January 2008

Moroccan Style Spiced Lamb with Lentils and Baba Ghanoush

by Peter G January 28, 2008 Recipes
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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 I went creating a dish based on those ingredients. Here’s my creation. Moroccan spiced lamb [...]

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Fried Prawn cakes

by Peter G January 26, 2008 Recipes
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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 temperatures we also experience sub tropical weather. Think sticky, humid and thunderstorms. Its quite unique [...]

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Pasta with Greens

by Peter G January 16, 2008 Recipes
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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 certainly build up into unwanted kilos. So I was looking for a healthier alternative the [...]

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Steak Sandwich…Greek Style

by Peter G January 11, 2008 Greek Food
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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 a lot. Peter kindly pointed out to me that I forgot to salt the grated [...]

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Tzatziki

by Peter G January 9, 2008 Greek Food
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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 starter as well. Whack it on some fresh bread and you are in heaven. Turkey does a similar dip but [...]

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Tomatoes On Toast

by Peter G January 8, 2008 Greek Food
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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 be together. I mean how could they fail. The tomatoes are so juicy and sweet this time of the year. Ripe and [...]

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Summer Antipasto…Endless possibilities

by Peter G January 6, 2008 Recipes
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  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 into play. It’s very simple to throw a few things together and nibble at a little bit of [...]

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