this divine comfort food for us and our guest Adam. Happy faces all round I must say. It took a fair bit of time though so the slow cooked might be an option in future. Here is the recipe as supplied by him….

Lemony pea and ocean trout risotto

I love risotto but I do find it such a chore to make. My shoulder pays for the stirring effort for days afterwards. The things we go through for food huh? This risotto is so very simple though so if you don’t have a dicky shoulder do give it a go. Ingredients for two. 2…