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Fish on Fridays. Pan-Fried Flathead Fillets By The Plateful. Simply Dressed With Lemon and Parsley.
The first Friday in Lent. The perfect opportunity to eat fish for dinner. And I intend to proffer up a fish dish for dinner every Friday in the lead up to Easter. Personally I love fish. As does my family. … Continue reading
A Buon Ricordo Favourite. Baked Figs Wrapped in Prosciutto With a Gorgonzola Cream Sauce.
Today at the local grocer’s I picked up some beautiful early season figs. As a nod to Valentine’s Day I knew exactly what would be on the menu tonight. One of my all time favourite dishes. Baked figs wrapped in … Continue reading
Posted in Cheese, Fruit, Musings & Inspiration, Pork, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Cheese, Figs, Food, Gluten free, Gorgonzola, Italian, Proscuitto, Starter, Summer
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A Pasta Bake By Any Other Name. Pasticcio di Pasta Al Forno.
Pasticcio di Pasta Al Forno. Literal translation? From the Italian. Oven baked pasta pie. Known quite simply and affectionately as pasta bake in our house. There are many different variations of this delicious dish. Ingredients vary wildly depending upon regional … Continue reading
A Summer BBQ. Grilled Chicken Skewers with an Asian Inspired Marinade.
In my mind a summer BBQ is synonymous with easy and relaxed entertaining. I can’t think of an easier way to feed a crowd than grilled chicken skewers. The secret to a tender, juicy, succulent chicken skewer? Use thigh fillets … Continue reading
Mini Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cakes. With Lemon Drizzle Icing.
I love the way that old favourites can sometimes be reinvented with a little tweaking to become something new and fabulous. For decades I have been baking Poppy Seed and Pound Cake Muffins for Sunday brunch. They are fast and … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Brunch, Cake, Food, Icing, Lemon, Muffins, Poppy Seed, Pound Cake
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A Rather Arduous Task Has Begun. My Favourite Recipes. An Index for My Blog.
I’m in the process of indexing all the recipes in my posts. A task that is just a little more time consuming than I first thought. Hopefully when its done it will provide a useful reference for my site. I constantly find … Continue reading
Simply Scrumptious. Savoury Crêpes. Buckwheat Galettes With Ham, Gruyere and Brie.
I adore crêpes. The French version. Lacy and paper-thin. Next Tuesday we celebrate Shrove Tuesday. The last day before Lent. Pancake day in our house. Traditionally Lent is a time of abstinence and giving things up. In days gone by Shrove Tuesday was … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Cheese, Eggs, Small Bites, To Serve with Drinks, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Cheese, Crepes, Food, Galettes, Gluten free, Ham, Pancakes, Savoury, Shrove Tuesday
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Sustaining the Troops. Good Old Fashioned ANZAC Biscuits.
Here in Australia there is nothing more traditional than a good, old-fashioned ANZAC biscuit. Baked by wives and mothers during World War I, they were packed in food parcels and sent to Australian and New Zealand soldiers in the trenches. The … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Musings & Inspiration, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Australia, Baking, Biscuits, Coconut, Golden Syrup, Oats
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Easy. Healthy. Light. Wok-Seared Chinese Style Fried Rice.
Monday night dinner is always a simple affair. On Sunday night my son cooked a Thai Green Chicken Curry. There was a veritable mountain of leftover steamed rice. Perfect excuse for fried rice. Wok-seared with ginger, chilli and garlic. Egg, … Continue reading
Posted in Rice, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Chinese, Food, Fried Rice, Gluten free, Healthy, Recipe, Rice, Wok
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C’est Magnifique! Isabelle’s Flourless Chocolate Hazelnut Brownie.
Chocolate and hazelnuts. A true marriage made in heaven. This weekend my husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. Co-incidentally one of my very loyal blog readers Isabelle very generously provided me with her favourite French chocolate brownie recipe. After … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Brownies, Chocolate, Dessert, Food, Gluten free, Hazelnut, Recipe
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