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…
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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…
Simple breakfast with added decandence
As a result of our gourmet feast we have a few pretty speccy ingredients in the fridge which I’ll be using to ramp up a few staples over time. For this simple breakfast I decided to use the salmon roe but the truffle paste is staring at me and begging to be combined with eggs…
Marinated lamb cutlets, potato and blue cheese gratin and tomato salsa
Things are comparatively quiet in life at the moment. We’re saving for our upcoming trip to NYC and the weekends staying in are seeing me rather motivated with Sunday night night dinners. This is a variation on things I have made before and, as I often do I opt for utilising as much produce that…
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…
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…
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…
Quick week night lamb, couscous, tomato and lebneh
Well the blog has been on the back burner. We were lucky enough, after nine months searching, to have found, purchased and moved into our own home so life has been more about boxes then fine cuisine. We have been eating pretty well throughout the process and making good use of our fantastic new SMEG…
Seafood extraveganza for eleven
On a recent trip to Gerringong we were tasked with providing lunch for 11 people. Keen to try out the local seafood we set off to Kiama Fish Market and stocked up on an array of goodies including oysters, prawns, calamari and a whole jew fish. Lunch went as follows Oysters Natural with a drizzle…
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!