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Roasted Vegetable Fritatta
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 [...]
Raspberry & custard teacake.
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 [...]
Monday Meal Plan
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 with royal icing decorations
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.. [...]
1001
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 [...]
Gourmet Garden – Blog off/cook off – recipe choice
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 [...]
Ding, ding, round II
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 [...]
Gourmet Garden – Sweet & Sticky pork with rice
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 [...]
Gourmet Garden – Spicy Thai style Butternut & Coconut Soup
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 [...]
Gourmet Garden – Figados de Galinha or peri-peri chicken livers
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 1 Pinch Pepper 2 Teaspoons Paprika 1 Whole Bay Leaf 8 Tablespoons White Wine To [...]
Gourmet Garden – Meatballs in gravy with mash.
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 [...]
Gourmet Garden Blog Off /Cook off.
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 [...]
Handmade Christmas gifts – Dry cookie mix – White Chocolate and Cranberry Cookies
This is a brilliant Christmas gift and only takes a few minutes to put together. You will need a large (750g) glass jar. Ingredients 3/4 cup plain flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon bicarb soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup caster sugar 3/4 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup [...]
Homemade Christmas gifts – fudge
Ingredients: 1 x 395g tin of condensed milk 150ml milk 450g Demerara sugar 115g butter You will need a large pan, a sugar thermometer, a stand or electric handmixer and an 8” square brownie tin, lined with baking paper. Also be prepared to stir your fudge mixture for about 20 minutes without stopping so this [...]
Girls night in – hoisin duck pizza
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 [...]
Summer meal planning.
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 [...]
Craftyness, of the marmalade variety.
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 [...]
Meal plan Monday: mini choc-chip muffins
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 [...]
Meals with beef mince – Baked enchiladas.
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 [...]
Picklebums Raspberry Oat Slice for morning tea
I have had a busy morning. Ethan is here for an extra day while Mum Julie works plus it was my turn to do morning tea at playgroup so I was up before 7am with a cup of coffee putting on the lamb roast in the slow cooker and whipping up something delicious for morning [...]
Salmon & Caramelised Onion Quiche
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 [...]
Meal Plan Monday
Dinner tonight is above, my Mum’s sweet and sour sausage stew, its one of my ultimate favourites and a real comfort food, perfect for cold weather and head colds. Sweet & Sour Sausage Stew. The quantities are easily adjustable, more sausages, more sauce, more veg depending on how many you are cooking for and [...]
Recipe time – bran and poppy seed blinis
A few people have asked me for the recipe for the blinis that I made for our Royal Wedding High Tea. This is a recipe given to me by my Mum which was given to her by a close friend of hers, Maralyn. Thanks Maralyn! Bran and Poppy Seed Blinis. 1/2 cup of self-raising flour [...]
