Grab stock for salmon risotto ( Read more... )

Made soup.

Made cakes.


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( This is adapted from the Australian Women's Weekly cookbook from the 1970s. )

Many of the local restaurants have started serving this, so I wanted to try and make them myself. I've almost got the texture right, and I think I have the proportions (trust me, there's been a lot of experimentation).

Serves 2 by themselves for a middle-large breakfast.

• 1 large zucchini (courgette) grated - you're going to want 1 1/2 to 2 cups ( Read more... )

Bit of a back story first. When my mum and dad married in 1963, about six months after my paternal grandmother Marge went to my Mum and said "You know, George is looking a bit thin. You might need this." And she gave my mum a copy of the 1962 Commonsense Cookery Book. From it, my mother learned the basics of plain cakes, Irish Stew and Puff Pastry ( Read more... )

Three poppadoms cooked and placed in a sealed takeaway container overnight ( Read more... )

The price for the Lacor 28cm Cast Aluminium Frypan on Amazon.uk is now only £30.46

Get your 99.9% discount NOW!

(Alas, they will not ship to Australia)

I was alerted to this rather special pan by Neil Gaiman's twitter. I've screencapped the entry in case Amazon change the price.


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I know a bundle of you have various dairy issues. I want to make a couple of "thank you" fruit cakes for a pair of lasses who have the FODMAPs issues. I know that means no dairy or flour, but I'm finding conflicting information about dried fruit. Also, I know they have to avoid large amounts of alcohol, but some? In reality, although the cake tends ( Read more... )

Snaffled from dickgloucester, this is ( all about the contents of your kitchen utensil cupboards. )