The origins of Sticky date pudding are arguable, but a British classic consists of the Stick Toffee Pudding which is a steamed dessert sponge cake with chopped dates & toffee sauce. I think its safe to say that Sticky date pudding is somehow an Australian version of that British dessert. This dessert is moist and just [...]
There is nothing like bacon. Besides being royalty, bacon can be used so many different ways. This tart recipe was inspired by a couch surfer we had staying with us in Cairns, Australia. She made us a ‘thank you for hosting me’ dinner of a tart using some puff pastry I had in the freezer. [...]
Fruit Leather. Say what? What do you think it is? I had some idea- as a child I ate those sugary yum fruit roll ups as often as I could. But this is the healthy, grown up version. Its simple and delicious and I wish I’d thought to make it before now! What you’ll [...]
This has to be the best salad pairing I have ever come across. Hands down, this is one of our favorite salads to eat. Luckily (or unluckily) I get cheese at a wholesale price if I purchase it at work, so we got a huge log of goat cheese for about $26. It seems to [...]
The first post in our new series, Food Trivia. Here we’ll talk about food and post some recipes at the end of each trivia post. Sounds good right? Rosemary! A deliciously fragrant herb. It is traditionally found in wedding bouquets as a reminder to the couple of their wedding vows. In the language of flowers [...]
Before I visited SE Asia I had never heard of Beef Rendang. This coconut curry originated from Indonesia but the first time I tasted it was in Malaysia Borneo. When I first learned how to make this I realized it can seem complicated and intimidating to create. If you have everything you need, it’s fairly [...]
In Australia I’ve been getting to using different words and this recipe is a perfect example of one of them, the biscuit. In America, where I’m from, we consider biscuits something you slather with gravy and usually eat with fried chicken. In Australia they use the term to describe what I’d call a cookie. This [...]
This recipe is from my new lemon myrtle series. Remember to add your lemon myrtle right before serving to really bring out the lemon flavor. What you’ll need: – 2 chicken breasts cut into strips (or buy it pre-cut at the market) – 1 or 2 sliced onions (depending on how much you [...]
Living in Australia means I have whole new set of ingredients to cook with, some which I’ve never even heard of. Thanks to my new cooking job, I also get access to things I might not normally get to. Introducing lemon myrtle. Lemon myrtle is a citrus flavored spice plant native to Australia. Used [...]
This is an easy recipe I’ve been wanting to share for a while now. Quinoa is the new super grain and it can replace oatmeal in the morning just as easily as it replaces rice, or even your protein in the evening. I recently shared the awesome Quinoa cookie recipe, and now you can also [...]
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