Prawn Cocktail Platter
Oh, you’re not having prawns on Christmas Day? Ok. That’s fine. Just pull your decorations down now and go to bed. Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tray of prawns, so much so that I would say even...
View ArticleSpicy Eggplant
If chilli and spice frighten you even just a little, it’s been nice knowing ya and thanks for coming. This dish not only packs a monster spicy punch, it’ll give you a right hard kickin’ and then flip...
View ArticleRoasted beetroot dip
Don’t eat Oleander flowers. They’ll kill you. Roasted beetroot dip 4 large beetroot squizzle of olive oil 3 cloves garlic 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, coriander and cumin powder 1/2 cup walnuts, toasted and...
View ArticleGinger and Roasted Wattle Seed Hot Cross Buns
Easter time! I don’t mind a bit of Easter time – a long weekend, tremendous food and if you play your cards right, some excellent chocolate goodies (Albeit delivered from a giant rabbit in a bow tie...
View ArticleSweet Potato Brownies
Brownies, right! Sugar logs of chocolate brilliance. Look innocent enough but then they get stuck to the roof of your mouth, making you panic and scream for water. Clutching at the walls like a 17...
View Article10 minute Chicken and Lemon Soup
Loosen that grip on your pearls, slow food movementers! This soup is necessary when you are so crook it hurts your eyelashes to blink or you have a one-way ticket on the craving express. I’m not...
View ArticleLamb and rosemary pies
Pastry production plant operators! There must be a better way to pack pastry sheets. Are you assuming that we’re all using the entire packet of pastry in one hit? I simply do not. I tend to wrap mine...
View ArticleBlack Rice Pudding
Can we have a brief chat about the price of coconut yoghurt? Why so expensive, coconut yoghurt? My small mind tells me that you take a reasonably priced tin of coconut milk, throw some culture at it...
View ArticleChristmas Oysters
I get thousands* of emails asking about my love for the oyster and why I think they’re Mother Nature and Father Times most high achieving offspring. My answer is simple – oysters are the avocado of...
View ArticleGarlic Mushrooms
Mushroom season is upon us. It’s like skydiving for gastronomes I reckon. Adrenalin injection. If fugu fish were ground-dwellers, they’d be mushrooms. Some funghi can be lethal. In fact at least with...
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