Sunday night we had omelet - two different sorts to cater for my family's foodie needs. Version 1 (vegetarian and gluten free) 4 eggs 1 ...

So Saturday finds us getting ready to go to the wedding of B&L at St Paul's in Manuka and then later a reception at Royal Canberra ...

JC asked me for some vegetarian recipe's to impress. The first two recipes are two glutten free recipes and the last contains gluten: 1....

We have a new Bill Granger book and we love his food, it is always simple and tasty. The other day JSR made this tomato pasta and we loved ...

Carrot and Coriander Soup 1 kg of Carrots, roughly chopped 1 large onion sliced 1 large potato thickly sliced 2 cloves of garlic chopped rou...

On Monday, CJK and the kids came over and I made a bit of a gluten free festival (see photo) I hope you enjoy this dish as much as we did, T...

There are two Thai Amarin restaurants in Canberra, one in Kingston and run by the original owners of the Thai Amarin in Erindale. John and ...

Well some time ago I suggested that we should try a buy local trip and yesterday TSS, JC and I managed it. We went to the Poachers Pantry o...

Tuesday I was tired and had gone to Woolies to pick up something for dinner and baulked when I saw how long the queues were. Went to the pe...

Monday saw us eating Chestnut soup with the Bundanoon chestnuts. Recipe from: http://www.chestnutsonline.com/recipes.htm ...

Dad brought some chestnuts from Bundanoon the other day, still in their protective cases. AJR and Mum and Dad removed the chestnuts from th...

We have an omelet maker and the other day I made delicious omelette's for everyone. 5 eggs left over sweet potato fritatta mix bag of sp...

As Easter approaches I thought we should spend some time thinking (in addition to eating) chocolate - well who doesn't. Origin of the w...

I like to try new things and have recently found Neil Perry's aioli. Aioli is mayonaise with roasted garlic. Recipe: Tomatoes, baby sp...

AJR has discovered the delights of Cinamon toast and hot chocolate with cinamon in it and here is his favourite afternoon snack.

Ingredients 1pkt pasta sliced olives to taste (I use Woolworth's home brand) sliced sundried tomatoes to taste (I like and use Always ...

MLR and I attended the fair, but were a bit late due to other things that happened today. I had to work this morning and then was late back...

Following the popular $12 cases of wine found (and bought and consumed) in Woollies in past few weeks, I heard a rumour that ALDI were follo...

For those in the Canberra region and interested in this topic, then this is the fair to attend. It is on at the Canberra Southern Cross Clu...

Easy to make Smoked Salmon Penne pasta (serves however many you want!) Per person: 60g dried penne (or other) pasta 50 g smoked salmon 1/4 c...

Hi Everyone, I found this site thanks to Bells , and TSS. It is a magazine, recipe finder, forum and teacher all in one. I do hope you en...

JSR introduced me to Oysters 16 years ago and I really like them, although I still prefer them dressed, rather than natural. Here is his lat...

Ok, you are tired and need to eat before going to bed, going partying, going mad! Here is a simple recipe, with ingredients in your pantry,...

The 642.4 gang planned to descend on Deeks Bakery in Dickson, as it has been a while. If you want to know more about them , check out the...

Liz came over on Tuesday and I cooked her lunch - we were celebrating Liz's birthday and also the last day of my holiday. I made individ...

An ancestor of mine thinks that I cook a great bread and butter pudding, however I once made a terrible one and have avoided making this rec...

Warm salad of chorizo, spinach, tomato and onion Having come home early I watched Ready Steady Cook show and then cooked the recipe above....

We had a great standby meal tonight - ready in less than 15 minutes 1 can tuna (in spring water) 1 pkt pasta (any short pasta) 500 gm pkt fr...

I love haloumi and here is our haloumi Salad Rocket, sundried tomato strips, red onion and haloumi. The haloumi was dry fried on a grill...

TSS and CJK came over for lunch on Thursday. I made a vegetarian, gluten free spag bol 1 can lentils drained 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 la...

I noticed last November that there was a new dish for Children at McDonalds, Pasta Zoo Happy Meal!!! A vegetarian, healthier option, yeh. ...

Here is what we had for breakfast the other day - don't you just love pancakes in the holidays!!! JSR had his with jam, AJR had his wit...

Here is a great breakfast idea, it is vegetarian, low gi and healthy. Cut up some mushrooms and red onion and a little garlic and saute them...

Tonight we had homemade pizza and tried out the new Pizza stone - it works very well, thanks for the great present. We had a beautiful garl...

I got a request for a recipe finder site, you know where you can put in the ingredients you have and it spits out a great recipe - enabling ...

We had a lovely repast of Calamari, seared lemon, steamed broccolini, fried garlic, pangrattato (basically fried or toasted breadcrumbs in g...

To serve 1 Ingredients 240g potatoes - unpeeled and cut into wedges 150g green beans, trimmed and cut into 3 cm lengths 1 cup baby rocket l...

JSR had a great game of golf today and came home loaded with chocolate from our friends C&M. He then made a beautiful Thai inspired din...

I had arranged a special class for Andrew which finished at 9.15 - so I headed to TSS's place for a little refreshment, while waiting. ...

Photo courtesy of TSS 642.4 is the dewey number for casual dining, and when all is said and done I am a librarian!! There is a group of fou...

Ingredients 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 small onion finely chopped 1 clove garlic finely crushed 2 cups (300 g) grated sweet potato 2 zucchini gr...

My current favourite Salad lettuce, sun dried tomatoes, capsicum and corn - super easy super quick super healthy (no dressing required due t...

Spanokopita. This is a standard of mine. Take 500gm frozen spinach, 250gm of ricotta or fetta, 3-5 spring onions chopped (or small onion cho...