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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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Queen Street Rescue
An unlikely little spot in the hustle and bustle of the city! On their website they talk about bringing the beach to the busy people in the CBD of Melbourne and they certainly have! It’s an easy going spot where you can grab a full breakie or a substantial lunch, plenty of pasta, pizza and salads. Spoilt for choice hubby goes on with his adventures in burgers and this is a beaut! This is a BIG boy burger, it is a hefty piece of meat…
Bluecorn Mexi-tastic!
A great Mexican Restaurant needs a great margarita! Tick!! The menu is big and I want everything!! I haven’t had good Mexican for a long time and the menu is shouting all those great words like jalapenos, slow cooked, taco, ribs…….. Everything NOW!! Housefried blue and yellow corn chips (Tostones) with Guacamole, Mango Mojo, Chipotle Tomato Salsa & Green Onion sour – Sensational however they will fill you up so if you want to save room only share these with several people or be prepared!!…
Omah’s Nyonya Cuisine CRAB!
Always a fan and now it’s Chilli Crab time!! Researching for an event someones got to do the tough job of checking the wine matches are working ok, fortunately I had a few friends willing to help! Crab Omelette Darwin mud crab meat and coriander served with garlic chilli sauce is sensational, so delicate and so flavoursome! Mixed EntreĂ© Platter is a great option to try a few different things with a selection of Loh Bak, Chicken Satay, Curry Puff, Spring Roll and Silken Tofu….
Old Raffles Place
Quick takeaway for lunch and we are craving Char Kway Teow! We hit Old Raffles Place for our takeaway order! There are no airs and graces and a fair few flyers making sure you all know there is a cash only policy, no pushchairs and no doggy bags!! I am fine with all of that!! So I grab our bags of hot foodie fun and head back to the office super fast!! The Hainanese Chicken Rice Set is a generous serve of chicken with rice…
Snow Road Produce Haven
The Milawa Gourmet Region scores another foodie haven! Pulling in all of the amazing produce from the local producers including wines, boutique beers, meat, ice creams, mustards and so much more! A great spot to relax over a coffee, a great breakfast and a cheeky afternoon treat! Breakfast of sauteed mushrooms, organic spinach and goats cheese YUM!! The menu is also packed with plenty of other treats for breakie and eggs pretty much every way you can imagine! Teamed with welcoming smiles this is a…
Shakahari Too – Me Too!!
Not always a popular suggestion to hit a vegetarian restaurant but if you ever had any doubts Shakahari Too should help clear them! This is such a gorgeous place and after an amazing meal we left without any question of missing meat!! The menu is a mouth watering list of fantastic dishes like Tofu Sensibility! Hidden under their little clay hats is organic silken tofu with oyster mushrooms, spinach and mild chilli lemongrass vinaigrette – IT IS SENSATIONAL!! Avocado Magic!! Avocado, red peppers rolled in…
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Wk 24 / Bk 24 – 2012 Cookbook Challenge – The Biggest Loser Cookbook!
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! 2012 Cookbook Challenge :- Recipe counter: 100 This weeks book! The Biggest Loser Cookbook I envy any Foodie who can sustain all this fun and food without their arse expanding! I am not one of them and we are feeling a little ‘bloated’ so July is going to be ‘Kilojuly’ get it – Kilojoules and July… anyway no need…
Wk 23 / Bk 23 – 2012 Cookbook Challenge – Sally Wise Slow Cooker
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! 2012 Cookbook Challenge :- Recipe counter: 100 This weeks book! Slow Cooker with Sally Wise This has to be my favourite Slow Cooker Book ever! Even with no pictures I still love it!! I can guarantee if i have a protein I can undoubtedly go to this book and find a recipe with some simple staple ingredients to cook…
Wk 22 / Bk 22 – 2012 Cookbook Challenge – Slow Cooking
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! 2012 Cookbook Challenge :- Recipe counter: 97 This weeks book! Best Ever Recipes – Slow Cooking Recipes 2 -Jamaican Jerk Chicken (sausages!!!) SO we bought a few sausages at the GF&W Show this week hence the sausages theme!! So this was the ingredients and inspiration behind the traditional Jerk Chicken. Cooking all day we came home to the house…
Wk 20 / Bk 21 – 2012 Cookbook Challenge – Poh’s Kitchen
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! 2012 Cookbook Challenge :- Recipe counter: 95 This weeks book! Poh’s Kitchen with Poh Ling Yeow Recipe 5 – Duck with Mandarin Pancakes Marinaded ducky pancakes with mandarin pancakes! The duck recipe did call for steaming and deep frying but I went for a roast in the oven! Amazing flavours! The pancakes were so easy and came out really…