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Sunday Night Dinner. Paella With Chicken and Chorizo.
We eat paella often in our house. Sometimes with seafood. At other times without. Always with chorizo. It’s a wonderfully communal dish to cook and eat. Spicy. Full of flavour. Easy to prepare. I must confess this weekend I ran … Continue reading
Eating Seasonally. Seared Snapper with Provençal Sauce.
Late season harvest tomatoes are at their peak at this time of year. Cheap and plentiful. Sweet. Juicy. Full of flavour. I picked up punnets of perfectly ripe cherry tomatoes at the market this morning. I love to eat seasonally … Continue reading
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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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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Simple and Delicious. Chorizo, Capsicum and Tomato Pasta. Dressed with Lemon and Coriander.
This is what I cook when I don’t know what to cook. A simple and delicious fall back option. Another firm, family favourite. It incorporates the holy trinty of spicy chorizo, capsicum and chillies simmered in a tomato sauce. I … Continue reading
What’s for Breakfast? Sweetcorn Fritters With Roast Tomato.
This time when we returned from Canberra the boot of our car was filled with plums, tomatoes, sweetcorn, spinach, sweet basil, capsicum, cucumbers and zucchini. All freshly picked from my father’s garden. And two enormous bunches of hydrangea in hues … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Vegetables, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Breakfast, Coriander, Corn, Food, Parsley, Rocket, Spring Onions, Tomato, Vegetarian
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Roast Capsicum with Grape Tomatoes and Pangrattato
In keeping with my quest to embrace a new, healthier me in what remains of the lead up to Christmas here’s a very festive, Mediterranean inspired roasted capsicum dish. Using seasonal vegetables its absolutely delicious. Big, bold Mediterranean flavours with … Continue reading
Posted in Vegetables, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Basil, Capsicum, Chilli, Food, Garlic, Herbs, Lemon, Pangrattato, Pine Nuts, Tomato
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Russell’s Little Secret. Stone Pizza. With Ham, Sopressa, Capsicum, Confit Garlic, Basil and Mozzarella
Here is a pizza that I rustled up last night. Home-made pizza dough. Baked on a pizza stone. With ham, sopressa capsicum, confit garlic, basil and mozzarella. A tribute to the very resourceful Russell. Excuse the pun. Here is Russell’s beautiful wood-fired pizza … Continue reading
Posted in Pizza, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Basil, Food, Garlic, Ham, Italian, Mozzarella, Pizza, Recipe, Salami, Sopressa, Tomato
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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
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
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