Tag: recipes

Rainbow Cupcakes

These little babies would brighten anyone’s day. Simply prepare your favourite butter cake, divide the batter and colour, then spoon in the layers. Fiddly but worth it.

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 […]

Caramel Shortbread Slice

I was looking forward to spending my evening at the Château. Château D’Awesome as it is formally known, is a suburban mansion laced with fine musicians who enjoy Seinfeld. It is my haven. I was going to bake something to take. Bring Babka, or The Balck and White Cookie, but […]

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 […]

photo of asparagus and parmesan risotto

Asparagus and Parmesan Risotto

After one of those days where the best one can manage to scoff down is the stale remains of yesterday’s microwave popcorn, the thought of risotto for dinner is almost transedental. This risotto is sumptuous. It’s creamy, unapologetic and is the perfect anecdote to a bout of winter hungries. The […]

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 […]