Hmm, it's been a while since I posted a recipe, so let's do something simple here.  Something pretty straightforward but hearty and warming on a cold day like today.  Nothing too complex here!

I only recently discovered good ol' fashioned bangers and mash, but it's rapidly become a favoured comfort-food over recent years.  It's probably my favourite ( Read more... )

Mmmm... I do declare that my most recent soup is the tastiest yet.   Hopefully I can remember everything I bunged into the pot!

Spicy Lamb Soup.
Serves 8 - perhaps more, depending on how big ya soup pot is!

1 medium sized onion, coarsely diced.
1 leek, coarsely chopped.
2 medium sized potatoes, scrubbed and coarsely diced.
2 medium sized orange kumara, ( Read more... )

I made some fairly standard pepperoni pizzas over the weekend. However, I ended up running out of pizza bases and mozzerella before I ran out of other ingredients. So, last night when trying to decide what to eat, I figured that maybe I could work with some of the pizza type ingredients and pasta. And what happened was this!

Tomato and ( Read more... )

Last night's Chicken-and-mushroom tagine with couscous was actually the first time I'd cooked couscous ( Read more... )

My mother talked me into taking her up to Lindale farm this weekend, despite my reservations.  I vowed to be strong. To be firm. To keep control.

I guess I suceeded.  I only spent $88 all up.  I didn't buy the reeeealllly big bottles of olive oil, only small cute ones.  And only one small jar of scotch whiskey marmalade.  And only a small jar of ( Read more... )

Serious question time:  Am I really the only person who likes brussel sprouts?

I do find it weird.  I like them, I always have.  But they seem to be one of the most loathed vegetables around? Why?

But, anyhoodles, for those who really don't like them, here's another way to cook them than the usual boiling method - this is from the "recipe of the week ( Read more... )

So, today I buy a punnet of chips. Delicious golden fried potato chips (or fries, to our american cousins). I know they're bad for me, but it's the first deep fried food I've eaten in a fortnight - it's a reward for me eating healthily and cheaply since my last payday, so I spend a spare $2 on some chips ( Read more... )

Last week I posted a Chicken Madras recipe, but I made a bit of a typo with the spice paste I was using.

So, if you're looking for that ingredient, look out for Sharwood's Madras Paste, not "Sherwoods" as I wrote. I found it in Kilbirnie Woolworths, but I've seen it in other places as well. It's really nice - it's made from roasted spices, so ( Read more... )

Okay, once again, leftover chicken madras with basmati rice for lunch.

Now I've got people from *other offices* coming over and asking what that wonderful smell is. Some workmates are even light-heartedly offering money if I bring them some.

And it's not even a particularly special or creative dish!

A little-goes-a-long-way Chicken Madras2 tbs ( Read more... )

Today's featured article on the main Wikipedia page is about Slayer's Reign in Blood album ( Read more... )