Rosie

June 1, 2016

Savoury Baking

MAKING BREAD

Rosie

June 1, 2016

Savoury Baking

Our Revenge Almond Focaccia is delicious fresh from the oven or toasted, slathered with your favourite spread, dipped in olive oil or whatever is your vice ....

Caren

May 30, 2016

Main

MAGNIFICENT MUDDIES

Caren

May 30, 2016

Main

Wanting to use some fish stock I had in the freezer, I planned to make a seafood soup for a simple Saturday night meal for the family. Nothing special. My partner had offered to go to the market so I added some prawns, a piece of fish and two crabs to the shopping list...

Rosie

May 23, 2016

Sweet Baking

DOUBLE CHOC BLOCK

Rosie

May 23, 2016

Sweet Baking

This decadent chocolate and meringue invention is definitely a hit for the taste buds, and when made with couverture chocolate it can be surprisingly nutritious too. It is a rich melt-in-the-mouth cross between a chocolate truffle and a sophisticated brownie...

Rosie

May 20, 2016

Gluten Free Pantry

BAKING SWEETLY

Rosie

May 20, 2016

Gluten Free Pantry

Starting any new pantry can seem like learning a foreign language, whether your pantry is Asian, Middle Eastern or gluten-free...

Rosie

May 16, 2016

Dessert, Sweet Baking

CUTTING THE CAKE

Rosie

May 16, 2016

Dessert, Sweet Baking

Brazilian weddings are traditionally big, lavish, showy affairs: hairdos, frocks, make up, family jewels, and their desserts do not let them down. They actually serve hundreds of cakes, little ones, called Bem Casados....

Rosie

May 9, 2016

Main, Vegetables

FISH FOR FORTY

Rosie

May 9, 2016

Main, Vegetables

Our new daughter-in-law loves fish and so the main course at the wedding recently held at home was baked ocean trout fillets in an Asian marinade....

Rosie

May 2, 2016

Entrée, Salad

LOVE A DUCK

Rosie

May 2, 2016

Entrée, Salad

When my stepson and his Brazilian fiancée were recently married in our home, and I catered for the gluten-free reception for forty people, our entrée was a warm duck breast salad with roasted beetroot, walnuts, witlof and rocket drizzled with a magnificent, aged balsamic vinegar....

Rosie

April 25, 2016

WELCOME TO THE WEDDING

Rosie

April 25, 2016

My stepson recently married his beautiful and delightful Brazilian fiancée, and we held the wedding reception at our home. Of the forty guests, only one was gluten-intolerant, but even so, I decided the entire shebang would be a gluten-free event....

Jan

April 22, 2016

Vegetables

EMPTY FRIDGE SYNDROME

Jan

April 22, 2016

Vegetables

You know those nights when you come home late hoping your Dearly Beloved will have thought about dinner, been shopping, made something fabulous and have it just about ready to serve? Just kidding....

Caren

April 13, 2016

Other

OLIVE'S FIG JAM

Caren

April 13, 2016

Other

April is a good month for inexpensive figs so having bought some recently I went looking for my grandmother’s jam recipe...

Jan

April 7, 2016

Other, Gluten Free Pantry

PICKING FLOURS

Jan

April 7, 2016

Other, Gluten Free Pantry

The go-to source of information on all things gluten-related is the organisation Coeliac Australia, with its quarterly magazine, The Australian Coeliac, (http://www.coeliac.org.au).

Caren

March 28, 2016

Sweet Baking, Dessert

SIMPLY EASTER

Caren

March 28, 2016

Sweet Baking, Dessert

Many religious and cultural traditions abound when it comes to Easter, especially in terms of festive food, and in Australia we can follow our own family habits or happily borrow from the diverse customs of our fellow countrymen...

Rosie

March 15, 2016

Main, Salad

DOUBLE YOKER

Rosie

March 15, 2016

Main, Salad

Coming home after two yoga classes, back to back, yesterday I decided something quick and simple was in order for dinner. And even if it was just a salad with an egg, it was completely delicious.

Jan

March 2, 2016

Entrée, Other

CHASING MOUSSE

Jan

March 2, 2016

Entrée, Other

I make a lovely honey mousse – yes, I know I shouldn’t be saying it myself – but it has a really luscious but melting texture..

Rosie

February 29, 2016

Other

TIME FOR JAM

Rosie

February 29, 2016

Other

n the lead-up to a wedding in the family, (catering for a completely gluten-free reception for 40 people, but more of that later) my husband came home with some shopping, beaming, because he’d managed to score 14 punnets of beautiful strawberries for $7.50...

Rosie

February 17, 2016

Entrée, Vegetables, Salad

SUMMER RED

Rosie

February 17, 2016

Entrée, Vegetables, Salad

Both red capsicums and tomatoes are bountiful in the summertime in very many countries around the world, I know, but somehow this entree seemed such an Aussie summer one to me.

Caren

February 10, 2016

Entrée, Main, Salad

SPICY SQUID SALAD

Caren

February 10, 2016

Entrée, Main, Salad

I’m very lucky to live near the Sydney fish markets. I try to time my shopping to avoid the weekend rush and the madness of the carpark, but in the middle of Chinese New Year...

Caren

January 25, 2016

Savoury Baking, Nibbles

LOVELY LABNEH

Caren

January 25, 2016

Savoury Baking, Nibbles

On a break from work recently I had the luxury of time to spend fiddling around in the kitchen, and with thyme from my garden I decided to make some za’atar as it is such a versatile spice blend...

Rosie

January 20, 2016

Gluten Free Pantry

BINDING ARRANGEMENTS

Rosie

January 20, 2016

Gluten Free Pantry

Gluten, found in wheat, rye, oats and barley, gives some baked products, particularly bread, elasticity and stability. It also has binding and thickening properties, however, those of us with a gluten intolerance need to use other ingredients to replicate the performance of gluten...

Caren

January 17, 2016

Entrée

A FIG AND A POMEGRANATE

Caren

January 17, 2016

Entrée

Probably sounds very Mediterranean but this modest offering was the sole produce retrieved today from the few fruit trees we have growing on the Mid North Coast of NSW. And I mean the sole produce....