Tag: meat

Sweet & Spicy Beef Meatballs

Meatballs. I cannot say it without giggling. Yes, yes, I know. But come on!! Anyway, I had a heap of mince to use up and seeing I’d never made meatballs (hee hee) before, I thought this was the perfect opportunity. This recipe comes from the gorgeous book Urban Cook by […]

Spicy Chicken Dippers with Ranch

Ranch dressing. My friend Sally has always been a fanatic about this mysterious ranch dressing. To me, it is mysterious. It’s American and having not really spent that much time in the U.S, I wasn’t really aware of it, or its legions of fans. So, back at the ranch, with […]

Lasagna

Nothing fills that lasagna-shaped hole in one’s tummy quite like lasagna… What better way is there to beat a cold winter’s day full of unforeseen stresses, trials and tests that with meaty layer upon meaty layer of cheesy, pasta-y goodness? I have actually never made lasagna before, but it should […]

Titanic – 100 years on

In a little under an hour and half, it will be one hundred years since the Titanic sank to her dark depths. So, as it turns out, I have a keen fascination with the infamous disaster. It has apparently been building up over the years, and came out in full […]

Fettuccine with Pan-seared Duck Breast

Tonight was a night of firsts. It was the first time I cooked duck and it was the first time I made pasta from scratch. A couple of weeks ago I decided it was almost a crime against humanity that I didn’t own a pasta machine. Not having the $300+ […]