• Cooking everyday meals for the family, fancy dinnerparties for friends, and everything in-between, trying not to break the bank and making the most of what's in season.

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Risotto therapy

Slowly stirring rice, adding hot stock every so often, breathing in the scent of developing flavours, can make you forget about life’s worries and help de-stress you for a while. Risotto may not be the most photogenic of dishes, but it sure makes up for that in taste Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.

As long as there are eggs in the fridge…

…there’s a meal to be had. Frittatas are great any time of day and with any kind of ingredients. Cauliflower abound in the markets these days, quickly boiled then sautéed with a bit of garlic brings out their sweetness and with some leftover bits of cheese and a salad on the side, dinner’s served! Posted [...]

Pizza party

Pizza dough with oregano The best pizza is usually the one made at home, with everyone’s pick of their favourite toppings. Made the dough at lunch time (a luxury!) and let it sit covered in a cold oven for hours which made it light and fluffy and easy to roll out. Maxed out the oven [...]

Cheezy odds and ends = Meatless Monday

I wasn’t planning on the no meat thing (bacon sure would have kicked this up a notch), but needed to use up a bunch of cheese ends and figured that would be protein enough. Sautéed leeks, fennel tops, celery and a carrot, then threw in leftover peas from the pie-fest (will post details) and some [...]

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