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Dainty and Delicious. Old Fashioned Pinwheel and Finger Sandwiches With a Classic Chicken Mayonnaise Filling.
When was the last time you had a good old-fashioned chicken sandwich? Those dainty tea sandwich offerings associated with high tea and bring a plate gatherings. Poached chicken combined with herbs and home-made mayonnaise. A little celery for crunch. Crustless. … Continue reading
Posted in Poultry, Small Bites, To Serve with Drinks, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Celery, Chicken, Finger Food, Food, Mayonnaise, Parsley, Sandwiches, Spring Onions
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Sunday Brunch. Sticky Date and Banana Loaf.
Another wet and miserable Sunday. After having spent the best part of Saturday outdoors watching rugby, I drew the short straw and spent a full day from 8am to 6pm warming my usual seat at the aquatic centre watching my … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Banana, Breakfast, Brunch, Date, Food, Loaf, Morning Tea
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A Pasta Bake. With a Difference. Roast Pumpkin and Ricotta Rotolo with a Sage Burnt Butter Sauce.
I had started the day thinking I would make ravioli filled with roast pumpkin and ricotta. Somehow my day began to back up on itself and before long it was mid-afternoon. The pumpkin was roasted but I hadn’t even started … Continue reading
Posted in About Me, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Autumn, Butter, Food, Italian, Nutmeg, Pasta, Pasta Bake, Pumpkin, Ricotta, Sage
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The 5-2 Challenge. The Perfect Steak. Seared Beef Eye Fillet With Caponata.
With each passing fast day I find I am acquiring an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of the calorie value of the food I like to eat. If the truth be known I find calorie counting incredibly tiresome and dreary. Unfortunately, it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, Beef, Caponata, Capsicum, Eggplant, Fasting Diet, Fillet Steak, Food, Intermittent Fasting, Tomato
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Warm Sticky Date, Apple and Walnut Pudding With Caramel Sauce.
Sticky Date Pudding. A classic winter dessert. Comfort food my family loves to turn to when the weather is miserable and we are cocooned at home. Grated apple added to the batter adds another layer of lusciousness to this well-loved … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Apple, Baking, Caramel, Dates, Dessert, Food, Pudding, Walnut
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The 5-2 Challenge. A Fast Day Calorie Counting Conundrum. Pea and Ham Soup.
One of my favourite meals when the weather turns cold is soup. Warm, nourishing, stick to your ribs comfort food. Top of the list? Pea and ham soup. Everyone else must have had the same idea today. I ventured out … Continue reading
Posted in Pork, Soup, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, Bacon Bones, Fasting Diet, Food, Gluten free, Intermittent Fasting, Pea, Pea and Ham, Proscuitto
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Sunday Night Tray Bake. Roasted Chipolata Sausages With Potatoes, Fennel and Cherry Tomatoes
Sunday night tray bake. Family food. After the sudden onset of chilly weather and a busy weekend of sport, sport and more sport it fits the bill perfectly. Warm and filling. Quick and easy to prepare. Another dish that looks after … Continue reading
Weekend Brunch. A Spanish Treat. Churros With Hot Chocolate
I well remember my first taste of churros. Cafe Hernandez in Potts Point. Circa 1985. Open around the clock. A late night and early morning haunt. Famous for hot chocolate and churros. A Sydney institution that has withstood the test … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Small Bites, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Brunch, Chocolate, Choux, Churros, Food, Spanish, Winter
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The 5-2 Challenge. Something Warming. Oven Roasted Capsicums With A Spicy Cherry Tomato, Chickpea And Couscous Stuffing.
Today was unrelentlessly cold, wet and rainy. The perfect excuse for a skim milk cappuccino to brighten an otherwise dreary day. I know I have supposedly sworn off cappuccinos on fast days but this cup was planned for and incorporated … Continue reading
Posted in Vegetables, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, Capsicum, Chickpeas, Couscous, Fasting Diet, Food, Harissa, Intermittent Fasting, Tomato
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Bring a Plate. Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. Freshly Baked Scones With Jam and Cream
Tomorrow Thursday May 23rd is the official date for this year’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. For 20 years the Cancer Council has used this initiative to raise much needed funds for cancer research. The idea is simple but effective. Cancer is … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Cream, Food, Jam, Morning Tea, Scones
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