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Pinterest Recipe – Avocado Pasta Sauce
HOW have I not known about this before – creamy & healthy pasta? I love pasta – Dukan / Atkins – not my favourite words! Carbs get bad deal in life – I believe in everything in moderation! This is a great compromise of getting your carbs on and adding a healthy twist! With fresh avocado as the king ingredient we are getting our good fats and a creamy sauce! Few other key ingredients and this is a winner! Checkout all the details at Key…
Cannellini Bean Dip
Cannellini Bean Dip Ingredients; 1 can cannellini beans Quarter of garlic Squeeze of lemon Salt & Pepper Method; Easy – put all in blender and blitz until not too smooth! Serve with crusty fresh baguette and a tin of very lovely anchovies – YUM!
Moscato Cupcakes
This one has been waiting for a blog for sometime! BUT as the last days of sunshine leave Melbourne enjoy these light and wonderful Moscato Cupcakes from the Fabulous Ladies Wine Society. Perfect with our favourite Brown Brothers Moscato – the new mini bottles perfect for this recipe too! Moscato Cupcakes Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 3/4 tsp salt 1 1/4 cups sugar 1 cup oil 1/3 cup Moscato 3/4 cup buttermilk 2 large eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract…
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Oh Baby Baby Pizza!
The much awaited next venture and update to the old Pearl location in Richmond has not failed to deliver! We manage to snaffle one of the last seats in the house and we get to look over the antipasto bar as the guys are doing their thing. The fit out is gorgeous! Very cool but comfortable, very chic without pretention. There are some luscious accents flying around the place and it only adds to the feeling that we are somewhere fabulous on a little holiday!!…
Rockwell & Sons BBQ Meat!!!
One of everything please!! And with six ‘happy to share’ foodies at the table we pretty much do order everything on the menu!! Such a cool vibe going on here, it’s dark, it’s broody and it’s BBQ time! You can clearly see into the kitchen and they are working their magic and the smells…. cannot describe!! Important to note we shared the obscene amount of food that is about to arrive! The Lamb Sausage Dog with charred eggplant, harissa, aioli and preserved lemon is a…
Sapa Hills II
As per the website Sapa Hills II aren’t trying to be anything austere! Great food, atmosphere and service at affordable prices With restaurants in Footscray and Hawthorn, Sapa Hills offers a truly unique Vietnamese dining experience. Just a good place to be and enjoy food! The menu is big and so are the smiles! It is a big space but even on a quiet lunch it feels nice and comfortable. We are all hungry and a few are reminiscing trips to Vietnam as we order…
Once a tailor-tastic!
A great little spot on Glenferrie Road, step in off the street and walk through the light airy lunch room and through to the gorgeous covered courtyard – this place is much bigger than it looks!! With lovely smiles our menus are delivered and coffees ordered – it is a good coffee!! Tick, tick! The menu is a great selection of all day breakie, fantastic larger dishes and panini’s – something for everyone! The Insalata – charred peppers, grilled eggplant and Persian Feta tossed with…
Wine Tour 2012 Pt 2 – Barossa Valley
First stop the highly rated Blond Coffee in Tanunda for a spot of breakie! Big place, great vibes and good coffee! Amazing fruit toast packed with goodies, fabulous bacon and egg roll and a very yummy breakfast burrito! All fuelled up and ready to go it’s off to the wineries! Winery 1 – Bethany Such a gorgeous start to the day! What a great start to the day! Great riesling and some damn fine reds! Winery 2 – Grant Burge Plenty going on here, good…
Cutler & Co Luv!
One of the many hot spots on Gertrude and a long standing one! It’s been a long time since we visited and the vibe seems to have gotten a little softer and it is packed for a Monday night! A fantastic menu packed full of goodies and a gin and tonic to help us settle in and we enjoy some Seaweed and Tapioca crackers yum!! A couple of oysters to start with the Moonlight Kiss oyster and a Clair de Lune Bouton oyster are super…
Cookbooks
Wk 5 / Bk 9 2012 Cookbook Challenge – Annabel Langbein
The 2012 Cookbook Challenge – at least one recipe from one book, every week, for the whole year! Click here to see the adventures so far! Recipe counter: 38 Week 5 – Book 9 – Free Range in the City by Annabel Langbein I have been a fan for some time now of the Free Range Cook and was very excited when the new book was due out. The Free Range Cook has been a constant go too in my kitchen for some time –…
Wk 4 / Bk 7 – 2012 Cookbook Challenge – Quiches & Frittatas
The 2012 Cookbook Challenge – at least one recipe from one book, every week, for the whole year! Week 4 – Book 7 – Quiches and Frittatas Recipe counter: 20 Recipe 1 – Leek and Dill Tart Great book packed full of easy recipes for all those eggs you have in the fridge! With some lovely fresh leeks and dill we have knocked up a really easy tart for lunch with the ladies. Shortcrust pastry and a fantastic creamy filling with lovely leeks and a…
Week 2 – Book 3, 4 & 5 – 2012 Cookbook Challenge
Recipe counter: 19 Big day in the kitchen and we are pulling in a few books to use up the massive bag of rhubarb we have managed to snaffle from the gardens of a friend. With nearly 2 kgs we need more than one recipe! So first up Book 4 – How to be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson The Rhubarb Kuchen is a nice easy one with the most incredible elastic dough! You could fit windows with this putty! But it works brilliantly…
Wk 2 / Bk 2 – 2012 Cookbook Challenge – Paella
The 2012 Cookbook Challenge – at least one recipe from one book, every week, for the whole year! Week 2 – Book 2 – Paella by Alberto Herraiz Recipe counter: 11 Recipe 2 – Paella Rice with meatballs and haricot beans The ingredients are a bit of a strange mix – turnip, beef, paprika, beans, hazelnuts, stock… but it works! The meatballs are fabulous! I did end up doing pork and veal rather than pork and beef but they work brilliantly! It tastes fantastic, I…