It’s amazing what you can do with what’s in the cupboard/fridge sometimes. This was thrown together just before Christmas when the urge to do anything shopping or cooking wise was running at a low ebb. My taller half is the taco master making them fresh from masa flour with our taco press. I marinated the…
Category: Food at home
All posts relating to food cooked in my own home by either myself, my bf or any other delightful soul who decides to come over and cook.
Fresh prawn and mango salad
My taller half made this on Tuesday night. So fresh and healthy for a warm summers night. Our garden at our new house is now bunting along sine we have finally had some sunshine so there is a plethora of herbs to take advantage of. Finely chopped on the side to add at your leisure…
Asian style baked fish with bok choy and jasmine rice
I made this a while ago so I hope I get the recipe right. My favourite part of this recipe is the smoking peanut oil. I love anything that has smoking peanut oil drizzled over the top. Not only is it a lovely flavour but the smell really gets the gastric juices going. 4 green…
Healthy mexican salad with crispy skinned ocean trout and unhealthy whole egg mayonnaise
Well nobody is perfect right? This meal is pretty easy to whip up on a weeknight. I keep batches of boiled black beans in tubs in the freezer just for these occasions. All I need to do is remove them from the freezer and boil on the stove in water for a few minutes, let…
Fresh eggs
Other chicken owners may disagree but as far as I’m concerned Daphne lays the tastiest chicken eggs I’ve ever had. Of course I’m biased but hey… why not? Keeping it simple here with a spelt bread, bacon, fresh eggs and BBQ sauce sandwich. No listed ingredients. No fuss. Just make, eat and enjoy because some…
Breakfast inspired by Melbourne
We had a bit of a foodie weekend in Melbourne a couple of months back and I was inspired. Particularly by the breakfasts we ate at Pint of Milk and the Dutchess of Spotswood. The Dutchess of Spotswood was particularly outstanding serving up all sorts of rich unusual english fare such as blood sausage and…
Merry Christmas and Happy 2012
Things get frantic around Christmas time don’t they? It’s been a while since I’ve been able to find time to put any of my cooking escapades up here and now I have a backlog of stuff to catch up with. The nice thing is that all the craziness culminates in a wonderful Christmas day which…
Creamy scrambled eggs with mushrooms sauteed in verjuice, quince paste and tomatoes
So one of the tricks to creamy scrambled eggs is not too much scrambling. Don’t overwork them in the frying pan, just gently fold them over a few times. For this dish I added a little cream so they were extra creamy. For the mushrooms I sautéd them in a saucepan with olive oil until…
Lemon thyme and pea risotto with sauteed wild mushrooms
There is a great mushroom stall at Marrickville markets that is ever so inviting. I bought some trumpet, swiss brown and portobellini mushrooms and sautéed them in white wine and olive oil. To make the risotto 4 cups of vegetable stock 1/2 cup white wine Grated half a lemon rind 1 onion finely chopped 1…
Spanish potatoes with pan fried salmon
I saw this dish made on TV. I have no idea what the program was as I came in part way through but they were in the north of Spain and it looked great so I gave it a try. Cut the potatoes in slices about 1 cm thick and boil until just done. In…
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