This Rare Roast Beef is truely amazing with smokey BBQ mushrooms and a chipotle dressing. It’s different and impressive . I am still banging on about that Barbecue. Well barbecues are such a great way to keep the heat outside aren’t they? I have thrown so many things on there lately, it feels almost wrong…
RECIPES
Brownie Cake Salted Caramel and Chocolate Bombs
This is a brownie made in a nice round shape so that it can be served for dessert. A brownie is perfect at any time but imagine eating it with ice cream and salted caramel sauce. Sounds good don’t you think? Last week I made a cake and took it to The Gasoline Pony, this…
Crisp Pork belly, Grilled Peach salad
Oh my you’ll be happy with this Crisp Pork belly, Grilled peach Salad and Nuoc Cham. I think you are going to like this one This is the perfect summer Barbecue dish. That’s because all the heat is happening outside and all that is happening inside is the salad, well that is unless you have…
Ricotta and Spinach Cannelloni
Fill and bake Spinach Cannelloni tubes for a giant pot of delicious family food I have something to report. Skater has made some rather good dinners during January. You may remember that I said I was going to encourage my son step up to the stove and cook dinner once a week this year. This…
Carrot and Caramel Cake with Popcorn Praline
This carrot and caramel cake is gluten-free and makes the perfect layer cake for everybody. With loads of creamy icing and crunchy irresistable caramel popcorn, it is a cake worth celebrating I delivered this cake. A Carrot and Caramel Cake with Popcorn Praline! It got eaten and people loved it but it really did test…
Fast Barbecue Chicken Kebabs
If you have not yet encountered my Barbecue obsession…then hello and welcome to it. I was gifted a fantastic barbecue by my sister and although we have not yet invited anyone else to partake Skater and I have enjoyed a lot of barbecues so far. It’s been a long hot January for me. It started…
Vanilla Risotto with Cherry emulsion and Chuao Chocolate- Competition Time!
In November I entered a competition. It’s unusual for me because I have become nervous about entering competitions. Have you noticed that most competitions these days are a bit of a popularity contest? You enter, display your work and then you have to start campaigning for votes, like being in high school….so not fun. I…
Summer Prawns with Hot Lover Sauce
I have to admit to you all that I am becoming very annoyed with a family member close to my heart. Everything I want to cook he just doesn’t eat. I’m sick of working around his long long list of dislikes. It’s depressing. I am not sure what to do about it. Sometimes I just…
Ice cream, no cooking, no churning
New Years Day is always a dilemma for me because I’m tired, sometimes hung over and always always hot. If I am at home in Sydney then I have family over. I try to make something that is easy to eat and looks like I haven’t done any cooking because my family always complain that…
Rosemary Parmesan Chicken & Eggplant
You will love this Rosemary Parmesan Chicken & Eggplant. It makes a great family dinner and bakes in just one pot. I can’t possibly tell you all of the fantastic things I have in my kitchen. Like you, I’d imagine , I have been showered with love and the generosity of others and I am…
Goat Cheese, Potato Croquettes. Plus other Party Food
It’s my birthday on New Years Day. It’s not such a fun day to have a birthday. For a start, a lot of people feel unwell on my birthday, other people are just tired……. This is the sort of birthday people say “Happy Birthday” at 12 o’clock on the night before, just after New Year,…
Frozen Chocolate Mousse Cups- Party on!
If you want an easy and cheap dessert everyone will love then this is it! Frozen Chocolate mousse cups. Keep them frozen until you want to serve them, they are designed to defrosted a little bit on the way to the party. Ghosts of Christmas past When I was growing up, Christmas was a time…
Lamb Sweet Potato Hummus Tarts
I love these Lamb Sweet Potato Hummus Tarts for parties and starters. They are easy and you can make them ahead. There are so many things I’d like to cook but anytime I have people coming over I never seem to have enough time to cook. I supposed it happens to other people too. I,…
Smoked Salmon Sushi Toasts
Smoked Salmon Sushi Toasts. These are fun. They are like a cross between Sushi and Smoked Salmon on Toast. Smoked Salmon Sushi Toasts. Do you love sushi but would rather eat bread? Maybe you are just a bit of a rebel like me. If you are these interesting party treats are for you. They are…
The Perfect Cheeseplate
My friend and local cheese expert, Diane from Mystery Cheese in Sydney has volunteered to write up a few tips and a bit of a run down on serving cheese when you have friends over. Mystery Cheese is a business that conducts cheese and wine Masterclasses. We have chosen a few lovely mostly Australian cheeses…
Easy Christmas Chocolate Shortbread
Easy Christmas Chocolate shortbread is the best thing to make when you have run out of time to do your Christmas baking! It’s December and I think I might have run out of time to marinate fruit and make Christmas pudding! I always have plans and then I always wake up and think….oh no its…