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Pasta Pronto. Penne with Little Italian Sausage Meatballs and a Home-made Tomato Sauce.
Meatballs are a perennial favourite in this house. Team them with pasta and a rich tomato sauce and I’m everybody’s best friend. The reality is that making meatballs from scratch can be quite time-consuming. Not exactly practical for a quick dinner … Continue reading
Posted in Pasta, Pork, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Food, Italian, Meatballs, Pasta, Sausage, Tomato
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Pure Nostalgia. Old Fashioned Slice and Bake Biscuits. Two Ways.
Slice and Bake biscuits. Pure nostalgia. A trip back to my childhood. A good old-fashioned stalwart from The Australian Women’s Weekly. Infinitely adaptable. Incredibly easy to make. Beat together butter and icing sugar. Add your choice of flavouring, nuts, chocolate … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Biscuits, Caramel, Cookies, Currant, Food, Lemon, Recipe, Shortbread, Vanilla
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Organising The Recipes On My Blog. WordPress. A Left Brain Nightmare For My Right Brain Creativity.
I began the task of organising my posts into a recipe index over a month ago. Easy peasy. Or so I thought. After all there were less than one hundred recipes to sort through. All I had to do was … Continue reading
Posted in Musings & Inspiration
Tagged Blogging, Food, Left Brain, Recipe Index, Right Brain, Wordpress
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Tuna Dip. Courtesy of How It All Started In The Kitchen.
I have been on the look out for a great tuna dip recipe for years. Our local deli makes a fabulous tuna dip I buy by the bucket load. My husband jokes we’re keeping the store in business. Earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in Seafood, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Food, Recipe, Tuna Dip
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Delving Deep Into My Kitchen Drawer. A Recipe for The World’s Oldest Cake. Linzertorte.
I have an almost empty jar of my mother’s home-made plum jam in the refrigerator. Word associations. Plum jam. Jam tart. Hazelnuts and jam. Linzertorte. A delicious tart made with a crumbly crust of flour, butter, egg yolks, and ground hazelnuts. … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Autumn, Baking, Cinnamon, Food, Hazelnut, Jam, Linzertorte, Plum, Raspberry, Slice
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Quick and Easy. An Itallian Classic. Chicken Scaloppine With Lemon and Sage.
Scaloppine. An Italian classic . Deliciously moist and tender. Thin, pounded slices of meat. Dredged in flour, sautéed and served with a wine, lemon, or tomato sauce. Traditionally prepared with chicken or veal. Although pork is often a popular substitute. Another perfect recipe … Continue reading
Posted in Poultry, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Chicken, Food, Garlic, Italian, Lemon, Sage, Scaloppine, Wine
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Autumn Flavours. Spiced Red Lentil Soup with Lemon and Fresh Herbs.
Last weekend marked the start of Autumn. Cold, dreary and wet. Perfect weather for a warming bowl of soup. This spiced lentil soup is a cooler weather favourite in our house. Lovely and fresh. Inspired by the big, bold flavours … Continue reading
Posted in Soup, Vegetables, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Autumn, Food, Gluten free, Herbs, Lemon, Lentils, Soup, Spices, Spinach, Tomato, Vegetarian
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Sunday Brunch. Hot Cross Easter Muffins. No Yeast Required.
Rocky road eggs one day. Hot cross muffins the next. Easter is definitely around the corner. This clever twist on the traditional hot cross bun came to me via my very generous friend Grace. Courtesy of Delicious magazine. Circa March … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Breakfast, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Breakfast, Buttermilk, Cranberries, Currants, Easter, Food, Hot Cross Muffins, Mixed Spice, Rum
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Minimum Effort. Maximum Effect. Store Bought Chocolate Easter Eggs Filled With Home-made Rocky Road.
The supermarkets are awash with chocolate eggs. It’s hard to believe that Easter is only a few weeks away. Every year I make rocky road for Easter. Our favourite rubble. Turkish delight, marshmallow, pistachio and shredded coconut. Smothered in dark … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Chocolate, Coconut, Easter, Easter Eggs, Food, Marshmallow, Pistachio, Rocky Road, Turkish Delight
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More Fish on Friday.Tray Baked Blue Eye Cod Wrapped in Prosciutto With Sun Dried Tomatoes and Basil.
This must be the tastiest and easiest fish dish ever. Thinly sliced prosciutto. Smeared with a sun dried tomato and basil paste. Wrapped around firm, fleshy Blue Eye Cod fillets. Roasted in a hot oven for twenty minutes. Another fabulous … Continue reading
Posted in Seafood, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baked Fish, Balsamic, Basil, Food, Gluten free, Italian, Prosciutto, Seafood, Sun-Dried Tomatoes
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