This salad is roasted and toasted and is ever so interesting in flavour and texture. Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Baby Carrot, and Olive salad, crunched up with pistachios, and touched with honey and preserved lemon. It’s exceptional. Roasting Vegetables for Salad I love roasting vegetables to make a salad. The roasting brings out the sweetness and…
Side dishes
Grilled Zucchini, Haloumi, Sweet Pea salad with Mint Dijon and Lemon
This special salad is worthy of an occasion. Grilled Zucchini, halloumi, sweet little peas make best friends. It is partly BBQ’d with all of the flavours of mint lemon and dijon it’s fresh and summery Make a salad that is not boring this Christmas This salad has all the greens plus a zingy delicious salad…
Tofu in Singapore chilli sauce
This is my extra special Tofu in Singapore chilli sauce. Singapore chilli sauce is usually served with crab. The sauce is deep red in colour and it’s bright, sweet, salty and umami all at once. It could be the most perfect sauce for Tofu ever. The Singapore Chilli Sauce legend I’ve called it Singapore chilli…
Eggplant, Braised Sweet and Sour Eggplant
If you think eggplant is boring, you haven’t tried Braised Sweet and Sour Eggplant, and you are going to change your mind! This soft flavour packed eggplant is completely addictive both on its own or as a side dish. Nobody can get enough of this!! Eggplant can be boring but you haven’t tried this one…
Corn whipped with Gruyere and Basil
This creamy corn whipped with gruyere is addictive. It makes a great side dish with any kind of meat or vegetable….or you could just eat a whole bowl like I do (: Corn can be whipped into a creamy side dish I am telling you now this will become a favourite. I discovered it completely…
Cauliflower Cheese with Thyme and a side of Grocer
I am pretty sure every one is going to love this Cauliflower Cheese with Thyme. I am not going to make a cheese sauce for this, well not your standard one anyway. I used to whip up a cheese sauce and steam those cauliflowers before baking the whole lot in the oven but not this time….
Tomato Bocconcini Salad with delicious crunchy bits
This is the easiest salad. Tomato Bocconcini Salad is a classic but add crunchy croutons, nuts and seeds and you’ve got a salad everyone will love. Making Tomato Bocconcini Salad with extra cunch Funny enough this salad began with left over bread. I had a family lunch and I bought a few continental rolls at…
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…
Asparagus, Tomato, Parmesan Salad, Sage Crumbs
I totally love this fresh crunchy salad. What on earth could be better than Asparagus Tomato and Parmesan Salad with Sage Crumbs Cheese in salads is one of my favourite things. One of the cheeses I use a lot in salads is parmesan because even the fussy people tend to like Parmesan. What’s really funny though…
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….
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…
Parmesan Cabbage Salad with Pinenuts and Basil
Parmesan Cabbage Salad with Pinenuts and Basil This is easy but it tastes like a million dollars. I made this Parmesan Cabbage Salad with Pine nuts and Basil because I had a similar one in a restaurant and it cost $22. I liked it then and I love it now. It is the perfect salad….
Parmesan Chicken with Pesto Noodles
Quick Parmesan Chicken with Pesto Noodles Quick and Easy Noodles that take minutes and pack a punch It is no less busy around here this week and I have had to resort to making the quickest diners possible. This one has both the crumbed and fried element that somebody in my house loves along with…
Smoked Ocean Trout, Beetroot Hummus and Lemon Kale Salad
Smoked Ocean Trout loves this beetroot hummus and lemon kale and so will you. This is a great recipe that makes a simple starter Do you have a little book of restaurants and cafes you’d love to visit in your city or in other cities too? I do. I look at the pictures and read…
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…