Category: Cooking

Salmon, leek & dill frittata – excellent, do again. Used a 210g can of salmon. Beef and pumpkin curry

Pumpkin Feta Pastitio Spicy chicken zigni curry (reduce cayenne pepper to reduce spice; spice quantities could probably be halved in future) Lamb and pumpkin tagine (substitute butterflied leg for shanks) For next week – polenta crusted vegie casserole keen to try these Jaffa Truffles Kate also suggests this Cannellini bean, cumin and yoghurt dip, and …

Red Lentil, chickpea and chilli soup

Local cafe does an amazing pan fried beetroot and vodka cured salmon. I’m going to try to approximate it at home, starting with this recipe that I will modify a bit and pan fry. Beetroot and Vodka Cured salmon Update: the spices were delicious, but it was a bit salty, which in hindsight made sense …

Some ideas for this week. Saturday night: Roast mushroom pork bake Sunday lunch: Persian baked eggs with lentils Sunday night: Teriyaki beef asian mushrooms and soba noodles Monday or Tuesday night: Chicken and eggplant curry The Teriyaki beef and mushrooms was good, and definite do again – but best when asian mushrooms are discounted. The persian baked …

  We bottled William Bartlett pears this morning. 3.9kg fruit and 2.5L of light syrup (200g sugar made to 1L of syrup with warm water).

Quick pastitsio – this was hugely tasty and Danielle asks we cook it again. Huge amounts of fats though, needs plenty of green vegetables to accompany, and should use lean mince. Slow-cooker beef daube I did also look at slow cooker beef brisket ragu Zucchini and pumpkin fritters with poached eggs Recently removed recipes from the pinup board …

Cheesy baked eggs via taste.com

Tahini choc-chop biscuits Chilli beef stir-fry with broccoli