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I’m always in a rush, so this is a quicky and easy way to make a nice flavoursome sauce in just a few minutes. It’s great with a steak. 1. Make one cup of instant gravy as per the packet directions. 2. Stir in one teaspoon of cracked pepper, 3. Rinse and pat dry 2 [...]

The traditional Spanish style paella is steeped in much tradition, The traditionalists will tell you that you must use a certain kind of rice,  a certain kind of pan, the rice must only be half a thumbs depth and it goes on. I’m not much of a traditionalist so I was quite happy when I [...]

There is probably a million different variations of this traditional chinese soup that you could find online. This is an easy one that doesn’t take long to make. The other bonus is that it’s low fat, low carb and high on flavour! Ingredients 300 grams chicken breast meat 3 litres of chicken stock (or substitute) [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve updated, a lot has happened in the last six months,  traveled quite a bit for work, bought a house,  started renovating said house and it hasn’t left a lot of time for the kitchen or the website. However the colder weather is upon us down my end of the [...]

In the scheme of shell fish I would probably rank the humble mussel in third place after oysters and scallops. What gets mussels into third place is they are abundant (where I am), cheap and reasonably easy to cook. They are a bit of a pain to clean, but if you get the farmed mussels [...]

This soup is a great winter warmer on a cold day. The ginger gives it a real zing that warms you up on the inside. Another bonus is that it’s fat free and has a low salt content (depending on which stock you use). Although this would qualify as vegan food I won’t advertise it [...]

This arrived in my inbox today. For the people that have never heard of Margaret Foulton she’s written a lot of cookbooks in Australia, and possibly even had her own TV show (before my time) Margaret Fulton’s way: Stuff miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice-cream drips. The Working Mum’s [...]

Being a bit of a cook and a bit of a geek, I’ve had a look at my server stats and come up for the 5 most popular recipes on the site for April 2008. Seafood Risotto Thai Beef Massaman Curry  Creamy Smoked Salmon and Fettucine (with asparagus) -don’t try this one yet, still needs [...]

The key to this very simple recipe is good ingredients and not overcooking. My oysters came off the water some time this morning, Can’t get much fresher than that unless your picking them off the rocks yourself. There are probably dozens of different variations of oysters kilpatrick, but this is the simplest of them all [...]

This is what my Mum used to call Chow Mein when I was growing up. Besides the fact it has rice and curry powder in it, It has nothing in common with any other Asian dish I’ve ever had. The other disincentive I’m going to give you is that I won’t be putting a photo [...]