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Jacket-baked Potatoes
Yep, eat them on the couch if you want to, just make them because these are stunningly good.
Winter Salad
How to make a finger-licking green salad? It’s all in the tossing …
Garlic is cheaper than the doctor
Is garlic a cure-all? Is it strongest when used crushed or chopped? Does it keep the vampires away?
Porcelain ginger grater
This is one of the most effective tools to grate ginger. Why is it so good?
French Omelette with Bacon, Crème Fraîche & Chives
An omelette is a 2-minute meal, ready when you are. This one’s amazing – salty, tangy, savoury – and really hits the spot.
Cheesy Scrambled Eggs Rolled in Soft Tortillas
Soft pillows of creamy eggs atop tortillas with a handful of coriander & feta, dotted with chilli sauce, is a great way to say ‘Hello there morning!’
Roasting tomatoes
Slow roast, fast roast, whole or halved, here’s the low-down on roasting tomatoes.
Pig on the beach – true!
Thatched roof, pig on a beach, Durdle Door, whatever next!
Ilaria goes wandering.
Get Roasting this Sunday
It’s not that we need an excuse to fire up the oven and cook a roast in our household, but sometimes having a reason to do so makes it more of an occasion. This Sunday, August 2nd, is Selak’s New Zealand Roast Day and we’ll gather together with the family to enjoy a hearty roast […]
Cardoons the new artichoke
Cardoons may be new to you, but they’re an ancient vegetable. Looking like a tatty bundle of celery, the taste, I tell you, is pure artichoke.
Hokkien Noodle Soup with Wong Bok & Tofu
Chilli, coriander, ginger and soy sauce give oodles of flavour to this easy and sustaining noodle soup.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad
If only our mothers and grandmothers had thought to roast these cute little buds we would have loved them at first bite!
Sorrel
Sorrel is lemony-fresh and a few leaves added to a salad give a tart refreshing burst.
Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out … it’s time to party!
O-ho yeah! 4th of July’s coming up and it’s time to get in the mood for a little sizzlin’ and grillin’ … No matter if it’s cold, dark and rainy where you are, you can still join in the fun! Cook an amazing batch of smoked paprika fries in the oven and get patties sizzling in a […]
Tomato Ancho Salsa
A spoonful of smoky salsa sure peps things up!
Minced (ground) meat
The most important point with minced (ground) meat is to use it fresh. The extra handling and exposure to air makes it more vulnerable than fresh joints.
Ducks in your pie
What do these creatures do? Apart from quack …
Apple & Cranberry Pie
Whoa – this is a good one – apple & cranberry pie scented with a few grates of orange zest, topped with homemade pastry. Seconds guaranteed.
Parsley
Like your favourite handbag, parsley can go anywhere. Welcomed for its overt mown grass aroma and breath-freshening taste, parsley is at home in practically any savoury dish.
Thyme
Thyme’s a warming sort of herb and is often associated with slow-cooked autumnal or wintery dishes or comfort food, but it shouldn’t be typecast.
Dianne’s 5 Grain Bread
My kind of bread – mix it, bake it, eat it. No kneading, rising or faffing around with these babies.
Bring me bread and oil
Basically, a big feast of carby-goodness will always put a smile on my face.
Broccoli Salad with Pumpkin & Peppers
Get your chops around this – colourful, crunchy, bursting with flavour, and good for you!
Broccoli Stir-fry with Chilli, Ginger & Oyster Sauce
This is a quickie, and scrumptious, and good for midweek.
What’s a bunnuce burger?
I know, I know, strange word, and I didn’t know what it was until about a year ago when someone made it up …