My family got together for brunch last month at Jac’s and my home. It was our usual east meets west home-cooked potluck feast. The kids eating brunch. Caleb’s watching the photographer While Jac prepared the trimmings to accompany my mum’s rice porridge, I made the mini egg and bacon pies under Jac’s direction. I had [&helli…
Whenever we have a family get-together, I hope my mum will cook up a batch of her hokkien mee. To my delight, more often than not, she walks in with a big pot of noodles. I’ve had lots of requests for my mum’s Hokkien mee recipe since my recent post about my niece Ruby’s 4th […]
Honey mustard quail, oven roasted potato, green salad I recently received some sample products from Game Farm. Jac and I were both very excited – Jac, to cook them; me, to eat them! Game Farm has been around since 1975 and specialises in the breeding and processing of game birds and speciality poultry, and supply […]
I was home alone on the long weekend last month and found myself craving banana bread. I’ve made a really yummy banana and orange loaf many times before, but we didn’t have any oranges. I looked in a number of Jac’s cook books and found banana bread recipes that looked good, but they all used […]
Jac marinated chicken marylands with barbecue seasoning, then baked them in the oven. Interesting fact Here in Australia we call the cut of chicken that includes the entire chicken leg – thigh and drumstick – a chicken maryland. In the US “chicken Maryland” refers to a specific dish that originated in the state of Maryland. …
Dinner: corned beef with mustard sauce and vegetables Jac cooked a chunk of corned beef (sometimes called silverside) for dinner recently. I think my US readers will know this as boiled beef brisket. We get our corned beef from the supermarket. It’s a great dinner, with meat and vegetables all cooked in the same pot. […]
Jac made meatloaf for dinner and served it with sauteed vegetables (cabbage, onion, mushroom, zucchini, green beans and peas) and garlic mashed potatoes. Jac knows I love meatloaf that has hard-boiled egg in the centre, so when she makes meatloaf she always makes sure to include the hard-boiled egg. I love the tomato sauce glaze […]
Jac made a delicious casserole for dinner recently. It’s called Taka Tala casserole, made using Beerenberg Farm Taka Tala sauce and marinade. The casserole can be made with chicken, pork or beef – Jac used chicken. The casserole also has potatoes and tinned tomatoes in it. The tomatoes plus the sauce combine to give it […]
Jac recently made a dairy-free French onion dip using Tofutti dairy-free cream cheese. The label on the Tofutti cream cheese container proclaims: No dairy, no butterfat and no cholesterol. I was a little skeptical as I tend to be when foods claim to be low in fat but great-tasting – how good would it really […]
I mentioned recently that Jac’s discovered the joys of baking. She’s been going through our cook books to find recipes for biscuits (cookies) and slices (bars) to bake. She’s been saying we should get a mixer so we can make cakes and breads and everything else more quickly/easily. Sounds good to me – wonder if […]