This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Vegetable Ribbon Tart.  This tart comprises puff pastry, hommus, sliced vegetables, cherry tomatoe...

This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Carrot Muffins. These are not your average muffins in that there is quote a number of steps and ing...

 This week’s Tuesday with Dorie (Baking with Dorie) recipe is Asparagus-Lemon Quiche. As the name suggests, the quiche is filled with choppe...

One of my more recent cookbook purchases is Just Add Love , by Irris Makler.  The byline is "Holocaust survivors share their stories an...

I was watching a morning show on TV this week when Maggie Beer popped up to discuss the success of her online cooking videos because of the ...

You’ve got to continue to grow, or you’re just like last night’s cornbread - stale and dry. Loretta Lynn In the past, I had not been a...

I own a copy of Ottolenghi's Simple , and have baked numerous terrific sweet dishes from that book.  However, I thought it was time t...

The Canberra Cake is so called because it is made with ingredients sourced from the Canberra region of Australia.  If the truth  be told...

I love a good stir fry.  Stir fry is such a versatile dish - you can include whatever meat, vegetables, carbs and sauce that you have, an...

I am a big fan of the SBS (formerly ABC) cooking show, The Cook and the Chef .  This show is now more than 10 years old, but I never ti...

A recent Queen Baking Club challenge was Pumpkin Pecan Pie Muffins.  As the name suggests, these muffins were full of mashed pumpkin good...

When I saw the Red Tractor recipe for this month, my heart sank.  I am not a salad kind of gal, and a salad with radishes? Uggh. Howeve...

This month's Red Tractor calendar recipe is Roasted Cauliflower Soup.  I will be honest and say that this recipe did not appeal to me...

It was St Patrick's Day yesterday, so it seemed fitting to make the Red Tractor March recipe - Colcannon.  Colcannon is a traditiona...

I have been a little busy lately, so I haven't been able to visit this blog other than to keep up with Tuesdays with Dorie.  However,...

Another gem of a recipe that I recently found in The Guardian was Thomasina Miers' Roast Pumpkin, Olive Oil and Nutmeg Cake with Gin...

Wow, we have reached the end of the year, and it's time for the Red Tractor calendar December recipe.  Fittingly for those having a t...

October's Red Tractor calendar recipe is Moroccan Couscous Salad.  It is Moroccan spiced couscous containing lots of vegetables, w...

It is winter here, a season for hearty comfort food, and roasts are high on the agenda. No good roast is complete without a side of ...

This week's Eating with Ellie theme is Spring Harvest, chosen by Peggy.  I can still imagine it's spring here, because the weath...