I’ve eaten and made a few moroccan tagines and I think I have gotten to a stage where I have pinpointed the flavours I enjoy the most in order to maximise the experience when making it myself. A few things I have noted • I enjoy the date/sultana/fruit and nut combo so some kind of…
Tag: coriander
BBQ fare
I finally mastered a roast garlic hummus for a recent BBQ which is definitely worthy of a belated blog update. I spent Friday making dips and Saturday morning putting together the salads and everything was a hit. Roast garlic hummus 2 cans chickpeas or two cups cooked chickpeas 2 tablespoons tahini 4 tablespoons olive oil…
Mexican madness
I love our home made Mexican food. Despite the Mexican food wave sweeping the Australian landscape, the stuff we make at home comes the closest to satisfying the desire we have for the flavours we had in Mexico. Now the problem with being too busy to post some of these recipes when we actually made…
Leftover roast lamb gourmet sandwiches
I use the term gourmet pretty loosely here because in reality this meal was utterly easy to make yet tasted so fantastic. Simply roast some red capsicum and remove the skin. Spread mustard on rye bread (or another artisan bread of your choice), then stack sliced lamb, capsicum and coriander. Close sandwich and eat! Too…
Tasty guacamole snack
I was starving after a trip to the markets on Sunday afternoon and whipped up this tasty snack with one of the beautiful avocados I bought. 1 avocado – mashed with a fork 2 tablespoons coriander – finely chopped 1/2 spanish onion – finely diced 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1/2 teaspoon chili powder squeeze of lime…
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…
Crispy skinned red chicken curry with lychees
I’m a huge fan of a roast red duck curry and invariably order it at most Thai restaurants I frequent. Having been inspired towards some asian dishes of late watching Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey and not having any duck immediately available I decided to make a crispy skinned chicken curry. 8 chicken legs with…
Mexican ceviche salad with crispy tortilla chips
We were supposed to have a dinner guest and bought a mountain of seafood with which to make Mexican treats and wash down with our selection of fine mescals. Sadly they cancelled so we waded through the mountain of seafood over the next few days starting with a typical Mexican ceviche salad served with crispy…
Marinara stew
This meal was borne out of the need to use up various items in the refridgerator before they went off. I hate to waste food so this is what we ended up with. 1 onion – chopped 1 green capsicum cut into thin rings 2 tomatoes – chopped 300g good marninara mix 1/2 cup of…
Celebrity Iron Chef Vietnamese
My taller half strikes again with the Asian flavours, this time with a fantastic marinated tofu and vietnamese noodle salad. Chúc ngon miệng
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