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Making Ricotta at home. It’s easier than you think!

August 21, 2023 by Tania 1 Comment

Making-Ricotta-at-home.-Its-easy

Making Ricotta at home is easy. Ricotta is not tricky to make and what a buzz it is to make your own cheese! After that, I have so many recipes you can use that creamy goodness in. So why make your own ricotta? Well, a few reasons. I’m going to give you two good ones….

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Filed Under: Cheese, Gluten Free, Recipe Basics, RECIPES Tagged With: cooking with cheese, easy cheeses to make at home, homemade cheese, making cheese at home, Ricotta, ricotta at home

Chicken Cheese Casserole in One Pot

June 12, 2018 by Tania 8 Comments

Cheese Chicken Casserole made in one pot

This one pot Chicken Cheese casserole will be as popular in your house as it was in mine. It uses a classic Dutch cheese. Holland and Cheese go hand in hand. Did you realise that?  It’s part of the image and symbolism of the Dutch (don’t mention windmills and clogs), happy cows, milk and cheese.I…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Chicken and Poultry, One Pot Chicken Dishes, One pot cooking, RECIPES Tagged With: cheese sauce, Chicken and cheese, chicken cooking, cooking in a pot, cooking with cheese, Dinner., Frico cheese, Landkaas, melted cheese, One pot cooking, Quick dinners

Cauliflower Cheese with Thyme and a side of Grocer

April 15, 2018 by Tania 11 Comments

Cauliflower Cheese with Thyme in a white baking dish

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….

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Filed Under: RECIPES, Side dishes, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: baked Cauliflower, baked vegetables, Cauliflower, Cauliflower Cheese, cooking with cheese, Dinner., Kareela Grocer, side dishes, vegetarian dishes

Pizza Meatball Dip. Simple, Amazing

March 14, 2017 by Tania 16 Comments

Pizza ball dip

I have got something special for you here. I mean really, who wouldn’t want a Pizza Meatball Dip? Cheesy hot pizza tasting meat balls will have you wondering why you never thought of this before. Better still it’s easy. I wanted to make you something really easy to make when you have a few people…

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Filed Under: Dips, One pot cooking, RECIPES, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: 15 minute cooking, cheese, cheese meatball dip, cooking with cheese, cooking with pork, dip, Easy food, family food, family recipes, football food, meatball, meatballs, One pot meals, Pizza, video recipes

Pizza Meatball Dip. Simple. Amazing

March 10, 2017 by Tania Leave a Comment

Pizza Meatball Dip

I have got something special for you here. I mean really, who wouldn’t want a Pizza Meatball Dip? Cheesy hot pizza tasting meat balls will have you wondering why you never thought of this before. Better still it’s easy. I wanted to make you something really easy to make when you have a few people…

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Filed Under: Dips, One pot cooking Tagged With: 15 minute cooking, cheese meatball dip, cooking with cheese, cooking with pork, dip, Easy food, family food, family recipes, football food, meatballs, One pot meals, Pizza, video recipes

Parmesan Cabbage Salad with Pinenuts and Basil

May 29, 2016 by Tania 8 Comments

Parmesan Cabbage Salad

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….

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Salad, Side dishes Tagged With: Cabbage, cooking with cheese, easy salad, main course salad, Parmesan in salad, Recipes, side dishes. easy side salads, side salad

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

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

Green Beans Parmesan and Pumpkin Seeds

April 23, 2014 by Tania 11 Comments

Green Beans Parmesan

How to make Green Beans Parmesan Cream and Pumpkin Seeds Incredible that something so simple can be so tasty, but it is. This is at it’s best made with new season beans. The crunchiest sweetest ones. When you find these then this is the time to whip this up.   OK, you don’t need to…

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Filed Under: Cheese, RECIPES, Salad, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: beans, cooking with cheese, green bean side dish, Parmesan, parmesan cream, pumpkin seeds, vegetarian, vegetarian side dishes

Brie. Baked Brie, Mustard fruits and Walnuts

December 1, 2013 by Tania 21 Comments

There are few things as delicious as baked cheese. This baked brie is also wrapped in Puff pastry and stuffed with spicy mustard fruits. It makes a great nibbles for when you have people over. It’s runny creamy and crispy all at once. This December I have some interesting goodies. This is a stash of…

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Filed Under: Cheese, RECIPES, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: baked brie, baked cheese, brie, cooking with cheese, easy nibbles, eating with friends, food for dinner, how to bake cheese, share food, starters

Parmesan Chicken Balls & Green Sauce. How to disguise a vegetable

October 4, 2013 by Tania 23 Comments

Chicken spinach and parmesan balls

Parmesan Chicken Balls & Green Sauce is how I sell this fun green dish to those that have no commitment to vegetables. It’s a bit like Green Eggs and Ham, only better. It’s How to disguise a vegetable. You really should eat some vegetables or fruit today Skater (now wanting to be known as Jay-…

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Filed Under: Chicken and Poultry, One pot cooking, RECIPES Tagged With: cooking with cheese, cooking with chicken mince, easy chicken dishes, food containing hidden vegetables, green sauce, how to disguise a vegetable, Main meals, Maincourses, parmesan balls, parmesan meatballs, Recipes

Ricotta. Baked Ricotta, Roasted Mushrooms, Tomato and Basil

September 11, 2012 by Tania 23 Comments

Mushrooms ricotta and filo on a green tray

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…

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Filed Under: Brunch, Cheese, Cooking with Mushrooms, Pies and Tarts, RECIPES, Small Bites/ Party Food, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: baked cheese, baked ricotta, cheese, cooking with cheese, cooking with mushrooms, easy appetisers, Easy dinners, Party food, starters, vegetarian, vegetarian dishes

Baked Clarines with wine and herbs

July 25, 2011 by Tania 5 Comments

Baked Clarines

I am a Law abiding citizen for the most part. I have only been behind bars twice, but the second time is another story…. The first time was when I lived in Amsterdam . Going out to exciting nightspots was part of the job, and it would have been criminal not to indulge. Working for a…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Dips, RECIPES Tagged With: Australia on a Plate, Baked Clarines, canapes, cooking with cheese, Doint waste food, Entres, Recipes with cheese, Will Studd

Creamy Blue Cheese Tart, Quince and Walnuts

May 31, 2011 by Tania 2 Comments

Creamy Blue Cheese Tart, Quince and Walnuts 1

This deep dish Blue Cheese Tart is made with a soft creamy blue and lots of Quince past. I can tell you now that people go wild for this combination. So you should probably make it What type of Cheese to use for a creamy Blue Cheese Tart This creamy Blue Cheese Tart with Quince…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Pies and Tarts, RECIPES, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: blue cheese tart, cooking with cheese, d'Affinios bleu, french blue cheese, how to make pastry, how to use up cheese in recipes, Pressure test, quince recipes, walnut recipes, walnuts

Heirloom Tomato Tarts with Bacon and Goats Curd

May 24, 2011 by Tania 2 Comments

Tomato Tarts with heirloom Tomatoes

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…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Pies and Tarts, RECIPES, Small Bites/ Party Food Tagged With: Baking tomato Tarts, cooking with cheese, Cooking with Tomatoes, Goat Curd, Heirloom Tomato Tarts, making savoury pastry, starters, Tomato Tarts, whats goats curd

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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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