No Cooking, But Still Plenty of Food Around…
I’m not really cooking properly at the moment, as I’m moving house this week, so almost everything is sealed up in a box somewhere. And I’ve already taken all of my non-perishable foods to the new...
View ArticleFabulous Foccacia
Here is how I make a great foccacia bread, to serve as a warm nibble before a bbq. I use regular white bread ingredients and the dough setting on my bread machine. When the dough is ready, I place it...
View ArticleItalian Bread Baskets
How about this for a delightfully simply but oh so gourmet and tasty, picnic idea…… Flatten 8 pieces of fresh white sandwich bread with a rolling pin, after first cutting off the crusts. Brush lightly...
View ArticleParty Nibbles 1
I made a batch of mountain bread rollups on Christmas Day – these little savoury bites always go down well and you can put whatever fillings in you like. In this case I made some with smoked salmon,...
View ArticleParty Nibbles 2
Also for Christmas, I whipped up these little beauties! Haha, they look so professional, but in fact this is a complete cheat’s canape……I got this idea a few months ago at an afternoon tea put on by...
View ArticleBalls That Once Were Burgers
I love to cook, but sometimes I am also pretty lazy. I also don’t eat “fried” food much – never deep-fried, and minimal oil in any other kind of frying. So when I saw this great looking Cashew &...
View ArticleZucchini Slice
I know there are a LOT of versions of this yummy quiche dish. It’s such a great standby recipe to whip up when zucchinis are plentiful – lovely cold or hot, cut into squares as an appetizer or in...
View ArticleSunday at Sittella
On the weekend I went with a small group of other winos to Sittella Winery in the Swan Valley. The weather was pretty awful – cold and windy with the occasional sprinkling of rain – but that didn’t...
View ArticleNot For The Calory Counters Amongst You……
Lots of rich, dark chocolate! Rich. Decadent. Fattening. Very Fattening. But…..to balance that….CHRISTMAS! You can be forgiven for many foodie indulgences at this time of year, so I make no apologies...
View ArticleCrazy For Cauliflower
I do like cauliflower. A lot. It doesn’t have to have cheese/white sauce on it or be anything too fancy, and I adore it as cauliflower rice. So the idea of roasting a cauliflower whole, slathered in a...
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