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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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The BEast Burgers ever!
Quotes of the night; “If this was near home it would be dangerous” “I want it all!” “OMG Chips and Gravy (insert Bolton accent as desired!) “I think we over ordered!” A week off their first birthday I have heard many good things about the burgers at The BEast, a comfortable, trendy grunge bar. It’s mismatched seats, order at the bar and have a damn good time!! The menu is effing amazing! If you love burgers and all that comes with you are going to…
Banh Mi N Lee
The legendary Banh Mi – Vietnamese BBQ Pork Roll, crusty white baguette, pate, carrot, sweet bbq pork with that pink edge, chilli, coriander – DIVINE!! There is a reason that no matter which N. Lee Bakery you are at there is a queue out the door, and for good reason this is quite possibly the best lunchtime treat ever!! This is soooo good! Gorgeous fresh white baguette, sturdy enough to carry the many elements that make this a…
Circa, The Prince
It’s been a while since the make over and the New Circa was launched to the masses with a less formal approach to dining and more of a take on street food with a high end edge. It’s sharing food but with starchy white napkins! The menu is packed with Yakitori, Global Street Food and dishes from the Robata Wood BBQ. The Grill serves up Flinder’s Island lamb with Sichuan eggplant, Mountain peppered wallaby with quandong caramel and Peanut crusted tuna w. satay sauce. At…
The Social Glutton
New kid on the block The Social Glutton is bringing a comfortable little spot to enjoy coffee and a spot of breakie, lunch or brunch! Service is friendly, the fit out is welcoming and the coffee is good! The lunch menu is backed up by the goodies at the counter, with the Glutton Slider jumping on the current trend to deliver pulled sticky pork on a toasted sourdough but Social Glutton is bringing spiced relish, gravy reduction and purple mustard coleslaw yum! However I go…
Lamaro’s Bar
On a lazy Sunday afternoon there are much worse places to be than at a table in Lamaro’s Bar. The restaurant seems to be full of happy families enjoying wonderful food and having a great time. The bar has a similar vibe and a bit of live music happening and a fantastic small bites menu. Mouth watering tapas with croquettes, fat chips, coconut prawns and bigger bites with quesadillas, pizzas and pulled pork poh boys. That kind of menu that you know you…
My Tea Ritual
It’s Tea Time! There is nothing nicer than a package of tea arriving at your desk! Brightly coloured packets of gorgeous teas with their own cute little messages! My Tea Ritual is all about the Tea! My Tea Ritual began from a deep passion for tea and the way it can reconnect you to yourself and the present moment. I’ve always loved tea, but what I loved even more was the act of drinking it and what it brought to you by the act of…
Cookbooks
The Dukan Cookbook
Everyone needs a crazy diet plan now and then and the Dukan diet is a protein rich plan of attack that leaves you enjoying steaks, seafood feasts and tofu but no carbs and no fruit of veg for the first stage – all a bit strange. However there are 100 foods you can enjoy in the Attack phase and though it feels foreign to not have a salad or bowl of strawberries I am willing to give it a go! Recipe 4 – Seafood Feasting!…
Jamie Oliver – 15 Minute Meals
January 9th 2013 – Chicken Dim Sims Can’t stop coming back to this book for a good option for a quick, delicious and pretty healthy option for weeknight dinner! Ever since the TV show I have been wanting to try the Chicken Dim Sims with steamed coconut buns – they look and sound so amazing!! This was a bit of a disaster!! I used our steamer machine instead of the traditional basket and wok steamers, I don’t think I read the recipe correctly and I…
2012 Cookbook Challenge Complete!
At least one recipe from one book, every week for a whole year!! The Challenge is 52 Books! We did it!!! 52 Books, 52 Weeks, 205 Recipes! I learnt to cook and crack crabs! Make Paella, Bake much better, learnt much more about food, ingredients and flavour! We avoided visiting super markets for a whole month and re-discovered markets, tried to macarons, mastered curry, embraced veggies and made our waistlines a little bigger!! Though it was fun and we have a LOT of cookbooks now…
Week 52 – Book 52 Veggies
Its the final book!! (think Europe – Final Countdown – such a catchy tune!!) Simon Bryant, probably my first fave Aussie TV cooking star with Maggie in the fabulous Cook and the Chef! His book veggies is brilliant! Create wholesome, hearty, healthy dishes with ingredients from your local markets and inspiration from around the world! Gorgeous pics, great layout and a pleasure to cook from! Recipe 1 – Falafels AMAZING!! Simple, packed full of fresh herbs and chilli! Super wet mixture but the end result…