Growing up, Mum and Dad used to host these elaborate black tie dinner parties. The open fire raging, the silverware all laid out to be polished and the smell of roast lamb wafting from the kitchen, there was a real sense of occasion in the air. I’d watch in awe as Mum put on her […]
I’ve given myself an unofficial mystery box challenge it seems like. A good friend of mine gave me a huge pile of oranges from her abundant tree and a pumpkin so big that I was determined to come up with a dish that used both ingredients. A fan of Masterchef over the past decade, I love […]
My brother and sister-in-law are in Wagga this weekend with their two kids. Sitting at Trail Street coffee shop this morning we were reminiscing of the days gone by when their visits to Wagga, pre-kids consisted solely of going from pub to pub to pub; managing to get kicked out of a few over the […]
I went through a stage of making butter chicken all the time when I was a teenager living at home. I was addicted. I used to use chicken breast, a jar of store bought butter chicken sauce, tomato paste and a tin of coconut milk. I’d always add carrots and green beans and the best […]
I’m sitting here with a boiling hot cuppa enjoying some cold leftover bread and butter pudding. WOW! I don’t think there could be any better ‘special treat’ afternoon tea. My grandma Mim used to make this pudding often and I loved helping her butter the bread. I used to pick out the sultanas then, and […]
I’m on a bit of an ‘old school recipe’ roll at the moment. I’ve made three batches of jam drops in the last week trying to perfect my recipe before posting it (they taste out of this world but can’t get the jam to sit still in the middle). I’ve been scouring through the old […]
How about a delicious warm salad for a healthy meat free Monday night meal? This cous cous salad is filling and delicious. Meat free Monday for me is really about playing around with ingredients and flavours. We’re constantly told to ditch the red meat for more veggies, (now please don’t get me wrong – I […]
This dish is inspired by a lovely dessert Mim used to make using homegrown peaches and oranges from her trees on the farm. She used to cover the freshly picked peaches with a sprinkling of sugar, some freshly squeezed orange juice and a generous amount of Cointreau. Oh my gosh- talk about heaven on a […]
I love a good recipe for the slow cooker. Especially when the weather is starting to get cool and you’re looking for something comforting to warm you up. This chicken recipe is so easy to make, tastes delicious and can be served with rice, salad, mashed potato or steamed vege. It’s so versatile, a must […]
When my sister Elles lived in Sydney, she used to always have Chinese containers full of leftover risotto in her freezer. Whenever I’d head to the big smoke to go out for a night on the town, Jez and Elle would kindly let me crash at theirs. Oh how good was a steaming hot serve […]
Am I even allowed to call this Caesar salad a salad? With the deliciously salty prosciutto, toasted to perfection crunchy sourdough crumbs, freshly shaved parmesan and the delightfully anchovey-ie dressing – it seems too good to be called a salad. It’s a complete meal in itself, perfect for a weekend lunch or for a midweek […]
If you haven’t heard of Yotam Ottolenghi before – go and check out one of his cookbooks. He’s an Israeli-British chef and cooks some amazing food drawing heavily from middle eastern flavours. He writes cookbooks, has a tv show and owns a heap of deli’s and restaurants across London. This apple and olive oil cake […]
There’s something that little bit romantic about eating a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs that you don’t get with spaghetti bol. It reminds me of Lady and the Tramp sitting at the red and white checkered table out the back of Tony’s Italian. Oh how I loved that movie growing up and thought the […]
I used to be addicted to the Mediterranean pasta they sold at Sydney Uni in the students food court. A little Chinese container full of pasta, loaded up with olives and feta really used to do it for me between tutes (if I ever stayed around for the afternoon classes that is). I then went […]
My sister Case recently ate her way through Austria on a grand schnitzel tour. Well, that’s how she refers to her uni exchange trip anyway. She sent me pics of many a gorgeously thin Wiener schnitzel the size of a large dinner plate. So jel! I recall doing the same thing when Cork Daddy and […]
Back in the uni days my sister Elle used to buy a container of satay sauce from the Thai place down the road from Sydney Uni for just $2. She would eat it for days with some boiled rice. The perfect uni student meal which allowed all of her spare pennies to be put behind […]
Do you absolutely love rice paper rolls but don’t have the time or energy to make them for dinner during the week? Then this is the dish for you. By all means, add the ingredients in to the rice paper and roll them up properly, but for a speedy and fuss free meal that tastes […]
Nachos are brilliant to dish up when friends come round for a few drinks on the weekend. How many times have you sat around a cheese board staring down the usual suspects – a wheel of Camembert, some stuffed olives, a bit of French onion dip, broken up with a box of Jatz dumped in […]
Who wants in on THE best cake recipe ever invented? A very good family friend of ours, Annabelle passed this recipe on to my mother in law who in turn passed it on to me. Annabelle is such a gorgeous girl that we even named our daughter Annabelle after her and I’ve lost count of the […]
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 […]
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