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Breakfast bowls with brown rice, greens & miso dressing

January 23, 2018 by date with a plate.

While everyone is distracted by often over-engineered smoothie bowls and piles of pancakes, I would like to take a moment to introduce you to a savoury breakfast bowl – because bowls seem to be all the rage. However, serving this on a good old fashioned plate works just as well – except maybe for Instagram…but that’s another discussion for another day. I like savoury breakfasts – not all the time, but certainly the vast majority. I like runny eggs and […]

Categories: Breakfast, Lunch, Vegetarian • Tags: avocado, basil, bowls, Breakfast, brown rice, Buddha bowl, eggs, health food, lemon, miso, sesame oil, sesame seeds, spinach, tamari, vegetarian

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Baked eggs with chickpeas, tomato and basil

January 18, 2016 by date with a plate.

The great thing about eggs is they don’t need to be confined to breakfast. Dinner, snack time or lunch, eggs are one versatile and affordable ingredient and it’s probably why I utilise them in my cooking so often. Although I made this meal for breakfast, it can just as easily be eaten for lunch or dinner. It’s quick, easy, cheap and most importantly; tasty and filling. It’s also very adaptable, for example, feel free to add some grilled chorizo/bacon or […]

Categories: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, One Pot Wonder, Vegetarian • Tags: basil, Breakfast, chickpea, chili, dinner, eggs, garlic, onion, oregano, tomato

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My Harvey Beef (not so classic) roast beef sanga

December 9, 2015 by date with a plate.

For the past month our house has been the epicentre of all things beef. Beef for dinner, beef for lunch, even beef for breakfast. But don’t get me wrong, this is a good thing, a very good thing. I have been busy cooking and reviewing Harvey Beef’s new marinated beef range. When I was asked by the team at Harvey Beef if I was up for the challenge, my enthusiastic “yes” was delivered without hesitation, not even the slightest of […]

Categories: Beef, Bread, Roast • Tags: anchovy, basil, beef, cornichons, easy, garlic, gherkins, Italian flat leaf parsley, mustard, olive oil, red wine vinegar, salsa, salsa verde, seeded mustard

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Gnocchi with pancetta, tomato & basil sauce

June 16, 2014 by date with a plate.

Lazily wandering through our local grocer yesterday, the boy asked me if I could make gnocchi for dinner – considering he bought me a potato ricer months ago and I haven’t used it yet, I figured it was a decent request. Two potatoes, a small block of pancetta and a handful of basil later we were pretty much set for dinner. Gnocchi is deceptively easy to make and requires few ingredients – perfect. I think the key to a good […]

Categories: Dinner, Lunch, Pasta • Tags: basil, gnocchi, Italian, onion, pancetta, Pasta, potato, potato gnocchi, potato ricer, tomato

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Ragù alla napoletana (…I really love Italians)

May 12, 2014 by date with a plate.

So it was Mother’s Day in Australia on Sunday, and rather than take our Mothers out for an average meal at a local pub, where the quality never quite matches the cost and the waiter forgets your drinks because everyone else decided to take their Mum out for a pub lunch as well – we decided to have the families over and cook for them. Not only cheaper, but more relaxed and far more enjoyable. This was our gift to […]

Categories: Beef, Dinner, Lunch, One Pot Wonder, Pasta, Pork • Tags: basil, beef, Gennaro Contaldo, Italian, Italian sausages, onion, pork ribs, red wine, slow cooking, tomato

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Braised beef cheeks with cauliflower puree & salsa verde

April 29, 2014 by date with a plate.

We have a ritual every Monday night,  we get together with two of our favourite people, eat good food, drink wine and indulge in an hour of blissful silence where we become lost in the world of Game of Thrones. It all started over a love affair for the show and the fact that we didn’t have Foxtel, thus needing to find friends who did….that being said, I actually look forward to Mondays over most other days now (Friday, Saturday […]

Categories: Beef, Dinner, Lamb, One Pot Wonder • Tags: baking, basil, bay leaves, beef, beef cheeks, butter, carrot, cauliflower, celery, cream, dinner, garlic, Italian flat leaf parsley, onion, puree, red wine, salsa, salsa verde, slow cooking

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Fig, buffalo mozzarella and prosciutto salad

April 14, 2014 by date with a plate.

I have an obsession with figs, like a massive obsession. Anyone with a fig tree is my new best friend. I first came in contact with figs when I was little, my Mum was enjoying one and I wanted to know what this strange looking thing was – she informed me that it was called a fig and that I should try it for myself. Firstly, I was impressed that I could eat the skin – no peeling, no chopping, […]

Categories: Salad • Tags: basil, buffalo mozzarella, fig, honey, Jamie Oliver, lemon, prosciutto

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I love mussels more than muscles

April 2, 2013 by date with a plate.

An unsuccessful fishing expedition on Sunday afternoon left me slightly disappointed, hungry and with a bad hankering for some seafood. So I figured that if you can’t catch it, buy it. I subsequently visited the local fish store and left with 2kgs of fresh mussels (thankfully they come already cleaned and de-bearded – convenience at its best). Although my friends were hoping to have a fish or two at the end of their lines earlier in the day – I […]

Categories: Dinner, seafood • Tags: basil, chili, dinner, flavour, Italian, mussels, Peter Evans, seafood, tomato

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