Posted in Baking, Carnivorous, Christmas, Dessert, Party Food, Poultry, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, Seafood, Soup, Starters & Snacks, Vegetarian, thermomix on Aug 27th, 2008
Its been a while coming but here are the recipes from our recent dinner party.
chorizo in potatoes
I read about these in a Gourmet Traveller whilst sitting in a cafe in Sydney recently. I didn’t copy the recipe but it’s pretty simple so I probably did the same thing as the original recipe specified.
2 chorizo
1 large […]
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If we are actually going to be home in an actual house for Easter rather than waking up in our tent like we usually do, I suppose it would be nice to make a special breakfast.
We had breakfast at Apte a few weeks ago and they served a dish similar to this. I’ve been inspired […]
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Posted in Christmas, Seafood on Jan 1st, 2008
42 degrees for New Year’s Eve does not really incline one towards anything requiring hefty kitchen duty. We had planned to go to a friend’s house for a BBQ/drinks/casual get together. Eve the thought of hot meat was a little overbearing so I decided on the ultimate in simplicity.
Individual platters of smoked salmon, prawns, strawberries […]
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Posted in Budget, Christmas, Leftovers, Ramblings on Dec 26th, 2007
The beauty of dividing up Christmas cooking is the dividing up of leftovers. Which in our case this year means some salads and that is it. Well there was a sliver of pavlova left but I bequeathed that to my brother. Better it go on his butt than mine.
So here we are, lunchtime Boxing Day […]
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Posted in Christmas, Ramblings on Dec 25th, 2007
A Christmas tradition has morphed in our family. The tradition of the Christmas potato. My paternal grandmother would always warn us of the relative in days of yore (can’t remember who he was) who was a naughty little boy and received nothing but a sack of potatoes from Santa. That was the ‘be good’ threat […]
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We are having Christmas lunch at my brother and his wife’s house this year. We all pitch in and bring food so no one has to work too hard. I was quick to bags dessert because a wonderful recipe sprang to mind courtesy of the lovely Jan. I also volunteered a couple of salads […]
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Posted in Breakfast, Christmas on Dec 24th, 2007
We have a Christmas Eve brunch at our house this year with BIL, SIL and Niece. Nice relaxed way to enjoy some family Christmas cheer. So here is my Christmas Eve Brunch for 7.
Bircher Muesli (an adaptation)
500g good quality un-toasted muesli (I used Carman’s, you could of course make up your own mix of […]
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