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Gnocchi with braised beef sauce

August 20, 2014 by date with a plate.

Just a short post today, it has been a rough couple of weeks battling the ever complicated onslaught of flu, work, personal life and trip planning – my upcoming trip to the United States is possibly the only thing keeping me sane at the moment. Counting down the days until we jet off for a month long adventure keeps me working hard through everything that’s been thrown at me lately. Sick at home, bored out of my mind (yes, there’s […]

Categories: Beef, Dinner, Lunch, Pasta • Tags: beef, braised beef, carrot, celery, garlic, gnocchi, Jamie Oliver, onion, Pasta, pearl barley, poached eggs, potato, slow cooking, tomato

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

Greek salad

April 9, 2014 by date with a plate.

There’s something about this super simple salad that makes me happy, but I’m not sure what exactly it is. Perhaps it is my all consuming love for juicy, ripe tomatoes, or perhaps my love for creamy, salty feta that results in me absentmindedly placing the ingredients into my trolley every time I go to the shops. As you can imagine, traveling the Greek Islands for me was a real pleasure, I spent two weeks island hopping with my travel buddy […]

Categories: Salad • Tags: capsicum, dill, easy, feta, Greek, Jamie Oliver, olive oil, olives, onion, oregano, tomato

Beef Stew – oh so comforting, oh so easy

October 1, 2013 by date with a plate.

I love using cheap cuts of meat for cooking – too many people go straight for the fancy steaks or the racks of lamb, but take a minute to choose a cheaper cut and spend that extra bit of time cooking and you will be rewarded. Beef stew is the perfect way to enjoy such a cheap cut of meat, use a gravy beef or casserole cut to achieve the best results. Such a comforting and easy dish, a good […]

Categories: Dinner, Lunch, One Pot Wonder • Tags: beef, easy, Jamie Oliver, lemon, parsnip, potato, pumpkin, rosemary, sage, slow cooking, stewto

Crunchy raw beetroot salad

May 14, 2013 by date with a plate.

I was very proud of my boyfriend Ollie when he built his own aquaponics system, I was even prouder on Monday morning when he harvested his first lot of produce from the garden section of the system – deliciously red, round and gigantic beetroots. So naturally I wanted to pay homage to his dedication to sustainability by using the veg in dinner that night. Aquaponics systems cultivate fish for everyday consumption (we are currently waiting for our ten Silver Perch […]

Categories: Dinner, Salad • Tags: aquaponics, Beetroot, easy, feta, Jamie Oliver, Mint, Pear

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Gnocchi with braised beef sauce

Fig, buffalo mozzarella and prosciutto salad

Greek salad

Beef Stew – oh so comforting, oh so easy

Crunchy raw beetroot salad