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Roast Beef with Chimichurri

by Peter G February 9, 2011 Recipes
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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 March 10, 2010 Recipes
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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 August 25, 2008 Greek Food
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  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 May 9, 2008 Recipes
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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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Roast Chicken Drumsticks

by Peter G April 10, 2008 Recipes
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Chicken drumsticks with rosemary and lemon The weather’s gone haywire. Here we are midway through autumn and its gloriously warm with temperatures in the mid 20′s. A few weeks ago I started to see brown and red leaves on the trees and today I see flowers in beautiful bloom! Anyway, I was in no mood for soups or stews so I decided to roast some chicken drumsticks. I could have [...]

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