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Cheese

Figs Wrapped in Bacon with herbed Goat Cheese

January 24, 2016 by Tania 22 Comments

Bacon wrapped Figs

Bacon wrapped Figs with herbed Goat Cheese are clearly a classic. This dish just seemed to happen even though it is not fig season here in this part of the world till Autumn. It just seemed to be some kind of synergy between my fridge contents and the produce department.  I love figs with salty…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Gluten Free, Lamb/Beef/Pork, RECIPES, Small Bites/ Party Food, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: appetisers with figs, bacon wrapped figs, Baked figs, cooking with figs, dinner party food, easy recipes for dinner, Figs, Goat cheese, recipes with goats cheese, roasted figs, starters

Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano has arrived

January 5, 2016 by Tania 9 Comments

Parmigiano Reggiano

The Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano oversees the group of producers making Parmesan, which includes all the cheese houses producing Parmesan Reggiano in Italy. The Consortium oversees the identifying marks applied to wheels of Parmesan and inspecting and regulating production and upholding standards of this ancient cheese. Like any amazing product there are a lot of…

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Lamb Cutlets Cheesy Panko Crust

December 3, 2015 by Tania 8 Comments

Lamb Cutlets Cheesy Panko Crust & weeknight dinners Holland is a surprising country. I know it isn’t on the list of the most romantic places or a place you might sit on the beach all day, but even if you take Amsterdam out of the picture…..it’s a pretty interesting country to visit. Those Duchies have…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Chicken and Poultry, Lamb/Beef/Pork, One pot cooking, RECIPES Tagged With: cheese, Cheesy Chicken one pot maincourse, Dutch cheese, Lamb Cutlets, lamb cutlets with Cheese Crust, Landkaas, Maincourses, One Pot dishes, semi hard cheeses, weeknight dinners

Pumpkin, Haloumi Salad with Baby Kale

October 7, 2015 by Tania 13 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Gluten Free, RECIPES, Salad, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: cheese, Dinner., Easy side dishes, Haloumi, lunch, Pumpkin, Salad, Seasonal ingredients, The best Roast Pumpkin Salad, vegetarian

Making Yoghurt at Home. I Test EasiYo

August 15, 2015 by Tania 5 Comments

Brought to you by Nuffnang and Easi Yo.  Making Yoghurt at Home. I test Easi Yo I was playing around with the thought of Making Yoghurt at Home a couple of weeks ago, when out of the blue I was offered a yoghurt maker to test. That’s a happy coincidence, wouldn’t you say?. Yoghurt is a…

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Filed Under: Cheese, RECIPES, reviews Tagged With: Easi Yo, making yoghurt, nuffnang, product talk, Yoghurt, Yoghurt Brownies, yoghurt maker, yoghurt making at home, Yoghurt Tart

Bagel French Toast with Philly and Strawberry Chia Jam

August 7, 2015 by Tania 23 Comments

No Cook Strawberry Chia Jam

Bagel French Toast Supported by PHILADELPHIA Australia There is no getting past the fact that this is possibly my favourite brunch in the world. ….at the moment anyway. Oh ….wait, I am actually lying because Skater turned down everything except the PHILLY cheese on the creamy vanilla scented soft as a pillow French toast bagel…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Brunch, Cheese, RECIPES Tagged With: 60% less fat, bagels, breakfast, breakfast bagels, brunch, easy breakfasts, healthy breakfast, Philly, Recipes, Spreadables, Strawberries, Strawberry Chia Jam

Banana Date Bagel with Bacon and Walnut Crumble

August 3, 2015 by Tania 10 Comments

Banana, Date bagel

Creamy Banana Date Bagel with Bacon and Walnut Crumble make the best Brunch or Breakfast with lashings of maple syrup. Supported by PHILADELPHIA Australia This is such a good idea I am not sure how I didn’t think of it before. Crunchy, sweet salty and good for you….should they all be in the same sentence?…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Brunch, Cheese, RECIPES Tagged With: bacon, bagels, breakfast, brunch, cheese, Cream cheese, dairy, Dates, low fat, Philadelphia cream cheese, Philly, walnuts

Breakfast, Brunch and Lunch with Philly and Bagels

July 17, 2015 by Tania 1 Comment

No Cook Strawberry Chia Jam

Breakfast, Brunch and Lunch with Philly and bagels Try this amazing breakfast. This is such a good idea I am not sure how I didn’t think of it before. Crunchy, sweet salty and good for you….should they all be in the same sentence? On this occasion yes. It’s perfectly heavenly breakfast food. In fact when…

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Filed Under: Breads, Breakfast, Brunch, Cheese, RECIPES, Sandwiches and Snacks Tagged With: breakfast, brunch, lunch, Philadelphia cream cheese, Philly, Spreadables, Strawberry Chia Jam

Atayef Pancakes Ricotta Dark Chocolate and Orange

June 30, 2015 by Tania 30 Comments

Atayef Pancakes stuffed with chocolate

Atayef Pancakes a Middle Eastern favourite Although I have never really consciously noticed that Ramadan ripples through Sydney at this time of year, this year it seems to have come to me. Over the years I have had small brushes with it through kitchen hands, that normally devour several meals during a double shift, and…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Desserts, Interesting ingredients, RECIPES Tagged With: Atayef, Atayef Pancakes, Dates, Dessert, orange syrup, Ramadan, Ramadan desserts, Ramadan in Sydney, Ricotta, Ricotta and chocolate

Taleggio, Interesting Ingredients

June 11, 2015 by Tania 7 Comments

  Taleggio, Interesting Ingredients So what is Taleggio? Love it or hate it the first thing I can tell you is that it is a very smelly cheese (think body odour, wet grass, cooked greens and even baked bread). It’s what is known as a smear ripened or washed rind cheese from the Stracchino family,…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Interesting ingredients, RECIPES Tagged With: cheese, interesting ingredients, Italian semi soft cheese, stracchino cheese, taleggio, taleggio crumble tart

Baked Ricotta Chocolate and honeyed figs

February 15, 2015 by Tania 16 Comments

Baked Ricotta Chocolate and honey figs on a stand

This recipe for baked chocolate ricotta with honeyed figs would make my Dad very happy indeed. Its really quite simple yet tastes as decadent as any dessert that may take twice as long to make.   When I was a kid we had a fig tree down the side of our house . It was…

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Filed Under: Cakes and Decorating, Cheese, Chocolate, Desserts, RECIPES Tagged With: baked ricotta, cheese, chocolate and ricotta, Chocolate Baking, desserts, Easy desserts, Figs, figs in honey, Gluten free baking, low fat baking, Recipes

Goat Cheese, Potato Croquettes. Plus other Party Food

December 29, 2014 by Tania 12 Comments

Potato Croquettes on a brown plate

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,…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Dips, RECIPES, Small Bites/ Party Food Tagged With: cheese, croquettes, dips, Goat cheese, New Year, Party food, potato croquettes, Recipes

The Perfect Cheeseplate

December 9, 2014 by Tania 9 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Interesting ingredients, RECIPES Tagged With: cheese, cooking with cheese, serving cheese, servingtips for cheese, storing cheese

Perfect Flaky Pastry and Ricotta “Slice”

November 13, 2014 by Tania 15 Comments

Flaky Pastry

This total flaky delicious rough puff pastry is easier than you think. Pair it with baked ricotta and sweet tomatoes and you have the Perfect Flaky pastry and ricotta slice. You must try this! It looks completely delicious doesn’t it? This really is a perfect flaky pastry and ricotta slice. Well it actually is as…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Pies and Tarts, RECIPES Tagged With: baking, cheese, Fiji water, fijiwater, Flaky Pastry, how to make flaky pastry, lunch, mineral water, Recipes, Ricotta slice

Roasted Carrots, Goat Cheese and Buckwheat

November 2, 2014 by Tania 23 Comments

It’s officially November and you can panic now, Chrsitmas is around the corner. In my kitchen this month, I’ve got a whole kilogram log ( 2.2lbs) of goat cheese. Amongst other things I made a lovely Roasted Baby Carrot, Tomato and Buckwheat salad with goat cheese and buttermilk, and ate it with very impressively baby Kale…

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Filed Under: Cheese, RECIPES, Salad Tagged With: Bioglan, cheese, cooking with cheese, Goat cheese, in my kitchen, November. 14, Recipes, Roasted baby carrots, Salad, summer food, vegetarian entree

Peppered d’Affinois Cheese and Cauliflower Soup

September 8, 2014 by Tania Leave a Comment

Cheese and Cauliflower Soup

This Peppered D’Affinios Cheese and Cauliflower soup is amazing. If you are actually lucky enough to have a piece of this French creamy Peppered D’Affinois cheese, you may not want to make soup out of it but I can tell you it is something you wont forget in a hurry. I had a big piece…

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Filed Under: Cheese, RECIPES, Small Bites/ Party Food, Soup Tagged With: appetisers, canapes, cheese soup, cocktail food, cooking with cheese, gourmet soup, Peppered d'Affinois, soup shots, Using leftover cheese, winter canapes

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Tania Cusack Hi, I'm Tania and this is My Kitchen Stories. I share all kinds of recipes here. Most recipes are quick and easy, just perfect for families. BUT, you could also find vegan, cakes and desserts too. Come and have a look around Read More
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