I posted a photo of my dinner tonight on Instagram and facebook and loads of people asked for the recipe, so here it is! Roasted Vegetable Fritatta 2 small brown onions, finely sliced 1 red capsicum, finely sliced 1 large sweet potato, diced 1 cup of baby spinach leaves 1 cup of cooked peas 5 […]
I have been using my blog as a recipe book lately, its easier to open it on the ipad and prop it up on my cookbook stand in the kitchen. I am off to bake this now, I made the custard yesterday, will update with photos later! Raspberry and custard tea cake INGREDIENTS 250g soft […]
Just popping in to post my meal plan for the week and to update you, I did run the 9km bridge run yesterday and my body held up well, check in tomorrow for some photos and a full update! Monday: bacon and broccoli pasta bake Tuesday: beef pho (recipe below) I will attempt to get […]
Sugar cookies Ingredients: 3 1/4 cups self raising flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 1/2 cups caster sugar 150 grams butter 2 eggs 2 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Instructions: Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well inbetween.. […]
Yesterday’s proud Mum post was my 1000th on my blog! Amazing! Who would have thought I could write 1000 updates about stuff, my stuff. All about me and my stuff! Hah! This is a blog post about food. I am consumed with food at the moment, cooking it, planning the cooking of it, working out […]
The timetable has been announced for the Gourmet Garden Blog Off/Cook Off second round. The Melbourne bloggers kick it off this weekend and I will be eagerly following their adventures on twitter and their blogs. I still have a few weeks to stew over my ideas for my own cook off. I debated whether I […]
Amazingly I managed to make it through to the next round of the Gourmet Garden Blog off/Cook off! What this means is that on Sunday 24th June I get to cook off against another blogger, live at the Sydney Good Food and Wine Show on “The Chopping Block” stand and my recipe and food will be judged […]
Sweet & sticky pork with rice 2cm piece grated ginger 2tbs kecap manis 1 tbs soy sauce 1 tbs brown sugar 1 teaspoon Gourmet Garlic Chunky garlic Paste 1 teaspoon Gourmet Garlic Hot chilli Paste 2 tbs oil 500g pork tossed in flour 6 spring onions, finely sliced asian greens & jasmine rice Combine grated […]
Spicy Thai style Butternut and coconut soup. 1 large butternut pumpkin skinned and chopped into chunks 1 tin of coconut milk 2 cups of chicken stock 2 medium onions 3 tablespoons Gourmet Garden Thai paste 1/2 teaspoon Gourmet Garden chunky garlic paste 1/2 teaspoon Gourmet Garden Hot chilli pasta the juice of a lime 1 […]
Chicken Livers – Figados de Galinha 500 Grams Chicken Livers 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil 2 Tablespoons Butter 1 Large Onion Chopped 1/2 teaspoon Gourmet Garden Chunky Garlic Paste 1 teaspoon Gourmet Garden Hot Chilli Paste 1 Pinch Cumin 1 Teaspoon Salt 1Â Pinch Pepper 2 Teaspoons Paprika 1 Whole Bay Leaf 8 Tablespoons White Wine To […]
Meatballs in gravy with mash Ingredients: Meatballs 1 kg minced beef 1 medium grated onion 2 eggs 1 tablespoon oil ¼ cup breadcrumbs 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1/3 teaspoon Gourmet Garden basil paste 1/3 teaspoon Gourmet Garden thyme paste 1/3 teaspoon Gourmet Garden chunky garlic paste Ingredients: Gravy 1 small grated onion 1/3 teaspoon Gourmet […]
If I wasn’t busy enough with moving house and unpacking and consulting with builders and dealing with holes in our downstairs ceiling, I decided on a whim to participate in a blogging cooking competition! Yes, I know, my kitchen is a disgusting pit of neglect with no cupboard doors, a massive water leak underneath the […]
 My Mum has requested a few recipes that we made together while she was over here a few weeks ago. Its good to have some filler blog posts while I get my head straight. I am feeling MUCH happier today thank you!Last week I had the girls over for a lingerie party. I know, I […]
I cant post tonight because I was out late night shopping and eating delicious Thai food with two special friends and I ran out of time! I love it when my real life gets in the way of my online life, instead of the other way around!
Now that the weather is warming up, I need to bust out the summer food menu so I can get meal planning again. Meals since Mum and Dad and my sister and her boyfriend left have been haphazard to say the least. Last night Ron ate a left over chicken kiev with a bowl of […]
This Winter I made another few batches of my marvellous orange marmalade and I took lots of photographs of the finished product because I was so proud! We totally raided the next door tree and Ron managed to collect over 100 oranges over the period of two weeks when the house was vacated by the […]
I have had a frugal few weeks thanks to a clever meal plan and a great grocery shop where I spent $175 on mostly fruit and veg which managed to last us ten days! The meals I made during that time included: chicken and veg rice paper rolls with dipping sauce, chicken stirfry, various salads […]
Things my children have eaten today in no particular order: a raw crumpet a bowl of nutrigrain with milk a whole mango a banana a bowl of yogurt a packet of instant noodles a whole punnet of strawberries half a bag of bacon cheese ball (crisp/chip type things) two strawberry milks a piece of cheese […]
A week or so ago I left a comment on one of my must-read blogs A Cajun Down Under. I love Christy’s blog and have followed her recent adventures back home to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and salivated over her diary of some of the food she enjoyed, aptly titled Cajun P0rn! My comment was a […]
This week I have been a domestic goddess. I woke up on Monday morning after a Sunday afternoon adventure (blog post about that coming tomorrow… stay tuned, its a goodie!) and I decided that I need to cut out the crap from my diet. I have been at bootcamp since the beginning of the year […]
Before my birthday we went down to stay with our friends in South Sydney, we play cards with them and have known them forever, our kids get along, its a brilliant night away and we all look forward to it! At Myf and Jason’s they offered the girls an apple after dinner and then used […]
This one is for you Rosie! I posted this over at my food blog Make your mince up in the way that you prefer. I like to use a kilo of premium mince which I brown, remove from the pan and fry onions, capsicum, garlic and celery until softened. Add back the mince and I […]
On Sunday Amy and I celebrated our birthdays with some of our favourite people. Instead of our annual birthday BBQ we decided to shake it up and have brunch, croissants, bacon & eggs on the bbq, fizzy wine and fresh O.J. Perfect! Amy’s suprise guest was a clown called Pajamas who kept her audience enthralled […]
I have had a craving for quiche for a while now, strange because its not really quiche and salad weather! But the last two days have been much more mild and so today I finally did it, I made my own pastry and created my own quiche recipe. Then when the girls were in bed […]