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Tag Archives: Food
What we cooked – some 2011 favourites
It has been almost a year since our last post as we have been busy working, traveling, and getting engaged. However, we have been enjoying cooking a range of different recipes. Here are a few of our favourites from 2011. … Continue reading
South African Rusks a Must
Last year Craig traveled to South Africa for the World Cup and discovered rusks! They are a hard dry biscuit that you have with your tea or coffee. They are not very exciting on their own, but are great when … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Photography
Tagged Baking, Coffee, Family recipe, Food, Moka pot, Rusks, Snack, South Africa
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Bill’s Pumpkin & Lentil Soup
After making Stolen Lamb last weekend we had a surplus of sourdough bread and decided to make one of Bill Granger’s winter soups. Although it took a couple of hours to get on the table, due to all of the roast veggies … Continue reading
Stolen Lamb
Arni Kleftiko, or Stolen Lamb, from George Calombaris’ Greek Cookery from the Hellenic Heart. is the perfect recipe for a hearty winter’s meal. Although it is reasonably simple to prepare, this dish takes time – allow at least 3 hours cooking … Continue reading
Midweek Pork and Bok Choy
Pork and bok choy were both on special this week, so we bought them not knowing what we would cook. A quick search on Jamie Oliver’s site found a simple recipe for each – dinner was on the table in … Continue reading
Spaghetti Puttanesca (aka Whore’s Spaghetti)
This is one of our favourite dishes from our most used cook book – 5 of the Best, by Valli Little. We both love our pasta and have it at least once a week, and this dish is made up … Continue reading
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Tagged Basil, Dinner, Food, Italian, Pasta, Puttanesca, Spaghetti
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The Bottomless Salad
This amazing salad recipe was passed on by a work colleague late last year and we have made it at least half a dozen times since. It is a great option if you are entertaining mid-week as you can prepare … Continue reading
A Spanish Feast
We have enrolled in a WEA cooking course, Authentic Spanish Cuisine. It wasn’t easy to decide which cuisine to pick (Greek, Thai, Italian and Spanish), but we eventually settled for Spanish after loving the food when in Spain last year. The first … Continue reading
Risotto for the Athlete
On Friday night we cooked a very healthy risotto from Survival of the Fittest, an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) cookbook featuring a collection of athletes’ favourite recipes. While some of us enjoyed it (Craig), others (Jess) thought that it was a little … Continue reading
The Perfect Pizza
Pizza is one of our favourites foods and when we need something quick and easy to cook we often cook mushroom, rocket and fetta pizza using pita bread or any other similar bread base we happen to have. However this week … Continue reading