I make many meals from scratch but had never really thought about taking it one step further by making my own ingredients. At least, not until I stumbled across this recipe for Worcestershire sauce on Simple Savings. It is really simple to make and once you have made it you will never go back to […]
We had mushroom risotto for dinner but this post is not about a recipe. As I was beginning to prepare the meal, I went to the pantry for arborio rice and stock powder and discovered…………..ants! They seemed to be everywhere on one particular shelf and I quickly traced the source to a sticky patch near […]
Some years ago I first heard this mentioned in an online forum. Carol, who is sadly no longer with us, described a meal served by their French hosts which was essentially an upside-down shepherd’s pie but with much less meat than we traditionally use and with the addition of ratatouille. I did not really take […]
It is hard to believe that I have been writing this blog for over 7 years now. A couple of years after I began I had a hiccup and lost all of the photos. I had be able to reinstate most of them but a few seemed to have been lost forever. One post that […]
The impending ban on regular plastic carry bags in Queensland has created a definite upswing in interest in alternatives. There will be heavy duty plastic bags for sale, however, these are really no better as very few people seriously reuse them and the inherent problems still exist – the use of non-renewable resources to create […]
Sometimes I think food is over-rated. Thanks to shows like Masterchef and others in the same vein, we have been conned into thinking that every meal needs to be a creation and cooking is a competition. Cooking for your family is actually providing fuel for their bodies to perform the necessary tasks – nothing more, […]
When I mentioned in a Facebook group that I was preparing some meals for later in the week this one caught some attention and I have been asked for the recipe. Well, like many of my meals, recipe is a bit of a joke but I will do my best to explain my method. 2 […]
I have listed my menu plan for the week a couple of times recently on online forums and have had an overwhelming amount of interest and numerous people asking for the recipes. Unfortunately, many of the meals I make have been made so many times that they tend to be created without regard for a […]
Firstly, I apologise for the lack of posts this week. I have been busy with other things and have just not found the time to get my head together to write anything useful. I am also behind in responding to your comments but am about to rectify that once I finish this post. I will […]
Once upon a time there was a recipe for Oven-Baked Sausages. I think the book has been moved along to the op shop in one of the culls of my recipe books, however, the general idea remains. The original recipe consisted of a sweet/sour/spicy sauce made in a saucepan. Sausages were grilled, cooled, sliced and […]
