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Noodle Salad – for you and the kiddies

Noodle Salad – for you and the kiddies

by | February 16, 2016 | Recipes | 0 comments

I had a ‘eureka’ moment this evening thinking about what to make myself for dinner. Uppermost in my mind had been my recent trip to Sydney and seeing my daughter having the same dilemma I used to go through – feeding the children (aged 2 and 4)...
Chargrilled vegetables and couscous salad

Chargrilled vegetables and couscous salad

by | January 15, 2016 | Recipes | 0 comments

We recently had a lunch invitation, and I needed to take a salad with me to go with our hosts herb crusted roast beef.   So are you thinking what I’m thinking – something robust with lots of flavour – well this is what I came up with – and from...
Watercress, radish and edamame salad

Watercress, radish and edamame salad

by | January 12, 2016 | Recipes | 0 comments

  Watercress, radish and edamame salad Note: Edamame are immature soybeans that you can find in the frozen veggie section of the supermarket and they are my latest food discovery – how did I ever live without them?  Simply toss the pods into boiling water...
Potato, pea and mint salad

Potato, pea and mint salad

by | February 5, 2015 | Recipes | 0 comments

One of the positive things about my passion for food is sharing recipes  with people – often in the most surprising of circumstances – and being connected to those people every time I cook up one of their dishes, but sometimes the boot is on the other...
Broad Bean Salad

Broad Bean Salad

by | October 3, 2013 | Recipes | 0 comments

The mainstay of my garden during the late winter and early spring has been broad beans – I just love them.  I love the way they look in my garden and I love the way they taste. The plants are about 2 metres high, full of delicately blushed flowers and abuzz with...
Spanish Grilled Capsicum Salad

Spanish Grilled Capsicum Salad

by | March 14, 2012 | Recipes | 1 comment

My oldest friend lives in Spain.  We went to school together in the UK, she married a Spaniard and lives in Barcelona with her four children,  and I married in the UK and came to live in Australia as a young woman.  Over 20 years ago my husband and I took our kids on...