I’d walk a mile for this Cheesy Corn on the Cob with Smoked Paprika and Lemon. Its the ideal party food or side dish. Soft bursts of sweet corn slathered with mayo and paprika and then cheese. It’s love. This is one of the easy recipes I have in my Party Food Ebook and if…
Vegetables and Vegetarian
Smoked Eggplant with Yoghurt Sauce and Pinenuts
This Smoked Eggplant with Yoghurt Sauce and crunchy Pinenuts is one of my favourite side dishes. I’ve been craving this Smoked Eggplant with Yoghurt Sauce and Pinenuts for weeks. Part of the reason I made it was a visit to my favourite store in Glebe, The Galluzzo family Greengrocers. It was possibly the first store…
Lamb skewers, Zucchini Cheese Bake
When I say weeknight really I mean easy and this Weeknight Lamb skewers, Zucchini Cheese Bake is laughably easy. So much so it will take you pretty much no time at all. In fact I have even cheated a fare bit. I bought the skewers ready made. They are un-marinated, that’s a very important factor….
Green Pancakes, Bananas and Honey Lemon Syrup
Green Pancakes….. they are really good looking don’t you think?. They are quite surprising. I love the combination of bananas and lemon syrup and I bet you will too These Green Pancakes Bananas and Honey Lemon Syrup are the best surprise you can have. So just why are they a surprise? Well it’s about the…
Pumpkin Chickpea Salad with Feta Chickpea Water Mayonnaise
Pumpkin Chickpea Salad with Chickpea Water Mayonnaise, you do not want to miss! Pumpkin Chickpea Salad with Feta Chickpea Water Mayonnaise. I think I have just invented a new thing. The Dinner Salad. We will get to the chickpea water mayonnaise in a minute because you really DO NOT want to miss it. I had…
Roasted Zucchini Chips , Smoky Chilli Sour Cream
Roasted Zucchini Chips How to make Roasted Zucchini Chips , Smoky Chilli Sour Cream I love Zucchini’s. They’re so versatile. Do you have a garden where you harvest a half a ton of them in the summer?. Well this recipe will probably suit you. Zucchini’s have had some fame recently with all those zoodles being…
Soft White Polenta and Three Cheeses
Soft White Polenta and Three Cheeses with Heirloom Roasted Tomatoes It was just a forgone conclusion that I was going to make this Soft White Polenta with Three Cheeses and Roasted heirloom Tomatoes Why? Don’t make me say it….. because I had to cook it before the bugs got to it. There I said it…
Spanish Potato Chip Omelette: Miguel’s Tapas
Make a Spanish Potato Chip Omelette in 5 minutes This Spanish Potato Chip Omelette takes 5 minutes and is from a book called Miguel’s Tapas a la Maestre. It caught my eye because it’s made with Potato chips. You know crisps? I love them. That’s the quick bit, of the Spanish Potato Chip Omelette. It’s…
Roasted Cauliflower White Bean Dip.
Oh wow. Happy New Year. January is here! I hope you have been making and eating lots of delicious food with your family and friends. We had this Roasted Cauliflower White Bean Dip during the holidays and each time it disappeared very fast. I was a little unsure when I took it to the first…
Mushroom Pate amazingly useful (and tasty)
Mushroom Pate. People last week said I looked younger. I hadn’t had more sleep. No. I have been burning the midnight oil as usual, in fact I went out almost every night last week, so it wasn’t that. It wasn’t a lighter work load or a surprise gift or even a nice compliment that could…
Pumpkin, Haloumi Salad with Baby Kale
Pumpkin, Haloumi Salad with Baby Kale No matter how I try I can’t get Skater to like roast potatoes. It probably is a blessing in disguise because I can’t resist them. Just the thought of roast potatoes is enough to prompt me to turn on the oven. Instead, a piece of pumpkin fell out of…
How to make Soup from left over Vegetables
Grab those leftover vegetables from the fridge . How to make soup from left over vegetables. I made this soup with left over celery. It’s a delicious soup all by itself. It’s really very simple and this recipe could also be used to make other flavours of delicious soup with the little bits of vegetables…
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…
Roasted Pumpkin Hummus with Spiced Tuna
I know that at this time of the year the U.S goes Pumpkin mad. Pumpkin in pies, muffins, pancakes , scones , cookies and pancakes, if you didn’t love it you’d be quite sick of it by now, I would imagine. I personally can’t get enough pumpkin but we here in Australia, rarely use…
Grilled Asparagus and Lamb salad with Beetroot Chia Dressing
There are a million combinations of ingredients you can put together. That’s a recipe, and it is something that I truly marvel at. How you can use a few ingredients to create something unique each time is astounding. You may have noticed that a few new ingredients seem to be sneaking into recipes and…
Creamy Crumbed Polenta with Goat Cheese.
Creamy Crumbed Polenta with Goat Cheese. Polenta doesn’t have a huge fan base in my house. Funny enough though these little squares were gobbled up over several days by an array of teenagers who ate first and asked questions later. They were all surprised they had eaten both goat cheese and polenta and were keen…