Cookbook Challenge: Week 28, Breakfast

Recipe: CrepesFrom: Stephanie Alexander’s The Cook’s Companion The theme for this week’s Cookbook Challenge is breakfast – fortunately a much easier theme than last week’s! The only problem with the theme this week were all the options – I had visions of omelettes, baked eggs, pancakes, French toast and bacon circulating in my head. But [...]

Cookbook Challenge: Week 8, Sweet

Recipe: Berry buttermilk pancakesFrom: Stephanie Alexander’s The Cook’s Companion The theme for this week’s Cookbook Challenge is “sweet” and I decided to make pancakes. What is sweeter than a leisurely Sunday breakfast of pancakes with the one you love? Not much, I think! The Cook’s Companion suggests preparing the batter the night before, up to [...]

Vietnamese Coconut Waffles

After Alastair and I rolled out of bed one Sunday, we wandered into the kitchen in search of food. Alastair started making coffees, while I stared blankly into the fridge and tried to think of what we could eat. Suddenly – bing! Waffles! I went online and started searching for a waffle recipe. I found [...]

Crepes!

Last weekend’s breakfast – banana crepes with maple syrup We’ve stopped eating out as much this year, particularly for brunch. Last year we would have brunch at a cafe almost every weekend, while this year we have been very good and have cut it down to once or twice a month. During the weekend I [...]

Birthday French Toast

March in Melbourne is always a busy month. Lots of festivals and major events seem to be scheduled for March – Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, Moomba, the Avalon Airshow, the Greek Antipodes Festival, the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, and the Grand Prix to mention a few. We didn’t do most things, but we did [...]

Waffles with cinnamon poached pears

Mhmmmm maple syrup… We had an indulgent breakfast on Sunday. I should’ve let us sleep in later to make it super indulgent. Instead, I made us get up early so I could make waffles! Unlike the last time I made waffles, I used a recipe that had baking powder instead of yeast. It was quick, [...]

Corn and chickpea flour fritters

Like a lot of people who enjoy cooking, I own a few cookbooks. Over Christmas and my birthday, I got given several to add to my collection…. plus I did buy a few myself! I tell myself that I don’t need to feel guilty about my cookbook collection since I do read each one I [...]

Coconut pancakes with bananas in palm sugar syrup

I asked Alastair what he wanted for brunch on Sunday. I had two possible dishes in mind, one involving baked eggs and the other pancakes. I gave him an option of savoury or sweet. He choose sweet – pancakes it was! Coconut pancakes with bananas in palm sugar syrup Adapted from a couple of recipes [...]

Belgian Waffles

When we went to Auckland, there was only one thing that I wanted to take back. My mum’s waffle maker. We bought the waffle maker over 10 years ago, and I have many fond waffle memories. I’ve had a look for a waffle maker here in Oz, but have only seen one that shapes them [...]

Pikelets

I should learn by now that I shouldn’t cook late at night. Whenever I do, I make mistakes because I’m tired. Like the time I started a caramel slice at 9:30pm on a work night and turned the grill on instead of the oven. I didn’t realise until after I had “baked” the base of [...]

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