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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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GAS – tastic!
A Coventry Street winner if you are walking past and see a spare seat grab it! Fate is telling you something!! The coffee is amazing – exhibit a; Just gorgeous!! Breakie options are the exotic side of traditional with eggs and toast a plenty but with dukkah or feta or filo! Smashed Avocado & Ktipiti – ‘Greek style capsicum and fetta dip lightly tossed with smashed avocado. Served on toasted turkish or multigrain sourdough’. It’s a massive serve but it is delicious! There must be…
Naked in the Sky WOW!
Ooooh Baby do you know whats thats worth oooohhhh heaven is a place on earth!! And it’s just up the stairs from Naked For Satan!! Get yourself to Naked in the Sky!!! Possibly the best rooftop in Melbourne you have great views, great set up, great staff, great food and possibly they are pumping laughing gas up there too because we had the BEST afternoon ever!! The menu is the next level from the pintxos downstairs with even more amazing combos to pick from with…
Huxtaburger OMG!!
God I love this place! I dream about these burgers and torture my husband whenever we go with work and send him pictures of juicy gorgeous burgers and cold beers! The guys have maintained the simple execution of amazing burgers and beers and this time it’s getting hot!! Ladies and gentlemen I give you – DENISE(the hot one) Huxtaburger with jalapeno & sriracha mayo – there are not words to explain how mind blowingly amazing this burger is! The beef speaks for itself, rich, succulent,…
Miss Chu South Yarra
Miss Chu – the Queen of Rice Paper Rolls and more! I can almost guarantee I might order the same thing every time I go to Miss Chu and I love it! I take a group and then coerce their thoughts to ensure I get my duck rice paper rolls and hanoi style spring rolls! Now with a second Melbourne store and delivery bikes flying around and online ordering Miss Chu’s empire is taking shape and she might well take the reigns on the official…
Newmarket Hotel Tacos
The Newmarket Hotel has been super popular since it first opened its doors and it has proved to be no flash in the pan with word of mouth and recommendations flowing ever since. It a big, airy, light space with a great atmos and easy going style. The menu is modern Mexican with tacos, guac, slow cooked ribs and sharing food a plenty! I love Mexican food and I adore a good guacamole, shame on you if you ever buy that store bought rubbish! You…
Epocha Italian
With an interesting history of a ‘gentlemans’ watering hole previously occupying this space Epocha couldn’t be any more different… well the servers wears tops so there’s a start!! The space is an old terrace conversion with a modern homely feel and a couple of trolleys taking cheese and desserts to tables! The menu is vast and relatively wintery for the start of summer but there is plenty to choose from and we are a big group happy to share! I love it when I get…
Cookbooks
Wk 34 / Bk 34 & 35 – Macaron and Bake
This weeks books are both from Alison Thompson – Macaron and Bake. The dreaded macaron – how hard can they be?! And this book is packed with a million different flavour combos! And Bake full of sweet treats and comforting puds! Happy days! Recipe 4 – Orange and Almond Cake Revisiting this book for another winner! We not only made the palmiers again but this fantastic gluten free option with chunky almond meal and blood oranges – super moist and very popular! Recipe 3 –…
Wk 34 / Bk 33 – Guillaume Food For Friends
The 2012 Cookbook Challenge – at least one recipe from one book, every week, for the whole year! Or 52 books at the end of the year!! Click here to see the adventures so far! 2012 Cookbook Challenge :- Recipe counter: 117 This weeks book is Guilluame Food For Friends Recipe 7 – Green Beans with pistachio pesto Blanched fresh beans with a super fresh nutty basil pesto? Who wouldn’t love this!! A super quick way to take veggies to another level! I could happily…
Wk 33 / Bk 32 – Masterchef 3
The 2012 Cookbook Challenge – at least one recipe from one book, every week, for the whole year! Or 52 books at the end of the year!! Click here to see the adventures so far! 2012 Cookbook Challenge :- Recipe counter: 110 This weeks book is Masterchef 3 Book 32 – Masterchef 3 Book 32 – Recipe 1 – Massaman Curry WOW This was fantastic! Particularly impressed that we came home reasonable late, rustled up a fresh curry paste and then everything bubbled for an…
Wk 32 / Bk 28, 29, 30, 31 – Lots of Books!
The 2012 Cookbook Challenge – at least one recipe from one book, every week, for the whole year! Or 52 books at the end of the year!! Click here to see the adventures so far! 2012 Cookbook Challenge :- Recipe counter: 110 This weeks books part of a Saturday night dinner party full of foodie fun!! Book 28 – Nigella Feast Book 28 – Recipe 1 – Prawn Cocktail Retro-tastic! Good old Prawn Cocktail, amazing sauce with the finest ingredients!!! Salad Cream rocks!! Gorgeous fresh…