Bread was the basis of our school lunches. Brown sandwich loaves, sliced thin and filled with cheese, lettuce and tomato, sometimes filled with fish fingers or Monday’s staple, Amma’s braised baked beans curry. It even served as the subject of many Show and Tell’s at school, ‘How to Make a […]
The bland taste of cauliflower makes it the ideal canvas for creating different flavour sensations. My personal favourite being Amma‘s cauliflower and pea curry. I have to admit I was much less accepting of cauliflower as a substitute for pasta during childhood. My older sister once made cauliflower in white […]
I have used more frozen food products during the past year than I have during the last decade. Their convenience has grown on me, especially vegetables which require very little preparation. Most surprising is frozen raw seafood. This New Years‘s Eve, I discovered that you can bake frozen prawns! It […]
Roast leg of lamb was a typical New Year’s Day dinner, growing up. Over the years it evolved from Amma‘s lamb pot roast to more elaborate creations by my older sister. Lamb roast recipes which included the use of red wine both in cooking the lamb itself and in making […]