Monthly archive July, 2011

Firestarter – a bowl of chilli
Sometimes a bowl of hot chilli is just what’s needed when the cold won’t stop and the Jetmasters are burning. Well if I had a Jetmaster it would be burning. Or a real fire. That’s the ultimate. This chilli will get your insides warm whilst you find a heat source...READ ON»

Lemon delicious – the end result
Back in May I posted a recipe for Lemon Delicious. The post only had a photo of the pudding mixture pre-cooking, because once it was out of the oven, we ate the whole lot before I had a chance to photograph it. So we made it again last night. This...READ ON»

Corn cakes for kids
I’ve been making these for the kids on and off over the past 6 months – as a corn reinvention. They pretty much always get eaten – by both parties which is great as one won’t normally touch corn. Then I discovered I really like them too, so I’ve just...READ ON»

Seafood stew
It’s bucketing down in Sydney this week. The call-out for wintery food continues. So to match the wild and angry ocean, I decided to make a seafood stew. Seafood sometimes receives a tepid ‘oh yay’ of under-enthusiasm in our household, so we don’t tend to eat it day in day...READ ON»

Satay chicken
We went ice-skating recently, as part of the Winter Festival. This is nothing radical really, except it was on the sand at Bondi Beach. Like RIGHT on the sand. Near the water. The rink is gone now, and it’s back to sand and sea business as usual. There was a...READ ON»