This is an adults only kinda rocky road, not overly sweet, and with dark chocolate and goji berry jelly you can enjoy it all to yourself. I had a too-late thought that pistachio nuts instead of peanuts would make this extra Christmas-sy but I think I would prefer the taste of the peanuts anyway. I…
a Christmas pickle
I’m eager to start our Christmas tradition of home-made gifts – but this year I am making pasta and cookies or rocky road and so I can’t start until the 23rd/24th of December. It’s put me in a bit of pickle as I am in the mood but can’t do much about it except make…
She’s a rainbow contd. – eggplant salad
Not sure about you guys but – depending on the week – Friday nights tend to spent either comatose or up and about. This was made on one of those Friday nights where Cass and I are super productive in the kitchen but don’t eat dinner until about 10 pm – hence the inside lighting…
Christmas is all around – home-made gifts
What kicks off the Christmas season for you? Aside from binge watching Christmas movies like Love Actually (which is on tonight 😂), home-made Christmas presents are one of our traditions that begins the Christmas season for me. Cass and I have made these for our loved ones every year since we have been together. This…
hang me up to dry: kitchen organisation
These are ones to do if you are renovating as you will need to put reinforcing behind the plasterboard so that the rods can take the weight. Rods, shelving, knife wall magnet and hooks are from Ikea. Having hanging pots and utensils and wall shelving make cooking and cleaning in your kitchen so easy! I…
I see red, I see red, I see red – roast beetroot salad
My hands were definitely red after making this dish which was just as fun to make as it was to eat. A nice little starter for your Christmas. The vinegar and rhubarb can be prepped a week before, and the ricotta the day before. The original recipe can be found here: http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/roast-beetroot-salad, but I have made…
good mornin’ – avocado and home-made ricotta on pita bread
Yes, another avocado on some form of toast recipe, but you can make this one a bit special by making your own ricotta and/or pita bread. Serves 4 3-4 avocados 1-2 cloves garlic. Microplaned or very finely grated. about 250 g ricotta (scroll down for recipe) 4 pita breads (scroll down for recipe) smoked paprika…
the salmon dance – easy pan fried crispy skin salmon
The key to crispy skin when pan frying is don’t dance with the salmon – you may be tempted to move it around while it’s cooking or flip it over – hold this urge – the longer you cook skin side down, the crispier it will be. Points 1 to 3 also help remove moisture…
(banana passionfruit and native) lime rickey
Knock offs? Had a banana passionfruit that was getting a little too on the ripe side, so I came up with this spin on a vodka ime rickey this afternoon: Serves 2 in tumblers: 1 banana passionfruit 3 Australian native limes (these are like lime caviar) 3 shots of good quality vodka soda water …
she’s a rainbow – nasturtiums
Nasturtiums are dotted around the outskirts of our lawn, between some of our fruit trues who are happy to have them close to them. Mostly we use the leaves and flowers to add colour to ‘pretty up’ salads. But I recently saw an idea for nasturtium infused vinegar (http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/roast-beetroot-salad) and gave it go (along with…
(I can’t get no) organisation – on improving blogging
This is no longer the case – I discovered scheduling on WordPress today. This may not be a new feature, and I am fairly new to blogging, so forgive me if you have tuned out here because you already know about it. However, still working on the improving bit of the title. I don’t see…
pickle in the middle – rhubarb pickle
This is a tasty little pickle that was featured in the roast beetroot salad on SBS Food Safari Earth (Nov 9th 2017). When I saw it I immediately thought, ‘awesome – another thing to do with all the rhubarb we have at the moment!’ I grow giant rhubarb which is green, and is slightly more…
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