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Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Pecans
A plate of freshly baked cookies just out of the oven with a glass of milk. Like a warm hug from mum as my daughters like to say. It’s a very popular after school treat in our house. There are … Continue reading
My Pantry Staple. Confit Garlic with Herbs, Chilli and Peppercorns.
It’s no secret that I love garlic. The problem is my husband dislikes it. Intensely. A while ago I decided to have a deep and meaningful discussion with him about this garlic aversion. I have spent years sneaking garlic into … Continue reading
Posted in Pizza, Vegetables, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Bay, Chill, Confit, Food, Garlic, Herbs, Italian, Oil, Peppercorn, Recipe
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Pasta Genovese with Asparagus, Snow Peas and Kipfler Potatoes
Pasta again for dinner tonight. This time its Genovese style with Pesto, Asparagus and Kipfler Potato. My daughter has a swim meet this weekend and she’s carbohydrate loading. Only joking. About the carb loading that is. If the truth be … Continue reading
Posted in Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Asparagus, Basil, Food, Garlic, Herbs, Italian, Parmesan, Pasta, Pecorino, Pesto, Pine Nuts, Potato, Recipe, Snow peas, Spring, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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The Secret Behind a Great Bolognese. It’s All About the Soffritto.
Pasta with Bolognese. Possibly the most popular home cooked meal in Australia. For such a simple dish it comes in many guises from the good to the bad and the downright ugly. I’m no expert on Bolognese sauce but I … Continue reading
Chocolate Caramel Slice. My Way.
I make this all the time. Its rich, sinful and delicious and everyone’s favourite. Every Monday morning my son takes something home-baked with him to the dorms at school. More often than not the request is for caramel slice. This … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Caramel, Chocolate, Coconut, Food, Golden Syrup, Recipe, Slice, Sweet
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Afternoon Tea Time Treat. Vanilla Buttermilk Cake with Apples and Raspberries
When my daughter was about eight or nine years old her Christmas gift to me was a notebook with Mum’s Recipes copied in her best handwriting in red ink (to match the red scooter on the cover) and a pen. … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Apple, Baking, Buttermilk, Cake, Food, Raspberry, Recipe, Vanilla
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Crab, Chilli, Garlic and Tomato Tagliatelle with Rocket and Lemon
I stopped by the fishmonger this morning intending to buy some fresh flathead fillets for dinner and froze dead in my tracks. Flathead fillets were $52.99 a kilo! I was stunned. In my mind flathead, delicious as it is, certainly isn’t a delicacy and shouldn’t be … Continue reading
Midweek Roast. Chicken and Potatoes with Chilli, Garlic and Lemon.
There are some days where any one would be excused for thinking that I moonlight as a professional chauffeur. I spend hours from late afternoon to early evening ferrying girls from one after school activity to another. I am just … Continue reading
Posted in Poultry, Vegetables, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Chicken, Chilli, Dinner, Food, Garlic, Lemon, Potato, Recipe, Roast, Vegetables
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Luscious and Light. Strawberry Cloud Cake with Raspberries
This dreamy cake comes to me from across the ditch; that’s New Zealand for any non Australian readers, via my Auntie Alex in Melbourne. She has been making Strawberry Cloud Cake for years. It’s an Annabel Langbein recipe from her … Continue reading
Posted in Frozen, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Cake, Dessert, Eggs, Food, Lemon, Raspberry, Recipe, Strawberry, Vanilla
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Fast and Delicious: Pea and Rocket Soup
This is my go to dish when I am tired, stressed or have simply over-indulged, as was the case this weekend. Its fast and easy to whip up, and so delicious. Who would have thought that a humble bag of … Continue reading
Posted in Soup, Vegetables, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Food, Parmesan, Pea, Recipe, Rocket, Soup, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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