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  • Breakfast
    • Acai Bowl
    • All Day Breakfast
    • Asparagus Milanese
    • Bacon and Egg Bread Cups
    • Bacon and Egg Roll
    • Bacon and Spinach Omelette
    • Best Ever Berry Pikelets
    • Blueberry Pancakes
    • Buttermilk Pancakes
    • Buttermilk Scones
    • Chicken Livers with Onions
    • Croissant Monsieur
    • Egg Breakfast Cups
    • Eggs in Purgatory-Hangover Eggs
    • French Toast
    • Lemon Souffle Pancakes
    • Medimurski Langusi
    • Mushroom and Cheese Omelette
    • Nutella Buns with Mascarpone Frosting
    • Peci Paje
    • Perfect Scrambled Eggs
    • Salami and Potato Frittata
    • Scrambled Eggs with Asparagus
    • Scrambled Eggs with Chorizo
    • Shakshuka
    • Spinach and Cheese Spirals
    • To Die For Cinnamon Buns
    • Waffles with Berries, Ice Cream and Maple Syrup
  • Lunch
    • Bacon, Egg and Tomato Pie
    • Baked Lemon Pepper Chicken Drumsticks
    • Broccolini and Bacon Tart
    • Cabbage and Prawn Salad
    • Caprese Pasta Salad
    • Caprese Salad
    • Cheats Pizzette
    • Chicken and Avocado Quesadillas
    • Chicken Caesar Salad
    • Chicken Liver, Frisee and Speck Salad
    • Chicken, Mushroom and Bacon Pies
    • Chorizo, Potato and Herb Frittata
    • Creamy Chicken and Corn Burritos
    • Crumbed Eggplant with Tomato Basil Sauce
    • Egg, Bacon and Cheese Frittata
    • Five Spice Pork with an Asian Green Bean Salad
    • Goats Cheese Stuffed Zucchini Flowers
    • Italian Chicken Pasta Salad
    • Mince and Feta Gozleme
    • Mini Egg Muffins
    • Mum's Octopus Salad
    • Octopus and Potato Salad
    • Okonomiyaki (Japanese Pancakes)
    • Omelette with Stir Fried Shitake Mushrooms and Rice
    • Piadina Romagnola Italian Flatbread
    • Prawn and Avocado Salad
    • Quesadillas
    • Quiche Lorraine
    • Salad of Figs, Prosciutto, Leaves and Toasted Bread
    • Salmon and Avocado Ceviche
    • Sandwich Press Chicken Quesadillas
    • Sandwiches and Wraps
    • Smoked Trout, Potato and Cherry Tomato Salad
    • Spinach and Cheese Gozleme
    • Sticky Pork Belly Banh Mi
    • Sunday Roast Salad
    • Super Green Kale Salad
    • Thai Beef Salad
    • Thai Beef Salad
    • Thai Duck Salad
    • Thai Grilled Chicken Burger
    • Thai Pork Salad
    • Tomato Bacon Pasta
    • Turkey Potato Wedges
    • Vietnamese Chicken Salad
    • Zucchini and Beef Sfougato
    • Zucchini Slice
  • Dinner
    • Beef and Veal >
      • Beef and Bean Burritos
      • Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
      • Beef and Mushroom Pies
      • Beef with Cashew Nam Jim and Asian Greens
      • Bibimbap
      • Burger Night at Our House
      • Chinese Beef and Snow Pea Stir Fry
      • Coconut Beef Curry
      • Easy Steak Fajitas
      • Egyptian Kofta Rolls
      • French Style Cottage Pie
      • Indonesian Satay with Peanut Sauce
      • Korean Beef Short Ribs
      • Layered Beef Enchilada Bake
      • Mongolian Beef and Snow Pea Stir Fry
      • Musaka
      • Penang Curry with Coconut Rice
      • Simple Steak Sandwich
      • Steak Slice with Lemon and Thyme
      • Steak with a Green Peppercorn Sauce
      • Tagliata For Two
      • Veal Saltimbocca
      • Veal with Creamy Mushroom Sauce
    • Chicken and Duck >
      • Braised Chicken Marylands with Wine and Tomatoes
      • Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry
      • Chicken and Eggplant Parmigiana
      • Chicken and Oyster Sauce Noodle Stir Fry
      • Chicken Bastardo
      • Chicken Cordon Bleu Roll with an Italian Twist
      • Chicken, Eggplant and Green Bean Korma
      • Chicken Fajita Drumsticks with Three Salsas
      • Chicken Kiev
      • Chicken Saltimbocca
      • Chicken Schnitzel Burger with Baconnaise
      • Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce
      • Chicken with Garlic Potatoes and Rosemary
      • Chicken with Tomatoes
      • Chinese Style Roast Duck
      • Croatian Roast Duck with Mlinci
      • Crispy Skin Duck with Pink Grapefruit and Avocado Salad
      • Duck Breasts with Red Wine Sauce, Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans
      • Easy Chicken Fajitas
      • Greek Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki
      • Greek Lemon Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki
      • Green Chicken Curry
      • Guatemalan Chicken and Tomatillo Stew
      • Honey Mustard Chicken, Bacon and Avocado Salad
      • Jerk Chicken
      • Mediterranean Chicken
      • Nasi Goreng
      • Peri Peri Chicken Burger
      • Piri Piri Chicken
      • Poached Duck and Cashew Salad with Duck Crackling
      • Portuguese Style Chicken Drumsticks
      • Roast Chicken Marylands with Potatoes
      • Roast Chicken Salad and Chive Mayonnaise
      • Roast Duck Marylands and Potatoes
      • Roast Lemon Chicken
      • Salvadoran Chicken in White Wine
      • Salvadoran Chicken Stew with Red Capsicums
      • Spatchcock with Spicy Corn Salad
      • Tequila and Lime Chicken
      • Teriyaki Chicken
      • Thai Style Chicken and Ginger Stir Fry
      • Thai Style Chicken Burger
      • Woodman's Chicken Pollo alla Boscaiola
    • Lamb >
      • Garlic and Sage Lamb Racks
      • Lamb Racks with Breadcrumbs, Parsley and Lemon
      • Lamb Shank Stew
      • Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Rosemary
      • Middle Eastern Lamb Pilaf
      • Slow Cooked Curry Crusted Lamb
      • Slow Cooked Lamb Shank and Bean Ragu
      • Slow Cooked Lamb Shoulder
    • Pasta and Risotto >
      • Baba Kata's Pasta Sauce
      • Bacon and Mushroom Pasta Bake
      • Baked Bechamel Pasta
      • Basil Pesto with Pasta
      • Brudet Risotto
      • Calabrian Lasagna
      • Cannelloni
      • Chicken Bolognese Pasta Bake
      • Chicken Pasta Bake
      • Chilli Prawn and Tomato Spaghetti
      • Corteccia or Cavatelli
      • Creamy Bacon and Mushroom Fettuccine
      • Creamy Bacon Fettuccine
      • ​Creamy Farfalle with Chicken and Zucchini
      • Creamy Mushroom Linguine
      • Creamy Tomato Chicken and Chorizo Pasta
      • Creamy Zucchini Spaghetti
      • Cuttlefish Risotto
      • Duck Ragu with Pappardelle
      • Ella's Creamy Chicken Pasta
      • Fettuccine Alla Carbonara
      • Fettuccine with Chicken and Mushroom Sauce
      • Fettuccine with Mud Crab, Garlic, Chilli, Lemon and Parsley
      • Fish Risotto
      • Fregola with Mussels, Vongole and Prawns
      • Fregola with Clams
      • Fresh Egg Pasta
      • Fresh Tomato Pasta
      • Gnocchi Mac 'n' Cheese
      • Gnocchi with Rich Porcini Mushroom Sauce
      • Grated Pasta Dough for Soup
      • Kale, Chilli and Parmesan Pasta
      • Krpice sa Zeljem
      • Lasagne
      • Lasagne with Crepes
      • Macaroni Eggplant Cake
      • Macaroni Milano
      • Mushroom Risotto
      • Orecchiette with Broccoli and Anchovy
      • Oven Baked Meatballs in Cheesy Tomato Sauce
      • Pappardelle Carbonara
      • Pasta alla Norma
      • Pasta all'amatriciana
      • Pastitsio
      • Pearl Barley Risotto with Wild Mushrooms
      • Penne with Pork Ragu
      • Penne with Spicy Tomato Sauce
      • Potato and Caramelised Onion Vareniki
      • Potato Gnocchi
      • Potato Gnocchi with Cheese
      • Prawn and Scallop Linguine with Burst Cherry Tomatoes
      • Savoury Crepes-Ham and Cheese or Spinach and Ricotta
      • Seafood Paella
      • Semolina Gnocchi Alla Romana
      • Short Rib Ragu
      • Silverbeet and Ricotta Gnudi
      • Simple Neapolitan Sauce
      • Slow Cooked Beef Ragu
      • Smoky Mac 'N' Cheese
      • Spaetzle
      • Spaghetti Alla Carbonara
      • Spaghetti Bolognese
      • Spaghetti Marinara
      • Spaghetti Pizzaiola
      • Spaghetti Puttanesca
      • Spaghetti with Clams
      • Spaghetti with Clams
      • Spaghetti with Crab
      • Spaghetti with Fresh Tomato and Basil
      • Spaghetti with Garlic, Olive Oil and Chilli
      • Spicy Garlic Butter Linguine
      • Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni Crepes
      • Spinach and Ricotta Shells
      • Sporki Macaroni
      • Super Quick Fresh Pasta
      • Tagliatelle Alla Bolognese
      • Tomato Prawn Risotto
      • Vegetable Lasagna
    • Pork >
      • Bajan Roast Pork
      • Baked Meatballs in Tomatoes
      • Bolognese Pie
      • Chinese Roast Pork Neck
      • Meatzza
      • Mince and Potato Burek
      • Mince and Potato Pita
      • Mince Stuffed Capsicums-Punjene Paprike
      • My Favourite Pulled Pork
      • Nachos
      • Paprika and Lime Pork Enchiladas
      • Perfect Baked Pork Belly
      • Perfect Roasted Pork Fillet with Apples
      • Pork Campagnola
      • Pork Schnitzels with Lemon and Parsley
      • Roast Pork Belly with Sauerkraut
      • Roast Pork with Crackling
      • Roast Pork with Garlic and Rosemary
      • Salt and Pepper Pork
      • Samoborski Kotleti
      • Sarma-Cabbage Rolls
      • Slow Roasted American Ribs
      • Spicy Pulled Pork and Black Bean Tacos
      • Sung Choi Bao
    • Seafood >
      • Baked Snapper with Parsley, Chilli and Oregano
      • Brudet-Croatian Fish Stew
      • Chilli Crab
      • Chinese Style Fish with Coconut Rice
      • Confit Salmon
      • Croatian Octopus Peka
      • Cuttlefish Stew
      • Fish and Chips
      • Fish Burger
      • Fish Cakes
      • Fish Tacos
      • Fish with Lemon Butter Sauce
      • Fried Calamari
      • Garlic Squid with Parmesan
      • Korean Fish Stir Fry
      • Mexican Fish Tacos with Guacamole
      • Mussel Buzara
      • Pan Fried White Fish with Roasted Vegetables
      • Popara
      • Prawn Buzara
      • Prawn, Coleslaw and Pico de Gallo Tacos
      • Prawn, Ginger and Snow Pea Stir Fry
      • Stir Fry Crab
      • Tempura Fish
      • Thai Prawn Curry
      • Whole Baked Fish with Lemon Salt and Aioli
      • Whole Baked Ocean Trout with Fennel and Pomegranate
    • Sides, Salads and Accompaniments >
      • Asian Cabbage, Bean and Carrot Salad
      • Baka Marija's Trganci
      • Baked Beans and Frankfurt Bake
      • Beetroot and Feta with Herb and Pistachio Dressing
      • Bok Choy with Garlic, Honey and Soy
      • Broccoli and Cauliflower
      • Broccoli Salad
      • Cheesy Potato Gratin Stacks
      • Chef's Salad
      • Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce
      • Chinese Chicken Salad with Crispy Wonton Skins
      • Chinese Cucumber Salad
      • Coleslaw with a Mayonnaise Dressing
      • Coleslaw with a Vinegar Dressing
      • Crazy Corn
      • Croatian Easter Bread Dolls
      • Crunchy Potato Balls
      • Dandelion Leaves, Potato, Egg and Bacon Salad
      • Easter Salad
      • Easy Garlic Butter Breadsticks
      • Four Bean Salad
      • Fried Rice
      • Garlic Bread
      • Greek Salad
      • Green Salad
      • Grenadir Mars
      • Grilled Vegetables
      • Homemade Sauerkraut
      • Infused Chilli Oil
      • Josip's Spinach
      • Lastovsko Zelje-Cabbage and Potato Salad
      • Luxurious Mashed Potato Bake
      • Macaroni and Bean Salad
      • Marinated Garlic
      • Mashed Potatoes Baked with Bacon
      • Mexican Tomato Salsa
      • Microwave Chilli Jam
      • Miso Roasted Eggplant
      • Muffin Pan Potato Gratins
      • No Knead Bread
      • No Knead Bread Rolls
      • Pan Fried Potatoes
      • Pita Bread
      • Pogaca
      • Polenta
      • Pommes Anna
      • Potato Beetroot Salad
      • Potato Gratin
      • Potato Stacks with Fresh Thyme
      • Roast Chilli Potatoes
      • Rosemary Garlic Focaccia
      • Salt and Pepper Breadsticks
      • Spinach and Pear Salad
      • Swiss Chard and Potatoes-Blitva
      • Tartiflette
      • Tian Provencal
      • Tomato Focaccia
      • Turkish Pide Bread
      • Tuscan Fries
      • Tzatziki
    • Soups >
      • Bacon, Lentil and Cabbage Soup
      • Baka Marija's Cuz Pajz-Cabbage Soup
      • Baka Marija's Zelje-Cabbage Soup 2
      • Beef and Bean Goulash Soup
      • Beef, Barley and Cavolo Nero Soup
      • Cabbage and Bacon Soup
      • Cauliflower, Leek and Bacon Soup
      • Cauliflower Soup
      • Chicken Laksa Lemak
      • Chicken Soup with Mini Meatballs
      • Chicken Soup with Semolina Dumplings
      • Chicken Wonton Soup
      • Corn Chowder
      • Cream of Asparagus Soup
      • Egyptian Lentil Soup
      • Erdutski Kotlic s Noklicama
      • Fish Soup
      • Goulash Soup
      • Ham Hock and Cabbage Soup
      • Jota-Sauerkraut Soup
      • Kaq'ik
      • Leftover Lamb Soup
      • Lemon Chicken Soup
      • Lentil Soup
      • Mushroom Soup
      • Pasta and Chickpeas with Tuscan Cabbage
      • Pea and Ham Soup
      • Pea and Ham Soup 2
      • Pho Ga
      • Potato and Leek Soup
      • Prawn Bisque
      • Pumpkin Soup
      • Pumpkin Soup 2
      • Pumpkin Soup 3
      • Seafood Laksa Lemak
      • Smoked Ham, Tomato and Butter Bean Soup
      • Smoked Rib and Bean Soup-Pasta Fazol
      • Tomato Egg Drop Soup
      • Tom Yum Goong
      • Tomato Soup with Pasta and Basil
      • Vietnamese Pho
      • Zuppa di Pesce
    • Stews >
      • Baka Marija's Goulash
      • Beef Cheek Ragu
      • Beef, Barley and Mushroom Stew
      • Beef Goulash
      • Bigos Polish Hunters Stew
      • Braised Beef Short Ribs in Red Wine Sauce
      • Chicken Cacciatore
      • Chicken, Chorizo and Bean Cassoulet
      • Chicken Paprikas with Pljukanci
      • Chilli Con Carne with Corn Dumplings
      • Chorizo with Lentil and Roasted Red Capsicum
      • Croatian Tripe Stew
      • Easy Baked Goulash
      • Green Chilli Stew
      • Hilachas
      • Mexican Beef Stew
      • Osso Buco
      • Short Rib Bourguignon
      • Slow Cooked Beef Cheeks
      • Stracotto
      • Swiss Beef and Mushroom Stew
      • Vinski Gulas
  • Desserts
    • Biscuits >
      • Almond Bread
      • ANZAC biscuits
      • Choc Chip and M&M Cookies
      • Chocolate Chip Cookies
      • Chocolate Chip Cookies 2
      • Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
      • Chocolate Hazelnut Flowers
      • Chocolate Salami
      • Christmas Sandwich Cookies
      • Christmas Star Tree
      • Citrus and Coconut Nut Bread
      • Cookie Dough
      • Gingerbread Men
      • Hazelnut Scrolls
      • Lemon Macaroons
      • Melting Moments
      • Mira's Jam Biscuits
      • Mixed Nut Biscotti
      • Monte Carlos
      • Peruvian Alfajores
      • Polka Dot Cookies
      • Vanilla Crescent Biscuits
      • White Chocolate and Macadamia Cookies
    • Bite Sized Treats >
      • Cheesecake Balls
      • Chocolate Crackles
      • Chocolate Marshmallow Brown Sugar Fudge
      • Chocolate Rum Truffles
      • Chocolate Strawberries
      • Coconut Truffles
      • Crunchy Chocolate Truffles
      • Mini Christmas Puddings
      • Rocky Road
      • Tim Tam and Milo Fudge
    • Cakes and Tortes >
      • Apple and Cinnamon Pie Cake
      • Apple and Strawberry Crumble Cake
      • Apple Cake
      • Banana and Raspberry Bread
      • Banana Bread
      • Banana Bread 2
      • Banana Bread 3
      • Banana Cake
      • Blackberry and Plum Streusel Cake
      • Blueberry Banana Bread
      • Cannoli Cake
      • Carrot Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
      • Choc Banana Bread
      • Chocolate Babka
      • Chocolate Banana Bread
      • Chocolate Crunch Cake
      • Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
      • Christmas Fruit Cake
      • Ciambella
      • Coconut Lime Syrup Cake
      • Dairy and Egg Free Chocolate Cake
      • Easy Apple Bundt Cake
      • Easy Apple Cake
      • Five Layer Chocolate Espresso Cake
      • Flourless, Chocolate, Pecan and Raspberry Torte
      • Irish Apple Crumble Cake
      • Italian Breakfast Banana Bread
      • Lemon Cake with Mascarpone Frosting
      • Lemon Tea Cake
      • Lemon Yoghurt Cake
      • Nutella Banana Bread
      • Orange Tea Cake
      • Pear and Vanilla Cake
      • Red Velvet Cake
      • Six Layer Chocolate Cake
      • Sticky Date Pudding
      • Sticky Date Pudding 2
      • Strawberry Banana Bread
      • Strawberry Cloud Cake
      • Tiramisu Torte
      • Torta Tenerina
      • Tres Leches Cake
      • Tres Leches Cake 2
      • Ultimate One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
      • Upside Down Blood Orange Cake
    • Cheesecakes >
      • Baka Marija's Gibanica
      • Baked Ricotta Cheesecake
      • Cafe Latte Cheesecakes
      • Chocolate Cheesecake
      • Cookies and Cream Cheesecake
      • Margarita Cheesecake
      • New York Cheesecake
      • Nutella Cheesecake
      • Passionfruit Cheesecake
      • Passionfruit Cheesecake Slice
      • Pineapple Jelly Cheesecakes
      • Strawberry Cheesecake
      • Sunny Lemon Cheesecake
    • Crepes and Pancakes >
      • Banana and Hazelnut Cream Crepes
      • Chocolate Crepe Cake with Hazelnut Cream
      • Crepe Cake with Citrus Cream and a Berry Salad
      • Crepes
      • Lemon Curd and Poppy Seed Crepe Cake
      • Lemon Curd Crepe Cake
      • Ricotta filled Crepes
      • Strawberry and Hazelnut Cream Crepes
      • Strawberry and Nutella Crepes
    • Crumbles >
      • Apple and Passionfruit Crumble
      • Apple Crumble
      • Apple Crumble
      • Apple, Berry and Rhubarb Crumble
      • Plum Crumbles
    • Cupcakes and Muffins >
      • Apple Crumble Muffins
      • Banana Crumb Muffins
      • Blueberry Muffins
      • Chocolate Brownie Muffins
      • Chocolate Chip Muffins
      • Chocolate Cupcakes with a Chocolate Ganache
      • Chocolate Cupcakes with a White Chocolate Ganache
    • Doughnuts >
      • Appelbeignets
      • Apple Fritole
      • Chocolate Churros
      • Churros
      • Cinnamon Doughnut Puffs
      • Doughnut S'Mores
      • Fritule
      • Hot Cross Bun Doughnuts
      • Mini Baked Chocolate Doughnuts
      • Nutella, Jam or Custard Filled Doughnuts
    • Ice Creams, Sorbets and Granitas >
      • Berry Salad
      • Blood Orange Granita
      • Blueberry and Pink Lemonade Ice Pops
      • Blueberry Ice Cream
      • Chocolate Coffee Fudge Ice Cream Cake
      • Hot Chocolate Ice Pops
      • Lemon Cheesecake Ice Cream
      • Lime Cheesecake Ice Cream
      • Limoncello Bombe Alaska
      • Mango and Banana Yoghurt Gelato
      • Mango and Strawberry Ice Pops
      • Mixed Berry Ice Cream
      • Morenitas
      • Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream
      • Orange Granita
      • Orange Sorbet
      • Raspberry Cream Pie
      • Raspberry Lemonade Ice Blocks
      • Rocky Road Ice Cream Slice
      • Splice Ice Pops
      • Strawberry Banana Ice Pops
      • Strawberry Ice Cream
      • Strawberry Ice Pops
      • Summer Berry Lime Compote
      • Tequila and Orange Granita
      • Tropical Jelly Pops
      • Watermelon Granita
    • It's all about the Fruit >
      • Caramel Poached Peaches with Blueberries
      • Fresh Fruit Salad with a Vanilla Lime Syrup
      • Peach Melba
      • Poached Pears with Chocolate Sauce
      • Vanilla Poached Apricots
      • Vanilla Poached Pears
    • Jams, Custards, Puddings and Curds >
      • Berry and Custard Jelly Pots
      • Chocolate Creme Brulee
      • Chocolate Mousse
      • Chocolate Self Saucing Puddings
      • Coffee Creams
      • Crema Catalana
      • Creme Brulee
      • Fresh Orange Jelly
      • Halloween Chocolate Mousse
      • Jelly Custard Cups
      • Leche Poleada or Salvadoran Vanilla Custard
      • Lemon Bavarois
      • Lemon Curd
      • Lemon Pudding Cake with Berries
      • Orange and Almond Self Saucing Pudding
      • Peach Melba Buttermilk Puddings
      • Raspberry Bavarois
      • Strawberry and Vanilla Panna Cotta Fruit Cups
      • Strawberry Jelly Mousse
      • Strawberry Mousse Jelly Delights
      • Strawberry Pannacotta
      • Triple Chocolate Panna Cotta Mousse
      • Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta
      • Vanilla Pannacotta with a Berry Compote
      • Vanilla Pannacotta with Strawberry Champagne Jelly
      • Yoghurt and Vanilla Panna Cotta with Raspberry and Pomegranate Jelly
    • Mud Cakes >
      • Caramel Mud Cake
      • Chocolate Guinness Cake
      • Chocolate Mud Cake
      • Double Decker Mud Cake
      • Mochaccino Marbled Mud Cake
      • Triple Choc Marble Mud Cake
      • White Chocolate Mud Cake
    • Pavlova >
      • Australia Day Pavlova
      • Chocolate Berry Pavlova
      • Forgotten Pudding
      • Meringue Christmas Tree
      • Pavlova
      • Pavlova Roll
      • Pavlova Wreath
      • Raspberry Mousse Torte
      • Strawberry and Watermelon Cake
    • Pies and Tarts >
      • Apple and Cream Cheese Strudel
      • Apple Crumble Pie
      • Apple Danishes
      • Apple Pie
      • Apple Roses
      • Berry and Apple Crumble Slice
      • Blueberry Cream Cheese Pastries
      • Blueberry Crostata
      • Blueberry Crumble Pie
      • Blueberry Custard Pie
      • Bougatsa Parcels
      • Cherry Pie
      • Chocolate Custard Pie
      • Chocolate Ganache Tart with a Pecan Crust
      • Chocolate Ganache Tart with an Oreo Crust
      • Chocolate Hazelnut Croissants
      • Chocolate Portuguese Custard Tarts
      • Cindy Crawford's Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
      • Jalousie
      • Jam Macaroon Tart
      • Lemon Meringue Pie
      • Lemon Tart
      • Lemon Tart with Blueberry Compote
      • Lime Tart
      • Mini Lemon Meringue Tarts
      • Nectarine Shortcake
      • Nutella Christmas Tree
      • Nutella Pastry Sun
      • Peach Pie
      • Pear and Apple Pandowdy
      • Pear and Chocolate Galettes
      • Pear and Raspberry Pandowdy
      • Pita od Jabuka- Croatian Apple Slice
      • Polish Szarlotka
      • Portuguese Custard Tarts
      • Quick and Easy Plum Tart
      • Quick Apple Strudel
      • Quick Apple Tarts
      • Raspberry Cream Cheese Pinwheels
      • Strawberry Cream Cheese Pastries
      • Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart
      • Strawberry Rhubarb and Apple Crumble Pie
      • Summer Berry Tart
    • Slices >
      • Apple Slice
      • Baklava
      • Banoffee Slice
      • Berry and Apple Slice
      • Berry Custard Slice
      • Blueberry Crumb Bars
      • Cheesecake Brownies
      • Cherry Ripe Brownie Bar
      • Choc-Hazelnut Meringue Slice
      • Choc-Vanilla Slice
      • Chocolate Brownies
      • Chocolate Brownies 2
      • Chocolate Brownies...Without Butter
      • Chocolate Coconut Brownies
      • Chocolate Fudge Brownies-Gluten Free
      • Chocolate Mousse Squares
      • Chocolate Oatmeal Slice
      • Galaktoboureko
      • Hello Dolly Bars
      • Kit Kat and Tim Tam Brownies
      • Krempita
      • Lemon and Coconut Brownies
      • Lemon Delicious Slice
      • Lemon Meringue Slice
      • Madarica
      • Mallow Roll
      • Milo Slice
      • Peach Crumble Bars
      • Salted Chocolate Caramel Slice
      • Salted Chocolate Cashew Caramel Slice
      • Strawberry Crumb Bars
      • Vanilla Slice
      • Wagon Wheel Slice
    • Trifles >
      • Ambrosia
      • Christmas Trifle
      • Citrus Meringue Trifle
      • Creamy Two Fruits Trifle
      • Latin Style Trifle
      • Mocha Tiramisu
      • Tiramisu with Frangelico
      • Two Layered Jellies
  • Entertaining
    • Artichoke Spinach Dip
    • Avocado and Tomato Salsa
    • BBQ Chicken Wings
    • Beef and Pea Hand Pies
    • Bocconcini, Basil and Prosciutto Balls
    • Bread and Butter Pickles
    • Buffalo Wings
    • Buffalo Wings 2
    • Buttermilk Fried Chicken
    • Cheese and Bacon Rolls
    • Cheese and Zucchini Pita
    • Cheesy Crumbed Chicken
    • Chicken Liver Pate
    • Classic Prawn Roll
    • Classic Prawn Roll 2
    • Cocktail Sausage Mummies
    • Crumbed Prawns
    • Crunchy Baked Chicken Wings
    • Eggplant and Olive Bruschetta
    • Eggplant Dip
    • Eggplant Relish
    • Erbazzone Reggiano
    • Frankfurt Bake
    • Fresh Guacamole
    • Gravlax
    • Gyoza (Pot Stickers)
    • Halloumi with Chilli
    • Ham and Cheese Garlic Bread
    • Ham and Cheese Pastry Sun
    • Ham and Cheese Sliders with Garlic Butter
    • Ham and Green Onion Fritters
    • Hoisin Chicken Wings
    • Homemade Focaccia Pizza
    • Honey Soy Chicken Wings
    • Kingfish and Radish Carpaccio
    • Kingfish Carpaccio-Japanese Style
    • Korean Chicken Wings
    • Kransky Sausage Rolls
    • Lemon and Oregano Chicken Wings
    • Lutenica
    • Marinated Mini Bocconcini With Basil and Prosciutto
    • Mini Chicken Burgers
    • Mini Pizzas
    • Mini Quiches
    • Mussels in a Vinaigrette Dressing
    • Oysters (The Way I Love Them)
    • Party Pies
    • Peruvian Chicken Wings with a Peruvian Green Sauce
    • Pickled Cucumbers
    • Pickled Green Tomatoes, Chillies or Cucumbers
    • Pizza
    • Pizza Rustica with Olive Oil Pastry
    • Pizza Scima
    • Pizza Scrolls
    • Polenta Chips
    • Polenta Chips with Mushrooms
    • Prawn and Corn Cakes
    • Prawn Salad Roll
    • Pretzel Crusted Chicken Fingers
    • Quick Kimchi (Fermented Cabbage)
    • Roast Beef Canapes
    • Roasted Capsicums
    • Salami, Provolone and Mascarpone Schiacciata
    • Salmon Rillettes
    • Salt and Pepper Prawns
    • Salt and Pepper Squid
    • Satay Chicken Wings
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Cheats Pizzette

24/3/2023

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​​Cheats Pizzette in my house means I don't feel like cooking and dinner (or lunch) today is using up leftover bread and cleaning out the fridge night. While I make the sauce, my husband is the person who usually checks what we have in the fridge and starts chopping things up. Then everyone makes their own personal pizzette, with whatever flavours they feel like.

The toppings are truly whatever you feel like eating that you have on hand. Measurements are not really important.

I tend to use day old or two day old bread as that is what I usually have in the house, and at that stage isn't too hard. If your bread rolls are stale, and you need to soften them a bit, once you cut the rolls in half horizontally, dampen the cut side of the bread rolls with water, then if your rolls are thick, flatten them with the palm of your hand before you continue with the recipe, if your rolls are thin, no need to flatten them..

This tomato sauce is my kids favourite I make it for my homemade pizzas and my kids will eat it straight from the pot or just dip bread into it.

With the water for the tomato sauce, I always pour this in my tomato tins first to get all the tomato out of the tins before I add it to the sauce.

I actually prefer this to pizza, hope when you try it, you do to.

Recipe

Recipe adapted from www.sbs.com.au/food

Tomato Sauce:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 clove crushed garlic
2 x 400g tin diced tomatoes
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon sugar
salt and pepper, to taste
extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling

6 bread rolls, sliced in half horizontally

Toppings we used:
ham
prosciutto
salami
olives
jar artichoke hearts
anchovies
fresh and jar red capsicums
capers
sliced onion
chopped or thinly sliced garlic
fresh prawns
fresh basil
dried oregano
feta
havarti
mozzarella
bocconcini
freshly grated parmesan or pecorino

​Make the tomato sauce: In a medium saucepan over medium heat add the olive oil and garlic, sauté 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add in the diced tomatoes, water and sugar, season with salt and pepper, to taste. Simmer for 10-15 minutes until thickened to your liking. Drizzle in a little extra virgin olive oil once it's done. 

Line a baking tray or two with baking paper. Preheat oven to 230C/210C fan forced.
 
Place bread rolls, cut side up on your prepared baking trays.
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Now place some sauce on each bread half and top with whatever you like. For example I made mine with defrosted raw prawns (I always have them in the freezer) and garlic, I added Bulgarian sheep feta cheese. I added a little sauce on top to. Then drizzle a little extra virgin olive oil on top.

Here you add sauce on the bread, then top with whatever you feel like eating. If you want to top with a fresh cheese, like bocconcini or fresh mozzarella, add it in the last 5 minutes of baking.
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Garlic Prawn Pizzette
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Antipasto Pizzette
​Bake for 15 minutes or until cooked to your liking.
Enjoy!
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​Irish Apple Crumble Cake

20/3/2023

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​Every St Patrick's Day I have to cook something Irish. Last year I made a Cabbage and Bacon Soup and my cake was a Chocolate Guinness Cake which we all loved, this year I made Sausage Rolls with Homemade Puff Pastry and this Apple Crumble Cake.

This cake is delicious, the base is a beautiful cinnamon scented soft tea cake. The tea cake is topped with thinly sliced granny smith apples and it is topped with a delicious crunchy streusel topping. This cake is just delightful, the streusel topping makes you think you are eating a pie.

I use a springform tin as I have one at home and it does make it easier to take the cake out of the tin, but if you haven't got one, you can bake it in a normal round tin.

If you want cup measures you can go onto the original recipe, there you will find US cup and tablespoon measures. I personally prefer cooking in grams and millilitres, as it is more reliable, for instance the original recipe states 3 tablespoons of milk, in Australia 3 tablespoons would 60ml, in the US 3 tablespoons is 45ml.

When making the streusel topping, if your butter softens too much before you get the right texture. Just pop it in the fridge, then keep rubbing it in once the butter has firmed up again.

This is a simple tea cake that is absolutely delicious, you really need to give it a try.

Recipe

​Recipe adapted from www.biggerbolderbaking.com/

Serves 8-10

Streusel Topping:
​105g plain flour
21g rolled oats
115g caster sugar
pinch salt
85g unsalted butter

Cake: 
115g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
115g caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
177g plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
​1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
45ml milk
3 granny smith apples, peeled and sliced thin

To serve, vanilla ice cream, optional
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Preheat your oven to 180°C/160°C fan forced.

Butter and line with baking paper a 22cm round springform tin. Set aside.
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In a medium bowl, combine the flour, oats, sugar, and salt. Next rub in the cold butter until fully incorporated and you've reached the texture of coarse breadcrumbs. Set aside in the fridge while you make the cake.
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Cream the butter and the sugar together in a large bowl until light and fluffy.

Next, add in the vanilla then beat in the eggs one at a time.

In a separate medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder cinnamon, and salt.

Fold the dry ingredients into the wet along with the milk.

Once the batter has formed, transfer it to the prepared cake pan, gently spreading it out. Now lay on the sliced apples, making sure they are arranged in one even layer, slightly overlapping.

Cover the apples with all the streusel topping.

Bake for roughly 65 minutes, or until the top is golden brown all over and crisp.

Remove from the oven and allow cooling slightly before turning out of the tin.

When ready to serve, dust the cake with icing sugar. Slice and serve.
Enjoy!
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Dandelion Leaves, Potato, Egg and Bacon Salad

20/3/2023

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​Dandelion, some see a weed, some see a wish, I see a salad.

A lot of people would look at this salad and think yuck, you're eating a weed, but in the past, this is what people did in European countries like Croatia or Italy or Switzerland just to name a few, they would eat things grown in nature. Past generations would know what can be eaten and what could not be eaten. My husband recalls his mother sending him out into the bush to gather dandelion leaves for a salad. His family still go into the bushes to gather different herbs, leaves, asparagus, whatever is in season.

Today unfortunately we are very reliant on supermarkets, but what happens when the supermarkets have shortages, like we have seen over the past few years.

Growing your own food is so important, my husband luckily enjoys gardening and we eat food from our garden all year round. The dandelion we eat is grown in the garden for eating, it is not just picked off my lawn. 

Dandelion has a slight bitter flavour, the younger it is, the less bitter. When you pair it with potatoes, egg and bacon, this flavour combination for me is amazing. I truly love this salad.

This salad you can serve as a side dish with a barbecue, but I like to have it as a meal also.


Here is something different, you may like to try, I find it delicious, hope you do to.

Recipe

​Serves 2

2 potatoes, peeled, cut into bite sized chucks
​100g dandelion leaves
2 hard boiled eggs, peeled, quartered
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 bacon rasher, diced
Extra virgin olive oil, to taste
Salt and pepper, to taste


Place potato in cold, salted water. Bring to the boil, cook for 5 minutes.

In the meantime, cut the dandelion leaves into bite sized pieces, or you can shred it. Add to the potatoes, continue cooking until the potatoes are cooked. Drain.

Place the eggs in cold water, bring to the boil, simmer 4-5 minutes. I like the yolk to be set, but not completely hard boiled.

​Add the olive oil to a frying pan, add the bacon and fry until the bacon is nearly crispy, I don't actually like crispy bacon, so I stop before it's crispy.

In a bowl add the potatoes and dandelion, the fried bacon and your eggs. Season with salt and pepper, then add about 2-3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Give the salad a toss, mashing some of the potatoes while tossing, leaving some potatoes into smaller chunks, add more oil, if needed. You want to taste the oil in the salad, but not saturate the salad.
Enjoy!
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Sausage Rolls with Homemade Puff Pastry

18/3/2023

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​OMG these sausage rolls are delicious. I have for the first time ever made rough puff pastry and it's so easy to make and the result is fabulous. These sausage rolls are delicious.

The first sign they would be great was the aroma wafting through the house as they were baking, it was so good. Then after the first bite I knew these were going to be made in my house again and again.

I'm usually disappointed with store bought puff pastry as it is tasteless really, bit cardboardy. Except for the Careme brand, which I love, but one sheet will cost around $12, which is really expensive. Here you will have for a fraction of the cost and with very little effort, the best puff pastry you have ever had.

This easy shortcut Puff Pastry is also called rough puff pastry, flakey pastry, or blitz pastry.

​The secret to this pastry is grated frozen butter! The colder the butter, the better! The frozen butter is what makes the flakey layers happen, it's brilliant. Also you need everything to be cold to yield great pastry, so feel free to put the bowl of flour and knife in the fridge to chill. I need to try this pastry for my pies.

I've added the original recipe video link so you can actually see how easy the pastry is to make
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vppSli6ProI&t=2s

For fresh breadcrumbs, just blitz up some white bread in the food processor. I used a soft ciabatta here and blitzed the crust also. If your bread has a hard crust, remove it and blitz the softer middle.

For the sausages I use what I like to eat, and that is plain thin Italian pork sausages, I really don't like too many other sausages.

This recipe really is easy to make and you will have the best sausage rolls you have ever had.

Recipe

​Recipe adapted from www.biggerbolderbaking.com/ 

Makes 20 pieces

450g plain Italian sausages, remove casings
1 large egg
1 small onion , finely diced
¾ cup (35g) fresh breadcrumbs
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper

Puff Pastry
198g butter, frozen
120-150 ml ice water
15 ml lemon juice
2 ⅓ cups (325g) plain flour
⅙ teaspoon salt
Egg wash


​Place your butter in the freezer for a minimum of 2 hours, but preferably overnight.

Now make the pastry: In a jug, mix together your water and lemon juice and set aside.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour and salt.  

On the larger side of a grater, grate the frozen butter directly into the flour mix. Stir the butter into the flour with a knife, so the flour gently coats the butter. 

Add in about 120ml of water and lemon juice mixture, holding a little back just in case you don’t need it all. Bring your pastry together gently to form a ball. You want to add just enough water to bring the pastry together. Too much water will not yield you a flakey dough. And do not knead the dough, just bring it together.

When the dough comes together, wrap it in cling film and place it in the fridge for a minimum of 1 hour.   

Preheat the oven to 190°C/170C fan forced and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, mix together the sausage, egg, onion, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Set aside.

On a lightly-floured surface, roll out the puff pastry into roughly a 30 x 35 cm rectangle.

Cut the pastry sheet in half lengthwise so that you have two 15 x 35 cm strips of dough.

Divide the sausage filling mixture in half. For each piece of dough, form half of the filling into a log that runs the length of the rectangles. Brush the edges of the pastry with egg wash.

Wrap the dough over the filling and shape into a log. Place the roll seam side down, making sure the pastry has joined.

Cut each log into pieces, about 4cm long and place seam side down on your prepared baking sheet. You will yield around 20 sausage rolls.

Brush with the egg wash and bake for 35-40 minutes, until puffed and golden brown.
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​​Let cool for 15 minutes before serving. Serve with tomato sauce.
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Homemade Sauerkraut

13/3/2023

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​Whenever I see really big heads of cabbage I immediately think sauerkraut, we love it in our house. So the other day when I went to my local greengrocer, the cabbages were huge and only $2.99, so I bought two heads, that will be enough to make quite a few meals for us.

This recipe is really easy, I got it from a Polish lady I follow since we did of eating around the world adventure in Poland, I'll actually add the link to a video here she made of her making sauerkraut so you can see how she did it.

Now my background is Croatian and we make it the same way. This recipe is a simple version of just cabbage and salt. My husband would add bay leaves and peppercorns to his sauerkraut, but I've kept it simple as you always add other flavours to the sauerkraut when you cook it. The only thing I would sometimes add is for every 1kg cabbage, you can shred in 1 carrot, it adds a great colour, but I only do this sometimes.

The secret to this recipe, which isn't actually a secret, is for every 1kg of shredded cabbage, you add 1 tablespoon sea salt (do not use iodised salt), that's it, that's the recipe. So you can make a small quantity or a large quantity, my two heads of cabbage gave me 6kg of shredded cabbage, so I needed 6 tablespoons of salt. I like to work in small batches, so I shred 1kg cabbage add 1 tablespoon of salt, continue with the recipe, then start on the next 1kg of cabbage.

Sauerkraut is very versatile in our house, my husband eats it straight from the jar, or if he's in the mood will dress it and make it a salad. When I cook with it, I make Jota (a sauerkraut soup), I Roast Pork Belly with it, I add shredded cabbage to my pot when I make Sarma from whole cabbage leaves, I use it when I make my Bigos Stew, I saute it with tomato paste and kielbasa sausages or fresh pork belly like my mum used to do. We always have a jar in the fridge, it's great because it lasts about 6 months in the fridge, though it never lasts long in my house.

If you want to make it so it can be kept out of the fridge, the original recipe writer says to place the sauerkraut in smaller sanitized jars, making sure there is enough brine to cover (to make more brine, dissolve 1 tablespoon of salt in 1 quart of water and top up each jar). Place jars in a large pot, add water to just below the lid. Bring water to boil and simmer on low for 25 - 30 minutes. Remove and cool. Jars can now be stored unrefrigerated. 

So next time you see a large head of cabbage, or you just want to make a small batch, here is a simple, sauerkraut recipe for you to try.

Recipe

Recipe adapted from www.polishyourkitchen.com/ 

​A glass pickling jar, I use a large cookie jar with a lid
1 kg Shredded cabbage
1 carrot, shredded, optional
1 tablespoon sea salt
Make sure your pickling jar is sterilised.
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Place a large glass or plastic bowl on your kitchen scales, set it to zero.

Thinly slice some of the cabbage or shred on a mandoline, add 1kg to your bowl. Grate the carrot, if using, on the largest side of a box grater, add it to your bowl, now add the salt. Mix and massage/scrunch the cabbage until it produces some juice.

Place in your clean pickling jar and push down with force to make sure cabbage is covered with brine. Continue this process until you use up all of the shredded cabbage and carrots.

When you are done, you need to have about 3-4cm of space at the top of your jar. Place a large snap lock bag into the jar. Pour cold tap water into the bag, you want the water to act as a weight pushing the cabbage down and bring the brine juices up. If you don't do this, your cabbage can go bad. Seal the bag shut properly, you don't want this water seeping into your cabbage. Cover the jar with your lid.


Place a clean kitchen towel or two over the jar. Place on the kitchen counter for 10 days.
After the third day, with the handle of a wooden spoon, poke holes in the cabbage to release gas. If there is excess water forming on top, remove it. This water will rise and seep out of your jar at times if you have too much. There needs to be enough just to cover the cabbage. Reserve brine and use to replenish, if needed. Cabbage will be ready when it becomes translucent. It should be deliciously tangy and crunchy.
Enjoy!
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​Easy Chicken Fajitas

9/3/2023

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​This is a great midweek meal idea. It's quick and easy to make and tastes so good.

The flavour combination here is amazing. The marinated chicken with the capsicum and onion, with the avocado and sour cream and pico de gallo and fresh coriander, it not only looks delicious, it is delicious.

I tend to serve things on the table individually and everyone just makes their own with the flavours that they like.


This is a great midweek meal idea that we love and I know you will to.

Recipe

Recipe adapted from cafedelites.com/

Serves 6

​2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
​2 tablespoons sunflower oil
1 large garlic clove, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1/2-1 teaspoon chili powder, to taste
1 tablespoon fresh chopped coriander
800g chicken thighs, skinless and boneless
3 large capsicums, cut into strips (I use green, red and yellow)
1 red onion thinly sliced

Pico de gallo:
2 vine-ripened tomatoes, diced
1/2 small white onion, diced
1/4 cup coarsely chopped coriander
Juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeño chillies, finely chopped

1 avocado, sliced or mashed, to serve
sour cream, to serve
flour or corn tortillas, to serve
fresh coriander leaves, to serve



Make the pico de gallo:  combine all ingredients in a bowl and set aside for flavours to develop.
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In a large shallow bowl, combine lime juice, oil, garlic, cumin, salt, chili and coriander; mix together. Add the chicken thighs, let marinate on your kitchen bench for 30 minutes.
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Heat a large frying pan on medium-high heat until smoking. Add a drizzle of oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pan. Sear the chicken on both sides until golden, charred and cooked right through (about 6 minutes per side, depending on the thickness of your fillets). I like to put a lid on it once I have flipped the chicken over, cook for 5 minutes covered, then uncover for the last minute. Transfer chicken to a warm plate, loosely tent with foil, set aside while you continue with the recipe. 

Add the capsicums and onions to the pan (drizzle with a little extra oil, if needed), and cook until the onion is soft and the peppers are slightly charred and cooked to your liking, about 6-8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Slice chicken into strips, add it to the capsicum mix. Serve with warmed tortillas, chopped coriander, sliced avocado, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Enjoy!
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Easy Steak Fajitas

9/3/2023

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​I love quick and easy dinners, the kind that in about 30 minutes you can have dinner on the table, with minimal effort and it looks and tastes amazing. 

The flavour combination here is amazing. The beef with the capsicum and onion, with the avocado and sour cream and pico de gallo and fresh coriander, it not only looks delicious, it is delicious.

I tend to serve things on the table individually and everyone just makes their own with the flavours that they like.


Make sure to take the steaks out of the refrigerator one hour before you need to cook them, it just makes cooking them better if they are not fridge cold.

This is a great midweek meal idea that we love and I know you will to.

Recipe

​Recipe adapted from damndelicious.net/

Serves 4-6

2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
3 cloves garlic, minced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
800g rump steak

2½ tablespoons canola oil, divided
2 red bell pepper, cut into strips
1 yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
1 large red onion, cut into wedges

Pico de gallo:

2 vine-ripened tomatoes, diced
1/2 small white onion, diced
1/4 cup coarsely chopped coriander
Juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeño chillies, finely chopped

1 avocado, sliced or mashed, to serve
sour cream, to serve
flour or corn tortillas, to serve
fresh coriander leaves, to serve



Make the pico de gallo:  combine all ingredients in a bowl and set aside for flavours to develop.
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In a small bowl, combine chili powder, cumin, paprika, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Season steak with chili powder mixture.

Heat a griddle, or cast iron or heavy based non stick frying pan over high heat until hot.

Brush steak with 1 tablespoon canola oil. Place the steak on the hot griddle (or in the hot pan) and cook for 2 minutes on each side (this does depend on the thickness of your steak). Let rest 5 minutes.
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Add bell peppers and onion to grill, add remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil; season with salt and pepper, to taste, and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 6-8 minutes.

Thinly slice steak against the grain and serve with bell peppers and onion, tortillas, pico de gallo, avocado, sour cream and fresh coriander leaves.
Enjoy!
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Gin Sling

1/3/2023

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​I love a pretty cocktail and this one is so pretty.

Recipe

​​Recipe adapted from the Family Circle 'Cocktails and Party Drinks' Cookbook

Makes 1

Ice cubes
45ml gin
30ml lemon juice
dash Grenadine
10ml sugar syrup
Soda water, to top up
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Half fill an old fashioned glass with ice. Add the gin, lemon juice, grenadine and sugar syrup, then top up with soda water.

​Garnish with a cocktail umbrella.
Enjoy!
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Erdutski Kotlic s Noklicama

25/2/2023

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​I've left the name on this one in Croatian as I like it, so I didn't want to change it, but this is basically a beef and pea soup/stew with dumplings. Croatians love to eat with a spoon, soups and stews are cooked all year round. It might by a heatwave outside, but a soup is cooked. 

Now I have been making this dish for years, but I could never get the dumplings perfect, until now. These were perfect. You mix the ingredients for the dumplings together until you get a thick pancake batter kind of consistency. Not too thick that it's a dough, but not too liquid where you can't pick it up with a spoon. Next time I make it, I'll measure the water for you.

The rest of the dish is easy to make, the flavours work well together.

I recently watched a video with someone making it using pork instead, I'm going to try that one day soon, just for a change.

This is something my husband particularly loves as this is the kind of food his mum makes, but I am happy to say my whole family loves it to.

Recipe

​Recipe adapted from Jela za Sve Prigode by Vesna Pavicic

2 tablespoons sunflower oil
2 onions, diced
​700g chuck steak, diced, bite sized
 3 carrots, diced
1/4 cup chopped parsley
500g frozen peas
1 teaspoon vegeta
1 tablespoon sweet paprika
200ml white wine
3 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons plain flour

Njoklice:
200g plain flour
2 eggs
 tablespoon sunflower oil
salt, to taste
water, as needed


Add oil to a large saucepan, place over a medium high heat, add onions and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Increase the heat to high, add in the meat, stir well to combine and continue to sauté a further 10 minutes, decrease the heat back to medium high if catching too much.

Now add in the carrots and parsley, stir through. Add in one litre of water, stir, cover with a lid and simmer for 30 minutes.

Add in the peas, vegeta, paprika, season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add in one litre of water, mix. Simmer for 30 minutes.

Mix the tomato paste in 2 cups water. Mix the flour in 1/4 cup water, make sure there are no lumps of flour, add both the tomato paste and flour mixtures to the beef mixture along with the wine and another 2 cups water. Simmer 45 minutes. If you need to add water as it is thicker than you want it to be add more water.

Meanwhile make your noklice: In a bowl add the flour, eggs, oil and salt. Give it a mix. Now add in 2 tablespoons of water, mix. Keeping adding water a tablespoon at a time until you get a smooth thick pancake batter consistency. Set aside, until needed
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This is the consistency you are looking for. These ones have parsley added to them.
​After the 45 minutes of cooking time has passed, add in the noklice. Place a spoon into your hot stew, this will stop the batter sticking to your spoon. When it is hot, use the spoon to cut the dough near the edge of the dough. Try and keep them the same size for even cooking, this comes with practice.
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​Drop the dough into the stew by putting the dough and spoon into the simmering stew, the dough will slide off and this way the spoon stays hot, repeat until all the dough is used up, simmer for about 10 minutes or until the noklice are cooked through.
Serve hot.
Enjoy!
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Omelette with Stir Fried Shitake Mushrooms and Rice

15/2/2023

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​This recipe came about as I had shitake mushrooms in the refrigerator that I needed to use up. I found this surprisingly delicious, it was so nice. I had never added soy sauce to eggs, what a great flavour.

I served it as a side to Honey Soy Chicken and Broccolini. If you want a vegetarian dish just serve it with the broccolini. With the leftovers, I just made some extra eggs, and heated up the rice and mushrooms and had it the next day. Loved it then also.

This is a very simple dish, perfect for a quick, yet flavoursome lunch.

Recipe

Recipe adapted from www.taste.com.au

2 eggs
1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
6 spring onions, finely sliced on the diagonal
1 tablespoon shredded ginger
1 garlic clove, crushed
300g fresh shitake mushrooms, sliced
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
Cooked rice and steamed broccolini, to serve

Beat eggs with soy, season with pepper.

Heat a non stick frying pan over medium heat, add half the oil and when hot, pour in the eggs, swirling pan to coat the base of the frying pan.

Cook until the omelette is just set. Sprinkle with a little spring onion. Using an egg flipper, carefully roll up the omelette. Slide out onto a board, chop up roughly into shreds.

Return the pan to the heat, add the remaining oil, ginger and garlic, fry for 1 minute.

Add mushrooms, stir fry until wilted, then add the oyster sauce and stir to combine.

Place rice in a serving dish, top with mushrooms and omelette.

Garnish with remaining spring onion, serve with broccolini.
Enjoy!
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