The title says it all: eating, drinking, cooking, friendship and family.
Posted in Recipe: savoury, Recipes, Vegetarian meals on Jun 9th, 2010
Last Tuesday, my little family had Emily and her husband (my brother) and my other brother over for dinner. My dad decided to make a meaty cannelloni, which sadly excluded me from the mains. All was not lost, however. I decided to make some braised vegetables to stick inside the tubes for myself. I’ve made [...]
Posted in Appetisers & accompaniments, Culinary adventures, Recipe: savoury, Recipes on Jun 7th, 2010
Every now and again, a mad idea comes into my head and I just can’t let go of it. This happened last weekend: I decided that I would make crème fraîche, and that nothing could stop me. When I was researching mascarpone (for this tiramisu), I came across this video where a lovely American man [...]
Posted in Recipe: savoury, Recipes, Soup on May 31st, 2010
So my love letter to Taggerty continues, today with some scenery and a deliciously fragrant chicken soup that was made by my lovely friend M. I tend to make a fairly standard chicken noodle soup by boiling a whole chicken with vegetables and herbs, then shredding the chicken and adding in some noodles. M’s [...]
Posted in Recipe: savoury, Recipes, Vegetarian meals on May 26th, 2010
I was perusing the lovely ‘Where’s the Beef?’ on the weekend and came across these vegan sausage rolls. When I was a young lady, sausage rolls were one of my favourite foods, but I haven’t had one for a long time. I thought that I’d give Cindy’s recipe a shot. I followed her recipe exactly, [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Recipe: savoury, Recipes on May 24th, 2010
The other weekend, we were lucky enough to go to P’s place in Taggerty. As I previously mentioned, I was in absolute awe of the beauty of the environment. We had great weather, cool and crisp with sunshine and clear blue skies. The different colours of the autumn leaves were spectacular. So it was a [...]
Posted in Appetisers & accompaniments, Recipe: savoury, Recipes on May 11th, 2010
In case you weren’t tipped off by last week’s k-mart catalogue shouting ‘last minute gifts for mum‘, the Sunday just past was Mothers’ Day. We decided to celebrate by having a big family feast, cooked by the cousins for the mothers. My favourite dish of the day was wild mushroom and shallot tarts. This was [...]
Posted in Meat, Recipe: savoury, Recipes on May 3rd, 2010
Over the long weekend, Mr M and I headed to Lorne. As is generally the case, we spent the majority of the weekend cooking and drinking red wine. There was a bit of a cold snap so we also had our first open fire of the year, nice. We invited our friends A & M [...]
Posted in Appetisers & accompaniments, Recipe: savoury, Recipes on Apr 20th, 2010
So its tomato season and this is the time of year to make passata. As a non-Italian, I have a romanticised view of the family tradition of coming together to make passata. This year, I was swayed by lovely articles in The Age and Tomato, as well as SBS’ Italian Food Safari and decided it [...]
Posted in Recipe: savoury, Recipes, The Daring Kitchen, Vegetarian meals on Apr 14th, 2010
The April Daring Cook’s challenge was a Brunswick stew. According to our reliable old friend Wikipedia, this stew originates from the Southern states of the USA, though both the Georgians and Virginians claim it as their own. Traditionally, Brunswick stew is made with rabbit or squirrel but today, more common meats like chicken or pork [...]
Posted in Recipe: savoury, Recipes, Soup on Apr 12th, 2010
In Autumn, as the weather cools, I relish taking up the cool weather changes – bundling up and making food that is warm, comforting and soothing. I have fond memories of my dad making potato and leek soup when I was a child. For me, I love making a vat of potato and leek soup as [...]
