This is a middle eastern inspired dish. It is also known as lamb fesenjan, and is an Iranian specialty. I looked up a few different recipes, most that I could find were made with pomegranate syrup, but this is high in sugar, so I replaced this with juice and simplified the cooking stages slightly. Pomegranates [...]
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Great-great-grandma Mary’s plum pudding
December 21st, 2009
This recipe comes thanks to Dan’s great great grandmother – (see below for its history). Christmas cake has been recently tested by the folk over at GI News, and believe it or not shop bought cake (often much more floury than pudding) has a GI of just 53 (Big Sister Fruit Cake). Christmas cake and [...]
Baba’s Blitva
November 23rd, 2009
My brother’s fiance Annaliese sent me this recipe months ago, and we finally had the time to try it recently: with the perfect accompaniment, a delicious smoked salmon pie! I do prefer spinach to silverbeet, but the garlic in this dish, and the soft, broken up potato pieces make this a creamy and wonderful delicacy. [...]
Salmon, mango, broccoli & citrus noodles
November 21st, 2009
Light, quick, fresh, and simple to prepare. The tart blood orange, salty soy sauce, and sweet mango combine beautifully as a soft backdrop for the crisp salmon. This meal was a Wednesday night – haven’t been shopping for two weeks – what will we cook – special. Basically I combined everything that was left in [...]
Healthy chicken and red bean quesadillas
November 11th, 2009
A very cost effective old favourite from University days, my housemates used to make this for me, and I loved it! Of course, back then we used to pile on the cheese, and I reckon we might have even added a slice of butter for good measure — it surprise me though, to find that [...]
Wholegrain blueberry & apple pancakes
October 22nd, 2009
The perfect way to start a weekend – I adapted our favourite banana pancakes recipe, this time sweetening the mixture with the grated apple. No added sugar, but it really doesn’t need it – round it off with piles of fresh fruit and some fat free, sugar free natural yoghurt. After that, all you need [...]
Balsamic & blood orange marinated skirt steak
October 18th, 2009
This neglected cut is unexpectedly flavoursome – and cheap to boot! Skirt steak is the cut used to prepare fajitas, Chinese stir fry, and is often prepared in restaurants for the kitchen staff – it is cheap, delicious, and if you marinate it first, it does not remain tough. I recall rump steak being the [...]
Nonna’s red lentil & lamb stew
October 2nd, 2009
Real comfort food – my nieces loved this stew that “Nonna” (Mum) makes for them – and has made for us for decades with different variations. Dan just discovered it on a recent family holiday, and we made our own version at home with the baby carrots that came from our garden. This dish is [...]
South Indian Dosa
September 18th, 2009
My First Daring Cooks Challenge! I am so impressed with my new griddle – it reminds me of my grandmother’s cast iron woodfire oven. I remember stoking the fire so we could have hot water to shower – and late nights sitting up listening to the fire crackling… thanks for the memories guys! The recipe and [...]
Pork and black-eyed-pea meatballs in tomato sauce
September 9th, 2009
This recipe was inspired by some quick, cheap and tasty black-eyed-pea balls at an African restaurant called Le Kilimanjaro recently. Black eyed peas have a low GI (38-52) and a carbohydrate portion of 30g per 150g. They are high in fibre, magnesium, folate, iron and protein. I found a recipe for the traditional African version [...]
Chocolate souffle
September 6th, 2009
I have adapted this dark chocolate souffle recipe I found on a website titled “Cooking for Engineers“. The author of this site has a very interesting approach to recipe blogging – tabulating each recipe into a grid which can be printed. To make it from the “good” fats, I skipped the butter and added an [...]
Bean lover’s scramble
September 6th, 2009
Perfect for a mid morning brunch, a lazy dinner on a Friday night, or a midnight snack after a late night out. A bit like bubble and squeak, this recipe makes use of what was left in a near empty fridge prior to shopping day! Check out our beans tag for more info about beans. [...]
