These are yum and easy too! Ingredients 1 cup (250g) low fat smooth ricotta 3 eggs 1 small onion, chopped 1/2 cup (70g) cashews 1 tbs Kikkom...

1 pkt udon noodles 1/2 capsicum chopped roughly 1 medium carrot peeled and grated 30 gms snow pea sprouts chopped 1 bunch mint roughly chopp...

Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes Ingredients; vegetable oil, for deep-frying
 8 iceberg lettuce leaves
 1 large (180g) carrot, sliced thin...

For those of you looking for an alternative to the local fish and chips or chinese take away, this restaurant might be just what you are loo...

Today I found McGuigan's Black Label Red in a one litre bottle for $9.90. unfortunately it is too soft (tastes almost sparkly) and almo...

In the quest for cheap wine (that tastes reasonable, rather than like flavoured tap water) I found my favourite 1 litre bottle of Banrock St...

Check out this most amazing wedding cake - I was flabbergasted

2 eggs 250 g white sugar 125 g butter Juice of 3 lemons Zest of 2 lemons Beat the eggs with the sugar in a saucepan (to make a creamy rather...

2 tspn oil 2 cups cubed pumpkin 2 cups arborio (or other risotto rice) 5 cups boili...

I succumbed to a rice cooker last week - I used it for the first time last night. I made a butter chicken curry and cooked basmati rice in t...

Tonight I made steak and sweet potato mash for tea, with a mushroom sauce. 3 steaks (good quality) 3-400gm flat mushrooms sliced garlic 1/4 ...

AJR had to cook a cake for an asignment, with a partner and then hand it in, unfortunately, the school roof is caving in and the kids are be...

400 gms sweet potato, peeled and chopped 1 can chick peas 1 large onion finely chopped 2 cloves of ...

I have added two new books to the list on the right. The crockpot one is great, by two authors whom I have already sampled (see Meals witho...

If you are thinking of a nice juicy steak or chop or other rich red meat tonight, then you might want pine nut butter on the top. Of course...

I am a big fan of the Sanitarium website and regularly get their suggestions for great vegie meals and thought that you might enjoy ...

Just so you know, if interested, Vegeta make a range of stock powders that are gluten free. The title is linked to the Vegeta site. Fantas...

Ever wondered what happens when you stir fry haloumi? Wonder no more, here is the vegetarian/haloumi stir fry made for AJR the other day (co...

Happy birthday TC!!!! More to come in the mail. I have two recipes for this, and they are different, the first one is runnier and the lack ...

1 1/3 cups ricotta ¾ cup milk 4 eggs, separated 1 cup GF plain flour 1 tspn baking ...

This is for you JC - another delicious meal for a Coeliac/Vegetarian 1¾ cups (435ml) milk 1¾ cups (435ml) vegetable stock ¼ tsp salt 2/3 cup...

1 onion finely sliced 1 clove garlic chopped 1 can refried beans 1 pkt corn chips (plain gf) 1 pkt taco seasoning (gf) Cook onion and garlic...

Check out this link to some wonderful looking savoury muffins, they look so yummy. Might have to make them myself.

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...