From the monthly archives:

January 2008

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Moroccan Style Spiced Lamb with Lentils and Baba Ghanoush

January 28, 2008 Recipes

Prepping the lamb…and the finished dish. This is my entry for the Royal Foodie Joust. Jenn, who hosts this monthly competition has given us “foodies” a chance to get creative with a monthly challenge. Last months winner who chose this months 3 ingredients, chose cinnamon, lentils and eggplant (aubergine). Great combination! So off to work [...]

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Fried Prawn cakes

January 26, 2008 Recipes

Fried prawn cakes…on a bed of watercress. Served with a glass of cold beer. Before this turns out to be a blog about the weather, let me just clarify about the kind of weather we have here in Sydney during the summer months. Whilst we can have traditional “hot” days, with blazing sunshine and high [...]

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Pasta with Greens

January 16, 2008 Recipes

Fresh wholemeal linguine with asparagus, peas, spinach and mint. I try to eat healthy. I swear I do. I try to incorporate a well balanced eating routine but I find that during the “silly” season (Xmas and New Year) things can get a little hectic on the food front. Second helpings and extra sweets can [...]

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Steak Sandwich…Greek Style

January 11, 2008 Greek Food

Greek style steak sandwich…with tzatziki Woah! The tzatziki recipe I posted the other day certainly had a lot of “passionate” responses. It was good to see. Everyone loves their food and has a particular way of preparing tzatziki. I learnt a few things myself and this is why I love blogging. You can really learn [...]

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Tzatziki

January 9, 2008 Greek Food

Creamy, cooling and very luscious. Tzatziki is probably one of Greece’s most famous dips. It utilises ingredients which are plentiful in that country. We’re talking thick, creamy sheep’s milk yougurt. Crisp, cooling cucumbers. And loads of garlic. Its commonly used in souvlaki that are served in many restaurants and it often comes out as a [...]

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Tomatoes On Toast

January 8, 2008 Greek Food

Roated “amoroso” tomatoes on toasted Olive ciabatta Continuing on from our Summer Antipasto I wanted to highlight some of the options individually and how you can utilise them as other dishes. Take for example our roasted amoroso tomatoes and olive ciabatta bread. These two items are another one of those relationships that were destined to [...]

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Summer Antipasto…Endless possibilities

January 6, 2008 Recipes

A selection of goodies Happy 2008 everyone! The new year saw us sweltering here in Sydney. With temperatures in the mid to high 30′s I was at a loss at what to cook. Nobody wants to be stuck in a hot kitchen sweating away. This is where the famous Italian antipasto or Greek “meze” come [...]

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