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Quick & Easy Dinner Ideas Series: Indonesian Beef Satay Skewers with Peanut Satay Sauce Recipe

May 11, 2009

Satay skewers are a favourite in our house, and they are very versatile. You can serve them with rice and stir fried vegies for a main meal, or serve smaller versions on toothpicks for cocktail parties. Indonesian Beef Satay Skewer Marinade Recipe Ingredients 1kg rump steak, fat removed and cut into 3cm cubes 1/2 brown [...]

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Quick & Easy Dinner Ideas Series: Steamed Salmon Fillet with Hollandaise Sauce Recipe

May 8, 2009

Everyone needs a recipe in their collection that is simple and easy, but stunning enough to be used for special occasions. For me, this steamed salmon fillet recipe is it. It cooks in the one pot (always good when you don’t want to deal with washing up), takes about 20 minutes to make (including preparation [...]

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Quick & Easy Dinner Ideas Series: Chicken San Choi Bau Recipe

April 23, 2009

Recently PS and I have been cooking a lot of ‘old faithfuls’ for dinner. You know the type of recipe, ones that you know off the top of your head, can do in an instant and have it on the table in 15 minutes. As good as they are, even old faithfuls get a bit [...]

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Quick and Easy Dinner Ideas Series: Prawn and Chicken Vietnamese Rice Paper Roll Recipe

April 21, 2009

This is a quick ‘stand by’ dish that you can throw together with basic ingredients, is fantastic when you want to feed a large group of people, is great for kids as they can make their own and feel involved, and best of all is cheap (if you want to make it cheaper, just exclude [...]

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Quick and Easy Pizza Dough Recipe

April 16, 2009

To make the perfect pizza, you need to start with a great dough to give you the perfect crust! Not too thin and not too thick, this easy dough recipe is crispy and delicious. This is a great recipe to involve kids with; they can get their hands dirty, and enjoy eating the end result. [...]

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Smoked Rainbow Trout Salad Recipe

March 23, 2009

Smoked trout is a lovely ingredient, it is a (relatively) cheap piece of seafood, and gives a wonderful smokey flavour to dishes. This is quite a filling salad, so could be served as a main meal, either for a lazy weekend lunch with some crusty bread and a glass of wine or for dinner when [...]

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Italian Sausages with Gourmet Lentils Recipe

March 11, 2009

A few years ago I went on an organised trek along the Overland Track in Tasmania’s beautiful Cradle Mountain National Park. It is approximately 90kms and takes 5 days to complete, so I was expecting canned and reheated food for the duration of the trek, however it was anything but! The food that our guides [...]

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Quick & Easy Dinner Ideas Series: Thai Red Curry Recipe

February 3, 2009

A little while ago we visited Kangaroo Valley and whilst we were there we came across a great brand ‘Serious Salsa & Sauces’ that hand make their own fantastic curry bases (along with a number of other products). We bought the Thai red curry paste and became hooked (the Thai green curry paste is great [...]

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Quick & Easy Dinner Ideas Series: Dippers & Platters

February 2, 2009

This is more an idea than an actual recipe, but given just a few ingredients, you can have dinner on the table in minutes. We change whatever we put on the platter depending on our mood, but use whatever you have on hand, or can easily pick up on the way home. The best thing [...]

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Quick & Easy Hommus Recipe

February 2, 2009

Depending on what country you are based on hommus can be spelt a number of different ways (including hummus, hamos, houmous, hommos, hommus, hummos, hummous or humus!). It doesn’t matter how it is spelt, it is delicious, and very quick to make. Quick & Easy Hommus Recipe Ingredients 1 tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed well [...]

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