Another Dinner For One….
Snacky Sunday night can’t-be-bothered meal here……I read recently an idea for adding feta cheese to egg dishes and thought hmmmmm I’ll try adding haloumi to some scrambled eggs. Great idea – I cut 90...
View ArticleChicken Meatballs
Here is a super easy meatball dish…..I make the meatballs in the morning, because not being browned they hold together much better when cooking, after being refrigerated for a while. Then it is...
View ArticleVegie Pies
In a different twist to the yummy egg-in-pastry basket that I had the other day, last week my mum sent me the above photo of vegie pies that she made. The recipe is from the Coles free recipe...
View ArticlePolenta-Topped Turkey (or Chicken!) Bake
This is supposed to be made with turkey, but I could only find turkey mince or drumsticks last week, so made it with chicken breast fillets instead. I don’t think it makes any difference to the taste...
View ArticlePlease Go Away Winter
I tell you, I am so over the cold weather. Actually I was never into it in the first place, but this is the coldest Winter since I arrived here 3 years ago – and I hate it. I need warmth, and my tiny...
View ArticleRanting Chef’s Salmon
As a variation on my often-made salmon with pesto topping recipe, this week I made The Ranting Chef’s salmon with a walnut, honey & dijon mustard topping. Delicious, easy and healthy – a double...
View ArticleYe Olde Soupe!
I’ve been borrowing a lot of medieval cookbooks lately, through the library I work at, and also ploughing through websites and generally having a good old medieval surf! I was looking at the latest...
View ArticleMedieval Mushrooms!
Making the puffs After years of wanting to, I recently finally joined the Society for Creative Anachronism. I’m still getting my garb together (I have made one houppelande dress – not my best effort,...
View ArticleGetting My Irish On…
I made this beef stew with Guinness, on St Patrick’s Day, and OMG it was so delicious. Of course it made enough to feed an army lol, and there was just me, so I now have portions in the freezer, but...
View ArticleNot-Mince Comfort Food
I overdosed on red meat last week, with the Irish beef stew – so delicious, but eating it for 3 days in a row (plus what’s in the freezer) just made me need to stop eating meat for a few days. I do...
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