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Meat on the Menu
Crispy Skin Roast Pork with Green Papaya Salad It has been a long time since I cooked a roast! I think that everyone’s mother is the queen of roasts and mine was no exception. Roast beef always came...
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GET sum PORK on ya FORK!
Crispy Skin Roast Pork Belly What a good slogan that was! A catchy phrase with rude connotations was ingrained in most of us who watched afternoon TV in the early 80′s. Yes, it WAS that long ago!! As...
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Curry in a Hurry
My rendition of Beef Rendang The weather is cooling and its almost time to pull the doona out in Brisbane. Perfect weather for a warming curry! Today I cooked a special curry with some organic...
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Dim Sum a Yum Yum!
Dim Sum was a family treat for us as kids. Back then, a select few restaurants in Chinatown, Melbourne, served yum cha on a monthly basis where hoardes of Chinese families would hustle the trolleys in...
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Chow down at Fogo De Chao
I had never been to a Brazilian restaurant before last night and it was truly a fun experience. Think: yum cha × steak house × sizzler with 5 stars and you got it in one! We were guests of a local,...
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Comforting corned beef
Home corned beef for my New York Reuben sandwich You know, I hated corned beef as a kid. The smell would pervade the house and everything would taste the same – like corned beef! Consequently, as an...
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A Winter Warmer – Beef in Red Wine
Beef in Red Wine with creamy mash Nothing beats a good hearty casserole when its cold outside to warm you up! The word casserole derived from the French word for “saucepan”, is both the name of the...
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Today in my Thermomix….
It was a public holiday here in Queensland and I had the house so myself so what a better way to spend the day than in the kitchen! I made Spaghetti Bolognaise sauce, Eggplant jerky, Paleo crackers,...
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A story about farting……
Who me? I had an interesting conversation with a friend this week who lives in regional south-east QLD. We were talking about the pros & cons of grass-fed beef over grain fed beef and it was very...
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Ondalay!! Ondelay!! (ándale!! ándale!!)
Mexican Carnitas Mexican & Spanish food is currently having a metamorphosis in Brisbane. Little Spanish cantina’s are popping up everywhere which pleases me to no end! Up until a decade ago,...
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Coconut Water Braised Pork
Coconut water, fresh from the coconut! Coconut water is the buzzword at the moment. It has been touted as the next superfood to fix everything from boosting your metabolism and aiding weight loss, to...
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Sang Choi Bao
Recently I visited a friend who cooked me a fabulous lunch of sang choi bao. I had forgotten the wonderfully textural experience of biting into crisp lettuce leaves through to a flavour packed meat...
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Konichiwa Okonomiyaki!
Todays version of Okonomiyaki Finally the last of the Christmas ham is done! The vinegar soaked ham bag can be washed and put away for another year. We had the final scraps of ham to be used up and my...
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Hoisin Braised Chicken with Eggplant
Comfort food This is an oldie but a goodie! I haven’t made it in a while as I don’t buy hoisin sauce any more but now that I make my own, this recipe has had a resurgence. It’s one of those meals that...
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Slow Cooked Moroccan Goat
Serve with parsnip- cauliflower mash for an easy dinner If you are a meat eater, which meats would you usually consume? You might list beef, chicken, turkey, pork, and fish. But what about goat? My...
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Chinese Crispy Roast Pork (Siew Yoke) in the Slow Cooker
My husband likes it slightly over browned but it’s just as yummy. Do you ever stop and stare at the curious delights displayed in the Chinese barbecue shop window? Drool over the lacquered red Peking...
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Pick a Peppered Pasty..
Fresh out of the oven There are many renditions of a Cornish pasty, and I don’t think that my version fits the bill. The traditional pasty consists of beef, potatoes, swedes and onion, and heavily...
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Braised Pork & Incaberry Stew
I cut the salami in chunks here, but shredding it is better. I do love pork belly. Especially when it is roasted and served with a crackling crispy skin. But pork belly also makes a fabulous stew. The...
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On A Sausage Roll… Gluten-Free AND Dairy-Free!
Serve with a nice tomato relish When I was at high school, I was never very keen on a tuck-shop sausage roll, favouring the good old Cornish pasty instead. There was never a nice way to eat them as...
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Galbi Jjim – Korean Beef Stew with Kelp Noodles
My foray into Korean cuisine has only been recent. Having had an enormous passion for all things Japanese, I was interested to learn that most Japanese people have a fondness for anything Korean! Ask...
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