Meal to Share: Outdoors

I think it’s safe to say that I’m not an outdoorsy person. Hiking (or tramping, as NZers call it) and camping passed me by entirely in my childhood and adulthood. The only time I’ve ever properly camped somewhere in a tent without toilets and running water, was during our trip to Africa, and that was [...]

Cookbook Challenge: Week 45, Raw

Recipe: Ceviche with coconut dressing From: Marie and Claire Food and Drink I really struggled with the theme for the Cookbook Challenge this week, which was “raw”. At first I thought I would do a salad, but none of the salads I found that were completely raw excited me. But if there’s one thing doing [...]

Cookbook Challenge: Week 33, Seafood

Recipe: Sardine TagraFrom: Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes Occasionally I’ve made things for this blog that seemed like a good idea at the time. And then afterwards, I’ve thought, “What on EARTH was I thinking??” See recent examples: hand pulled noodles, xiao long bao, ladybird cupcakes, to name just a few. I suspect this recipe will [...]

Cookbook Challenge: Week 31, French

Recipe: Pissaladiere From: The Australian Women’s Weekly “Kitchen”Dear Cookbook Challengers in Melbourne! See the end of this post for details of a meet up! The theme for this week’s Cookbook Challenge is French, and initially I was stumped. What could I make for French week that would be fairly easy and only involved ingredients already [...]

Roasted snapper

It’s interesting what people search for to arrive at my blog. Mostly, people seem to be looking for Jamie Oliver recipes. Well, when I cooked this snapper, I took a bit of a Jamie approach. A bit of this, a bit of that, throw it all together – lovely (jubbly)! For this meal I just [...]

Barbecued marinated marlin steaks with tabouleh

So I’m not as bad a gardener as I thought. My herbs are thriving! I’ve been collecting water from the shower (the cold water prior to getting into it, not soapy water) and I’ve actually got more water than plants. Due to this, and since my existing ones are doing so well, I went and [...]

Tuna pâté on chive pikelets

This was another item I brought to our orphan’s Christmas. The recipe makes about twice the amount of pâté required, so you could double the pikelet recipe. The original only gives you around 20 pikelets. The cookbook said about 30, but I don’t know what kind of planet they were on. I only managed 19 [...]

Beer battered fish

I resisted it for a long time, but a few months ago we bought a deep fryer. I realise that you don’t need an actual appliance – a pot will suffice – but I can’t use a pot of oil after standing above the commercial deep fryer in my parents’ shop for so many years. [...]

Salmon with wasabi and soy glaze

I hardly ever buy fish. It’s not something that is in my cooking repertoire because it always seemed so difficult. What kind of fish do I buy? How do I cook it? What if I overcook it? Recently though, I’ve been making an effort to eat more fish. Last week I bought some fillets and [...]

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