Royal Foodie Joust

“Spicy” Carrot and Apple Cakes with a Maple Buttercream Frosting

by Peter G September 30, 2009 Recipes
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I wanted to take a break from my current Thailand postings to bring you a recipe that I created for this month’s Royal Foodie Joust.  The RFJ, for those of you who don’t know is in my opinion, the web’s most friendliest cooking competition.  Run by the lovely Jenn from the Leftover Queen it allows bloggers to sign up and put their creative culinary caps on, to invent a dish [...]

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Baklavas

by Peter G November 29, 2008 Greek Food
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Time to get my entry in for this month’s Royal Foodie Joust.  I have been a little slack and haven’t had a chance to get involved in the last few months (sorry Jenn!).  If this is the first time you’re reading this, head on over, register and get ready to do recipe “battle” with a bunch of keen food bloggers all ready to experiment with the latest months ingredients.  Speaking [...]

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Grilled Halloumi with caramelized Fennel

by Peter G October 1, 2008 Greek Food
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When I first thought up the ingredients for this month’s Joust I had envisioned a rich dish of potato and fennel gratin.  Perfect for the cooler months on the other side of the world and just right for our slightly cooler evenings.  Well so much for that!  We have experienced really high temperatures and as a result I feel spring may be robbed from us this year.  Thank god that [...]

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Halvas

by Peter G August 28, 2008 Greek Food
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It’s time for the Royal Foodie Joust again!  Folow the link and head on over to participate in the foodie blogosphere’s biggest cooking challenge.  There are great prizes and it certainly allows you to put your “thinking cap” on to come up with a creative recipe based on three ingredients.  Kittie who won last months joust, chose whole grains, citrus and ginger.   Initially I was a little stumped and [...]

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Coconut and Sesame Crusted Prawns with a Lime and Coriander Dipping Sauce

by Peter G July 27, 2008 Recipes
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It’s time for the Royal Foodie Joust again!  For all of you who don’t know about it click on the link and get on over there.  It’s a monthly cooking competition based on using three ingredients.  The winner of each month gets to choose next months and so on.  The winner of last month’s competition was Peter from Kalofagas.  Not only did he get to model his apron without anything [...]

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Roasted Root Vegetables with Raspberry Balsamic Syrup

by Peter G May 26, 2008 Recipes
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A selection of root vegetables It’s time for the Joust again! This is one entry I don’t like missing. It really provides an opportunity to put your “thinking cap” on and come up with something creative. The winner of last month’s joust, Elle set the pace this month with her choice of ingredients being, raspberries, almonds and limes. I could easily have come up with a raspberry frangipane tart or [...]

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Vanilla and Cardamom Rice Pudding

by Peter G April 29, 2008 Recipes
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Rice puddings infused with vanilla, cardamom and topped with mango Its time again for the Royal Foodie Joust. I’ve been participating in these for the last few months and I thoroughly enjoy them. You can read all about the joust here. The winner of last month’s Joust, Michelle chose her three ingredients for the challenge. She opted for cardamom, brown sugar and mangoes. A very “exotic” combination! As usual, I [...]

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Tuna Carpaccio

by Peter G March 27, 2008 Recipes
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Fried eschallot encrusted tuna with limes and coconut..the Joust ingredients It’s that time of the month again. The Royal Foodie Joust is being held over at Jenn’s. Well ok, it runs for the whole month but its time for me to enter my recipe for the competition. Val, who won last months competition chose seafood, lemons or limes and coconut. As per usual, I had a whole heap of things [...]

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Thai Style San Choy Bau

by Peter G February 21, 2008 Recipes
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This is my entry for this months Royal Foodie Joust. Jenn holds this monthly competition where foodie bloggers join in a “cook-off” using three ingredients. The three ingredients are chosen by the previous winner. Heather who won last months joust, chose pork or barley (for our veggie friends), citrus and peppercorns. A great combination and one that had me thinking for a few weeks. So I decided to go “Thai” [...]

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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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Chocolate Chilli Churros

by Peter G November 27, 2007 Recipes
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What a way to get back into the cooking game! A few months ago I joined the passionate foodie community over at The Leftover Queen. Jenn, who runs that site, holds a monthly competition where food bloggers compete to create a dish based on 3 ingredients. It’s called the Royal Foodie Joust and its a great way to keep everyone’s cooking imagination active. I had been a long time observer [...]

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