https://www.delicious.com.au/recipes/spaghetti-marinara-white-wine-capers/e8ae8618-c2ad-4912-b8d4-52595fbe80f7 http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/bocconcini-tomato-basil-salad/b816569a-521e-49ef-b380-a9f172fde7cf

Basic banana bread with variations – one extra banana for three total, double cinnamon, and add some nutmeg or dessicated coconut. Cupcakes at Hildegard’s request – Honey and Vanilla cupcakes Turkish zucchini and haloumi bake as when Todd & Laura visited they brought eggs and zucchini from Mum Harissa, pumpkin, haloumi and spiced chickpea salad …

Both were great Miso chicken – I used chicken thighs, basically marinade (/500g chicken) pan fried to internal temperature 70deg C 2 Tbps Miso paste 1 1/2 tsp sesame oil 1 1/2 tsp chopped ginger 1 1/2 tsp chopped garlic 1/4 tsp chilli flakes (I added just a merest pinch of our dried chilli) Tuna …

Coriander chicken curry Pork San choy bau

Lamb meatball tagine

Penne pasta pan roasted pumpkin and pork sausage for church lunch Bistro salad Salmon with peas, bacon and lettuce Some recent baking that has turned out well Lemon tart Strawberry summer cake

Mansaf as per North Rd Bakery recipe. Using a half-leg of lamb in lieu of 5 lamb shanks worked fine. Using half Baharat and half ground cardamon worked less well. It needed the style of Baharat used in Townsville, which I think was dominated by smoked paprika. Roast lemon chicken. Fast, easy and tasty. Do …

Quick pastitsio along with butter braised celery Chicken pancetta with red wine ragu Salmon, leek & dill frittata – the self-seeded dill is starting to grow ahead a little in the garden

Asian chicken soup Marcela lentil soup Roast tomato, eggplant, pesto pasta

After picking a substantial amount of olives on Saturday 27th May, and using a water bath swapped daily from Sunday 28th, it’s time to start the final brine. All were single sliced on the Sunday morning and water curing started Sunday afternoon. Based on the mediterranean style cracked olive style from  The University of California …