Thermomix Thursday: Lemon & Asparagus Risotto
The humble risotto seems to have a love-hate relationship with the Thermomix. I know a lot of people whose risottos have not turned out and have given up on ever making the dish again. I get it – my...
View ArticleBusy day dinner: family-friendly nicoise salad
I really didn’t feel like cooking today. The weather has been hot and sticky, a typical February day in Brisbane. Standing in front of a hot stove didn’t hold much appeal. The kids were up at 5am, the...
View ArticleBusy day dinner: spaghetti Amatriciana
When I was growing up, my mum used to cook this pasta all the time. Except we didn’t know that it was based on an Italian classic, spaghetti Amatriciana. We just called it “Tomato and bacon pasta”....
View ArticleBusy day dinner: Mexican bean salad
I had a Mexican flatmate when I lived in Florence many moons ago. We bonded over our shared love of Nutella and bad reality television in Italian (especially Grande Fratello, aka Big Brother). We both...
View ArticleBusy day dinner: chicken Waldorf salad
I love summer. Give me a choice between hot and cold weather and I’ll take hot any day. But there reaches a point in Brisbane, usually in March (or sometimes if we’re unlucky, April) where we...
View ArticleBusy day dinner: zucchini, ricotta & lemon pasta
Do your kids pick the green bits out of every meal you make? Herbs, gone. Spinach is spotted no matter how fine I chop it. Florets of broccoli? One of mine almost hyperventilates if I put it on her...
View ArticleBusy day dinner: Minced beef stir-fry with basil
My six-year-old loves to eat. In fact, I sometimes see her mouthing the words “What’s for dinner, mum?” as she exits the school gate at 3pm. Like her mother, she thinks about food all the time and is...
View ArticleBusy day dinner: bang bang chicken
Another night, another busy day dinner. This time it’s a dish that I’ve been cooking well since before the children came along and I learnt about the true meaning of “busy”. Introducing bang bang...
View ArticleBusy day dinner: Spaghetti puttanesca
Despite my best intentions, I’ve already fallen off the meal planning wagon for 2016. I tried to be organised. I tried to write shopping lists and stick to them. But all it takes is one busy weekend...
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