Steamed Rice Studded Meatballs
Hands up if you love meatballs. The sea of hands is proof. Age, race and gender are no barrier to meatball love, even vegetarians enjoy plant based versions. The four … Continue reading
My Top Ten Recipes for 2015
Over the course of this past year, I wrote a new post on average six times per month. I tested a lot of recipes, and you know how it is, … Continue reading
Potted Leftover Cheese Ends
I come from a long line of cheese lovers, in fact one of my earliest food memories is tasting blue veined cheese with my paternal grandparents. They passed their passion … Continue reading
Champagne Jelly
I love a glass (or two) of bubbles and as a firm believer in the adage that life is too short to drink bad wine, my first preference is top … Continue reading
Speedy Smoked Salmon Mousse
This recipe adhere’s to the infamous KISS principle, “keep it short and sweet.” I’m pressed for time right now, preparing for Christmas and the visit of my family from down … Continue reading
Hot Smoked Salmon Salad with Lemon Salad Cream
Salmon means luxury to me, a hangover from before Tasmania’s farmed Atlantic salmon industry, when all the salmon you could buy in Australia was canned, smoked or air freighted … Continue reading
Super Smooth Rockmelon Sorbet
I was just getting into the stride of using my ice cream churn last summer when Melbourne’s weather turned foul. I have no such excuses in Brisbane, it’s been serious … Continue reading
Cucumber and Gin Soup with Avocado and Tomato
I’ve been involved in a Book Club for most of my adult life. At first it was just about friends, and if we talked about the month’s designated book then … Continue reading
The Cookbook Guru – Katie Ate Sizzling Prawns
After the frustration I experienced with the recipe for carrot cake with cointreau soaked sultanas, I thought it only fair to trial a different style of recipe from “What Katie … Continue reading
Lemon Sour Cream Cake with Blueberries
The scent and flavour of lemon is universally loved. Lemon is delicious with sugar and delicious with salt but it also has the magical ability of intensifying and enhancing dull … Continue reading
Steamed Baby Snapper with Ginger and Garlic Chives
Steaming a whole fish is a challenge. The fish is easy to buy and so are the seasonings, the hard part is finding a steamer large enough to fit the … Continue reading
Sticky Black Rice with Ginger Syrup
I always sit up and take notice when a cafe breakfast menu offers something over and above the usual eggs/bacon/pancakes and muesli choices. I’d much rather be able to choose … Continue reading
Olive and Rosemary Focaccia
I’ve been messing about with spelt flour as a wheat replacement for a couple of years. I am not coeliac, nor do I have gluten intolerance, my gut simply cannot … Continue reading
Tropical Overnight Oats
I’d much rather give up an extra hour of sleep than go without a nutritious and leisurely meal in the morning. Starting the day on the right foot demands a … Continue reading
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