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sharing recipes from one generation to the next

Parmagiana di Melanzane

This is a delicious robust rustic Italian dish which really doesn’t really require a recipe. Just so long as you have the basics; grilled or fried eggplant slices, well seasoned … Continue reading

May 29, 2013 · 20 Comments

WALNUT APPLE CAKE

Travelling in Ireland in 2011 with Leah was a wonderful experience. My husband/her father has Irish heritage. He seemed so at home sitting in the pub nursing a pint of … Continue reading

May 27, 2013 · 10 Comments

Carrot and Ginger Soup

Carrots are incredibly cheap in the market. Juicing carrots may have a few small imperfections in their natural beauty but the flavour is just as sweet as their perfectly formed … Continue reading

May 25, 2013 · 6 Comments

Sweet Corn Fritters

My grand daughters love it when I make sweet corn fritters for them for lunch. It’s smiles all round, wholesome healthy food eaten with gusto, happy eaters, happy cook These … Continue reading

May 23, 2013 · 17 Comments

Lasagne Bolognese

Being forced to eradicate wheat from my diet has created the challenge to find a brand of gluten free pasta that satisfies my discerning palate. I expect gluten free pasta … Continue reading

May 21, 2013 · 23 Comments

Pickled Sweet Red Peppers

“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.” Lucky Peter, I have to make my own! But really I don’t mind, because pickled sweet red peppers are delicious. They can … Continue reading

May 19, 2013 · 7 Comments

Risotto with Chicken and Lime

The eighties, nineties and noughties was a time of great change in the average Aussie kitchen. Evening family meals morphed from meat and potato plus two veg, a legacy of … Continue reading

May 17, 2013 · 13 Comments

Braised Lamb Shanks with Rosemary, Lemon and Garlic

I’m rarely succeed in snaring a bargain at the butcher’s shop, but recently in desperate need of coffee beans I raced into our local fresh food market on a Sunday … Continue reading

May 15, 2013 · 22 Comments

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

May 12, 2013 · 14 Comments

Cumquat Marmalade with Liqueur

I have a small cumquat tree in a pot. I’m not much of a green thumb so it’s testament to the hardiness of the cumquat that it has survived twenty … Continue reading

May 9, 2013 · 11 Comments

FEELGOOD MUESLI

I don’t care for breakfast cereal in any way, shape or form, probably a hangover from childhood when “tasteless but good for you” products were new to the market . … Continue reading

May 7, 2013 · 10 Comments

Gluten Free Citrus Marmalade Cake

Marmalade seems to be consumed at a very slow pace in our house. Leah brought us an enormous jar of her delicious homemade lime marmalade when she visited at Christmastime … Continue reading

May 4, 2013 · 15 Comments

Chilli Chicken with Peanuts

I feel blessed to live in a city with a large Asian population. Information gathered at the last census reveals that around 6.5% of Melbourne’s population is of Chinese descent. … Continue reading

May 2, 2013 · 11 Comments

Roasted Swiss Brown Mushroom

I remember my Dad collecting baskets full of large field mushrooms in the late autumn after heavy rain, from the cow paddocks of a friend’s farm. Dad would simply clean … Continue reading

April 30, 2013 · 10 Comments