Cooking for a fussy crowd – dinner made easy
Cooking for a crowd can be a little overwhelming when you need to consider different dietary needs, possible allergies and personal preferences. It’s enough to make anyone just order takeaway and not bother! Seriously though. how do you cook for friends, your family and everyone in between and ensure that all tastes can be met? […]
Read MoreThe cheek of it all! – Morrocan style beef cheeks
The saying goes ask and you shall receive. My sister in law asked for beef cheeks and she received them – slow cooked with Moroccan style spices until fork tender and served with a side of roast cauliflower and chickpea salad. Clearly she knew who to ask! B;D Braised meats are a delicious and simple […]
Read MoreShepard’s Pie the chef way
Sous vide. Two simple words that either have you drooling at the thought of luscious proteins or have you going sous what?? Sous vide cooking for clarification is: sous vide suː ˈviːd/ adjective & adverb 1. involving or denoting a method of preserving food by partial cooking followed by vacuum-sealing and chilling. “a convection […]
Read More8 Easy hints and tips for dinner party success – the food!
Following up from my last blog of tips and tricks for dinner party success comes the most important part. The food! More often than not this is the part that brings the most stress to the host’s planning. What to cook. How will it look. Will there be enough. Will everyone like it. Or will […]
Read MoreBaked apple goodness for a winter night
I love vintage tea towels. Especially when they have old school recipes on them that remind you of foods you used to eat when you were young. This was the case with one of my favourites, a cooking with apples tea towel. Bright friendly colours keep you company as you wipe up your dishes but […]
Read MoreWhen the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie!
Dean Martin, I am sorry for using your song as a blog title. Well, not really to be honest because I tragically love that song to death and can often be heard singing it at home. To myself. Shamelessly. But really, who doesn’t love pizza? When friends are coming over it can be easy to […]
Read MoreIf you like pina-coladas and getting caught in the rain…
Don’t worry, this isn’t a personals ad or even a rendition of that song, it’s my tongue in cheek intro to the very in vogue fruit of the moment, the Pineapple. From kitchen to decor, this versatile fruit has a lot going for it. The cool chill in the air doesn’t exactly conjure images of […]
Read MoreIn a pickle!
Two of my favourite vegetables to buy and forget about are fennel and radishes. I see them in bunches at markets and cant but grab them for a mid week salad. Except I forget about them or couldn’t be bothered slicing them up so they inevitably wilt and become sad specimens in my crisper. So […]
Read MoreBuying your pumpkin and eating it too! How to make sure you make the most of pumpkins in your fridge
When the weather turns cold you can’t but help to think of warming dishes such as stews, casseroles and roast meats. The usual suspects also feature – roast vegetables. I am a big fan of roast vegetables as to me it brings out the sweetness and flavour of the root vegetables giving them a satisfying […]
Read MoreChicken stock to beat the winter blues
You can certainly feel the chill coming into the air here in Brisbane. With the chill has come the winter cold into our household. With two residents coughing, sniffling and generally feeling sorry for ourselves it was time to bring out the old cure all, chicken soup. One of the hardest working kitchen staples would […]
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