If there’s one thing I’ve learnt since compiling my recipe collection, it is to never assume that someone knows how to cook something. We all get used to making things we know so well and can do with our eyes closed. But that doesn’t mean that someone else is the same. Hands up out there […]
The height of sophistication during the 70’s, beef Stroganoff was often seen cutting round the dinner party circuit, or so I’m told. Mum’s always said that she cooked so much apricot chicken and beef Stroganoff back in the day, that her and dad OD’ed on it. Beef Stroganoff is a Russian dish consisting of sautéed […]
Real men don’t eat quiche. That’s not true. Cork Daddy absolutely devours this quiche and I’ve never met anyone that doesn’t love these mini quiches. It was really hard choosing a heading for this recipe as I could of used any number of fitting descriptions such as: Fabulous party food, Toddler meals, Light lunches, Freezer […]
I’ve had numerous requests asking what my two little girls, Charlotte and Annabelle (aged 4 and 2) love to eat for dinner. I often discuss food with friends of mine to see what they’re cooking up for their kids. In our household, food is a much loved topic as well. My 4 year old Charlotte […]
For mum’s 60th birthday party at Tomalong I cooked 12 kilos of pulled pork! That’s six slow cookers full! I had three slow cookers going during the day and woke up to my alarm in the middle of the night to tend to the meat. We had more pulled pork than you could poke a […]
The long weekend is drawing to an end, an overindulgent weekend filled with chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate, not to mention the booze! Daylight savings have just finished for another year, it’s 6pm and we’re all exhausted. A bowl of steaming humble soup is just what we need to settle back in to home after […]
For centuries, people have been keeping with tradition and eating fish on Good Friday. The Sydney Fish Markets sell more seafood on this day than any other day of the year! One of these years I’m going to go and experience it for myself. Apparently the fish markets on Good Friday doesn’t make for a […]
This is THE quickest, easiest and tastiest pasta dish going round. The recipe was given to me by my brother Pete and his wife Amy. If you know me – or Pete, you know that we like tuna. Pete reckons he has eaten a tin of tuna for his lunch everyday for the past 15 […]
Since I’ve started writing this blog I’ve had a growing number of people contact me letting me know that they’ve cooked one of the dishes I’ve made. This gives me so much satisfaction and keeps me motivated to continue to share what I’m cooking. That’s what it’s all about. If I can post a recipe […]
There’s absolutely nothing fancy about these lamb chops. They’re not much to look at, but oh my gosh do they taste good. This dish was around long before food photography was even a thing! For as long as I can remember, Mum has made these chops and Corks has many a happy memory eating this […]
“I’ll slip another shrimp on the barbie for ya”, promises a young Paul Hogan in the 1984 Australian tourism ad designed to get American tourists to visit our remarkable ‘land down under’. Before this iconic campaign, Australia ranked number 78 on the most ‘desireable holiday hotspots’ in the States; which climbed to number 7 shortly after […]
Friends often say to me: “How do you cook with the kids all the time”? “They make so much mess”! “They get in to absolutely everything”. “It’s so much quicker to cook when they’re at school/asleep/out of the house”. I reckon you’ve got to go in with low expectations. Yes. There will most likely be […]
The girls’ friends, Ella and Harry have just left our place. We’ve had a busy morning in the kitchen making some bunny biccies and these sweet little bird’s nests. Shrek is on telly, the weekend is nearly here and we’re off to dinner tonight as soon as Cork Daddy walks in the door. How good! […]
Thaigga Thai is our family’s favourite restaurant in Wagga. The girls love it because of the giant mural of a tiger on the wall. I’m sure the other diners love listening to their constant “roaring” from the moment we walk in, to the moment we walk out, too. All they need to do now is […]
So you’re staying with friends for the Easter long weekend. Obviously you turn up with some booze, but what is a nice “thanks for having me” gift that you can haul in the car that won’t melt in the boot? Why not a lovely little jar of spice? Mim put me on to ‘the Spice […]
The best thing you can do for someone who has just welcomed a new baby in to the family is cook something for them. I remember the way I’ve felt over the years when friends have dropped some home cooking off to my door in times of need (or just in times of lack of […]
Is there anything better than a freshly shucked oyster matched with a glass of champers on a Saturday arvo? We’ve just spent the weekend surrounded by great friends in the most picturesque setting imaginable, ‘Tiverton’, the Shorten’s gorgeous seaside farm in Central Tilba on the NSW south coast. I had to keep pinching myself as it was […]
“Yuck!” Charlotte pipes up as she watches me peel the severely overripe, browned (ok, more like blackened) bananas for this cake. If you’re anything like me, you’ll often have fruit left in the fruit bowl that has gone a little past its use by date. But don’t worry about your bananas. Once matured, they have […]
Who’s up for a little fritter trivia? The word fritter come from the Latin word, frictura, which means ‘to fry’. dictionary.com defines the word, that to ‘fritter’; is to waste time, money, or energy. Well they got it right there. Yes, a fritter is only a fritter if you fry it in oil. But, no – […]
Now be warned, this recipe has Iceberg in it (Cork Daddy’s favourite). The old Iceberg gets a bit of a bad wrap of late. Its the daggy older sister who has been around forever; before the days of the younger and more fashionable kale, rocket and cos. The shredded fresh lettuce with the fieriness of […]
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