Another quickie, but I made this last night and it was lovely, and I thought it was worth sharing. It’s a very refreshing salad, good for cutting through a rich meal (in this case, Rosa Mitchell’s insanely good pasta al…
Category: vegetarian
Recipe: Strawberry, Lemon and Walnut Balls
Just a quick post today – I have a whole bunch of things in the works to write about, but I somehow wound up spending a lot of the afternoon making the aforementioned elaborate pasta bake for friends who are…
Recipe: Perfumed Blood Orange and Cardamom Cake
Tonight was our regular fortnightly dinner party with friends who live down the road, and really should have been an excellent excuse to practice wedding cakes. The trouble is, I am currently fighting a psychological battle on the subject of…
Recipe: Stuffed Pasta Shells with Ricotta, Mint and Feta
Aargh! Here I am, with the best intentions in the world about posting lots of exciting things, and I can’t, because I don’t have time, because I’m too busy cooking! Well, and singing. To give you a brief glimpse of…
Recipe: Chocolate Chilli Cupcakes that everyone can eat
Hello again! And hello new people who wandered over from Broadsheet Melbourne, which I gather wrote lovely things about me yesterday. I am ridiculously flattered and delighted by this! (So lovely not just to get a review, but a review…
Recipe: Nearly Raw Truffles of Two Kinds!
Between work, singing and this allegedly-healthy global walking challenge, I seem to be in a constant state of exhaustion at present, which is not conducive to blog posts. It doesn’t help that I’m so tired I’m actually following recipes at…
Recipe: Early Morning Vegan Chocolate-Banana-Oat Cookies
I’m still playing with my Nigella Lawson app. And yes, it’s 7:30 in the morning, which is a stupid time to be baking, but I woke up at 6:00 when I realised we hadn’t put the bins out, and once…
Recipe: Chocolate Crackles for Grownups
I accidentally bought a cookbook on Thursday. It really wasn’t my fault. I was having a very bad day, complete with cramps and a completely wasted lunch break looking (unsuccessfully) for display folder refill sheets, and as I left the…
Recipe: Overnight Rice Pudding for a Cold Winter’s Morning
By the time I post this, the UEFA Soccer Cup will be over, and we will know whether Italy or Spain has won. I am not, in all probability, going to get up to watch it, even though I did…
Recipe: Mushroom Risotto, Three Ways
Hello! Have you missed me? I’ve missed you! Unfortunately, I’ve been rather overwhelmed with work and other commitments of late, which is not conducive to creative cooking (though I do make a mean pasta bake in these circumstances. Repeatedly.). Anyway,…