Barramundi Baked in Paper Parcels
This blog is based on passing recipes from one generation to the next. You’d expect that it would be me, the Nana, teaching the young grand daughters kitchen basics, but … Continue reading
Pad Thai
The taste of Thai food is characterised by hot, sweet, salty, and sour flavours. In the correct proportions they make your palate dance. An hour ago I ate this Pad … Continue reading
Smoked Trout and Zucchini Filled Tomato Roulade
Our long hot dry summer is dragging on. We’ve had weeks on end of days peaking at 35C and nights failing to drop below 22C. There is no relief in … Continue reading
Salade Nicoise
As the weather heats up my mind turns to light, lazy meals based on fresh veg. Meals that require little cooking, so the cook (me) doesn’t get hot and bad … Continue reading
Gravlax
A traditional Scandanavian method of preserving fresh salmon, thin, luxurious, silky slices of gravlax make a glamorous starter, or an hors d’ouevre topping alternative to smoked salmon. There are many … Continue reading
Linguine with Seafood Sauce
The quality of the marinara seafood mix from Melbourne’s fishmongers is currently outstanding. Yesterday, for a trifling few dollars, I brought home a half kilo container with fresh scallops, … Continue reading
Paella: prawns, peppers and paprika
One night last week we played TV catch up. Rick Stein’s journey around Spain sent us into an Andalucian reverie, which naturally led to us reminiscing about the food we … Continue reading
Thai Style Coconut Fish Curry
I don’t have a lot of experience cooking Thai food, and, having never travelled to Thailand, my eating experience is limited to a selection of Melbourne’s many Thai restauarant. I … Continue reading
KEDGEREE
Kedgeree satisfies both my love of curry, and rice. Some sources say this dish was created in India during the time of the British Raj, combining the idea of eggs … Continue reading
TUNA and MUSHROOM PASTA SAUCE
This is a great sauce for when you are short on time. It can be prepared in the time it takes to bring boil a pot of water and cook … Continue reading
SIMPLE SUSHI FOR A CROWD
Who doesn’t love sushi? Fresh,clean flavours, healthy ingredients, simple to prepare. Simple? Sushi? I hear you scoff! Well I have it on good authority that in Japan when sharing sushi … Continue reading
FISH CURRY with PEAS
1 teaspoon fennel seed 1 teaspoon brown mustard seeds 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1/2 teaspoon crushed dried red chilli 1 teaspoon turmeric 2 teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon … Continue reading
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