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
Herb and Fetta Filos Rolls
My potted herb garden is flourishing in the Brisbane humidity. The pots of chives and parsley I shifted from Melbourne. I cut them right back, then they were wrapped in … Continue reading
Spiced Millet Salad
Millet, a grass cereal, formed the bulk of the bird seed mix I fed my pet budgie when I was a kid. I never thought then it could be people … Continue reading
Cucumber, Peanut and Coconut Salad
Pungent mustard seed oil is little appreciated in Australia except by our large community of Indian expats, but even they may not be aware Australia has it’s own high quality … Continue reading
Main meal miso soup
I have always enjoyed delicate miso broth served with traditional Japanese restaurant meals. The delicate stock is made from just a few ingredients, but bonito flakes and kombu are essential … Continue reading
Polenta Tart – Chard, Porcini, Gruyere
Like the vast majority of Australians, my ancestors arrived by boat. They came for work prospects, for economic betterment and to secure a safe future. Curiosity about where we had … Continue reading
Curried Carrot and Cashew Nut Fritters
I’ve been helping out with the Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Scheme at my grand daughter’s school, helping the Grade 3 & 4 kids as they cook vegetable based recipes using … Continue reading
Creamy Veg Soup with Chard and Toasted Cumin
Soup with vegetables in the starring role is my favourite winter lunch. To empty the crisper draw of the week’s leftovers before I visit the Farmer’s Market, I make my … Continue reading
Pumpkin Scones: Gluten Free and Delicious
It’s school holidays again and I’ve been wracking my brain for simple baking ideas to help keep my granddaughters entertained in the kitchen. The difficult part is that the youngest … Continue reading
Miso Roasted Cauliflower
Meat and three veg was the norm for dinner when I was a kid, meat cooked well done and vegetables boiled for half an hour. Potatoes and carrots could withstand … Continue reading
Crunchy Polenta, Caponata, Poached Egg
Having a retiree in the house is a challenge at lunch time. There are only so many cheese toasties a man will eat, so when preparing dinner I try to … Continue reading
Zucchini Butter
If I had to name one vegetable I couldn’t live without, it would be zucchini. It’s lucky to earn that honour because my real favourite, tomato, is a fruit. Zucchini … Continue reading
Date, Orange and Bitter Leaf Salad
My third post for The Cookbook Guru, inspired by Paula Wolfert’s “The Food of Morocco” is Orange, Leafy Green and Date Salad. I loved the idea of this salad the … Continue reading
Cajun Spiced Roasted Vegetable Salad
news flash, news, flash, news flash, news flash, news flash, news flash, news, flash, news flash, news I ENTERED THIS RECIPE IN THE RECIPE WRITING COMPETITION AT EAT DRINK BLOG, … Continue reading
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