This Baked Ricotta is a keeper. It makes the easiest and most impressive entree or appetiser you can imagine and it is so simple. Baked Ricotta with Roasted Mushrooms, Tomato and Basil. So easy. I promise you will be impressed by this cheesy dish. It looks far trickier than it really is and that is…
Small Bites/ Party Food
Salted Caramel Chocolate cheesecake snack
Salted Caramel Chocolate cheesecake snack are perfect for parties. Make them in little disposable containers or tiny teacups and hand them out at the end of the party. Its like a tiny cheesecake with caramel on the bottom a chocolate cheesecake filling and some crunchy crumbs on top. I made savoury and sweet ones for…
Prawn Cakes with Curry Pea Puree
Prawn cakes with Curry Pea Puree really are easy and make a 15 minute entree or small bite for a party. Get the recipe right here… Prawn cakes with Curry Pea Puree, easier than school. It has been a long time since I was at school, but it just seems to me that things have…
Easy Ricotta Mini Pies
These Easy Ricotta mini Pies make the perfect snack or party food . They also make a great quick dinner. When I was a kid my Mother worked very hard, first as a teacher and then as a swimming teacher for the Department of Education Australia. There were 4 of us , all girls, around the…
Lamington Pops & Raspberry dipping sauce
Lamington Pops & Raspberry Dipping sauce There are a few stories about the origins of the Lamington. In Australia we believe that we “invented” the humble Lamington, but there is no record of us ever being the first country in the world to bake them. It is a classically good combination. Cake, usually a…
Fish Biscuits, a way to get over childhood trauma
Fish Biscuits I wanted a pet of my own. We had Tiger the tabby Cat, he was found by my oldest sister, Kathy down by the creek, wet and barely breathing. His residence at our place was touch and go as we didn’t have any male pets. ( Dad wasn’t counted) He was a little brain damaged and had…
Ricotta. Baked Buffalo Ricotta cheese
Baked Buffalo Ricotta. Baking ricotta turns it into a simple but truly creamy delicious way to eat cheese. It’s so easy and a cheap way to serve a warm cheesy snack. You can jump straight to the recipe. I still love ricotta and buy it all the time. I found this Buffalo Milk Ricotta. Buffalo…
Heirloom Tomato Tarts with Bacon and Goats Curd
Heirloom Tomato Tarts with Bacon and Goats Curd are for the height of tomato season. If you grow your own tomatoes you will understand what height of the season means, yep a glut. You will need lots of tomato recipes to get you through . This is a perfect lunch or entree to serve the family…
Tomato Tart Tatin with Goat Curd and Basil & Israel
Tomato Tart Tatin is a mini version of the famous tart but boy is it special. Served with Goat Curd and Basil this will know your socks off. Tomato Tart and a trip to Israel There was a time I couldn’t face another tomato. Whole days in the sun, picking on hands and knees, followed…