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Home Made Pickles

by Peter G Recipes

What is it with taste buds? Do they suddenly decide at a certain age to change their tactics and alter your preferences for different foods? My taste bud ”changes” happened around the age of fifteen. It was the humble pickle that would set my taste buds on this new ”sour and salty” romance. I don’t know what possessed me to actually try one (really try one-not just a little bite!) [...]

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Roast Beef with Chimichurri

by Peter G Recipes

If you placed lamb, chicken or beef in front of me naturally I would go for the lamb.  I love its flavour especially when cooked the “Greek way”; using lemon juice, olive oil and oregano.  Like anything though, it’s good to take a break otherwise things can get quite monotonous and boring.  For the first time in a long time, I prepared a roast beef for a dinner party I [...]

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Carrot and Dill Mash

by Peter G Recipes

Just when I thought the weather had cooled down we get another batch of ugly humidity here in Sydney!  I made this carrot and dill mash recently when I was experimenting for an autumn dinner party.  I sometimes get tired of serving the usual

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Flat Egg Noodles with Loukaniko and Prawns

by Peter G Greek Food

  This is a simple “throw everything together” kind of pasta dish that I enjoyed a few weeks ago and only got around to posting now.  Remember when I prepared last month’s Joust entry and I used prawns?  Well I had so may leftover that I had to use them quickly.  A great idea came to me to pair the prawns with some of the loukaniko I also had lying [...]

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Parsley Pesto

by Peter G Recipes

I came back from the markets the other day with bunches of fresh parsley wanting to make the classic Lebanese dish “tabouleh”. A good look at the weather had me thinking otherwise. So after a change of plans I utilised the fresh parsley by making a gremolata for my lamb shanks. With the remainder of the bunch I decided to make a pesto. I had never ever thought about using [...]

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