Recipes & More
Zucchisagne
Serves 6 Ingredients for the bolognese; 500g Lean mince beef 2 onions diced 3 stalks of celery 250g mushrooms sliced 1/2 red capsicum diced Can of crushed tomatoes 400g Sachet of salt reduced tomato paste Empty can of boiling water 1tsp of powdered beef stock 1tbl of worchestershire sauce 1tbk of dark soy Teaspoon 1 tsp mixed herbs 1/2 tsp Rosemary 1 tsp oregano 1/2 cup of red wine Rest of ingredients; 8 small zucchini 400g low fat ricotta 1/2 cup of skim milk 250gs…
Slow Cooked Minty Lamb Stew
Slow Cooked Minty Lamb Stew Serves 2 Ingredients; 2 lamb shanks Bunch of fresh mint Tsp of dried rosemary I can of chopped tomatoes Tablespoon on chicken stock powder Sliced mushrooms Two onions quartered Water – fill up empty tomatoes can 1 1/2 Salt and pepper Method; Place everything in the slow cooker and cook according to your cookers settings, mine took a good 4 hours on high. Once the meat is falling off the bone take out the meat and bones and a cup…
Beef Bulgogi
Beef Bulgogi Serves 4 Ingredients; 500 grams beef – either a nice piece of steak that you can slice finely (if you put your steak in the freezer until it starts to nearly freeze you can slice it really easily) or beef strips are fine. 1 pear ½ tsp minced garlic 1 tsp ginger 1 tbsp Soy sauce ½ tbsp. Apple Cider Vinegar 4 x Spring onions finely sliced 1 pinch of chilli flakes Salt and pepper Method; Peel and grate pear into glass bowl…
Recent Blogs
California Burgers
I wish they all could be California! Well your burgers can! This delivery revolution is killing my diet but opening a whole new world up… or not as I don’t leave the house BUT we are trying food from places we haven’t been before! Including California Burger in Prahran, beautiful fresh burgers delivered to your door on a cold, miserable Winters night! The menu is burger focused but there is a lot to choose from including tacos, ribs and chicken but really they are all…
Chia Chia
I love a bit of build your own lunch, making the right decisions is key but whilst we have been on a bit of a health kick this was a great option if you hadn’t prepped lunch. Chia Chia works on the basis of building your own lunch from the base up…… here’s how it goes; Choose a base; Mixed leaf Rocket Baby Spinach Pasta of the day Baked Potato Baked Sweet Potato You can choose two – making the right decisions here is key…
Time Out’s Food Awards 2016
Tickets are SOLD OUT!! Melbourne: the Time Out Food Awards are back and bigger than ever and being held at the brand spanking new venue The Cut Steakhouse, Alfred Place, Melbourne see more details here Don’t forget to vote for your favourite Melbourne restaurant and help select the 2016 People’s Choice Award. The People’s Choice Food Awards are bigger than ever, with our coveted People’s Choice: Best Restaurant Award presented by OpenTable, Australia’s number one booking restaurant. One lucky voter will even win a Golden…
San Antone by Bludso
When you are mostly consuming meat and veggies San Antone by Bludso’s at the Crown is not a bad option, it’s a little bit pricey but great quality smokin’ hot meats! There is plenty to choose from and plenty to tempt you too. With a whole heap of starters to keep everyone happy, tacos, guacamole, nachos, chilli and fried green tomatoes. When you move into the middle of the menu and get to the Smoke Pit, it gets serious. Brisket, pulled pork, ribs and pork…
Leonard’s House of Love at The Curtain
Possibly one of the best burgers in town and definitely THE place for spicy chicken tenders dipped in mash and gravy! We love Leonard’s House of Love in South Yarra and they have now taken up residence at The Curtain Hotel and are bringing all the good lovin’ to Northside! The menu isn’t totally gluten friendly – only realise after I have gotten my friend to the bar to order and wonder why she is getting the bun-less burger option (I am just crap at…
Bombay Sapphire’s Project Botanicals
Possibly the luckiest foodie alive, we were recently invited to an exclusive preview of the Bombay Sapphire Project Botanicals event, popping up in Melbourne in September and then Sydney, you will be able to experience some of the amazing Bombay Sapphire Botanical inspired gin cocktails with beautifully matched dishes from the team at Taxi. We were lucky enough to try them all (cue evil laugh!!!) it was a tough afternoon but someone had to do it!! Cocktail number one was the simple and traditional ‘Sublime…
Transport Steak Night
Steak night! It’s a tradition like parma night and pasta night, infact some pubs can take care of dinner every night with a bargain foodie theme. I am a big fan of steak night at the mo with my diet consisting of protein and greens so when not wanting to call out I’m being awkward about what I eat, head to a steak night. Surprisingly tables reserved at Transport for Thursday night $17 steaks. We have only ever been for drinks so I might never…
Meat Market
Southwharf is one of those places you forget is so close and has so much good stuff going on with a couple of good pubs, several good restaurants including great Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish and German. Meat Market is your legendary steak place, with a fridge boasting 1.2kgs Tomahawk steaks you know this is serious! Dinner time can indulge in oysters, croquettes, lamb shanks and pork belly as well as some very reasonably priced steaks with eye fillet, Scotch, Cape Grim Porterhouse or a whole roast…
Crux & Co
Crux & Co have opened opposite Kettle Black and this once desolate end of South Melbourne is getting pretty alluring! Porridge, Eggs, muesli are the only ‘ordinary’ items you will see on the menu, from there you take off to polenta concia with chargrilled squid ink garlic toast and bisque benedict with tiger prawns, poached eggs and a lobster bisque hollandaise – Seriously!! Lunch is Scotch quail eggs, teriyaki tofu, fontina fondue and pork belly burger….. and that’s before you get to the displays of…
Bohemian Bar
Bohemian Bar, found at the end of Southwharf and in excellent company with Munich Brauhaus and Meat Market, a little bit of Spain has come to Melbourne and it’s a great place to be. We were around at the late afternoon time with a little one and the staff were great, we took a big booth on the proviso we would be out by 6.30pm – perfect for us as that’s getting near bed time and gave us plenty of time to get some nice…
The Golden Gate Hotel
Nothing like a good bit of pub grub and we are all big fans of a good steak night and parma night but at the Golden Gate EVERY night is steak night with $10 steaks everyday… but how good can a $10 steak really be? The Golden Gate has been there forever, there have been a few changes here and there but ultimately it’s an easy place to be, great to sit outside in the summer and not a bad place to grab a plate…
Punch Lane
I love a good date night and I love a good BYO Thai or Indian but some nights you want a little more candlelight and romance and Punch Lane is perfect place to find yourselves tucked away in a dimly lit room with nothing but time, wine, great food and lovely service. So pictures are going to be a little iffy – so be it I wasn’t about to ruin everyone elses night by making a huge fuss and lots of flashes, you’ll get the…
Cookbooks
Argentinian Street Food
A book dedicated to Argentinian Street Food – having never been to South America, this is probably the closest I will get this week. Infact, cooking different cuisines is a great way to explore the world from your kitchen! Now this book is heavily swayed towards empanadas and ice cream or Empanadas, Helados & Dulce de Leche. And drum roll……. a key part of this is making your own pastry! For some reason I find pastry a scary proposition but like most baking, as long…
Donna Hay – New Classics
It’s a biggie! Barely fits in the recipe book holder and there are sooooo many great recipes I want to try. Donna Hay’s New Classics is just as it sounds, the latest and greatest from across cuisines, the fusion of amazing flavours for our everyday cooking. I could not stop cooking from this book, 17 recipes and nearly every one I loved and did a pretty good job with! Probably the best meal I have ever cook is recipes 14 – 17, how good was…
The Burger Book Adventures
Any excuse to go on a burger rampage across Melbourne!! I love a good burger – who doesn’t? And we are pretty spoilt in Melbourne, so much so you can now buy The Burger Book and take the burger challenge – How many places can you visit? The book is a beautiful combination of burger stories, recipes for the perfect burger elements and a tour of the best burger joints across the suburbs. So who did we visit? Third Wave Cafe – Port Melbourne 9/10…