Entries Tagged as 'recipes'

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Recipe: Milo Cookies

Who doesn’t love Milo right?
I remember as a kid coming home from school, and, the first think I would do, would be to grab the milk out of the fridge. I’d add a couple of scoops of milo and stir the cold milk through, for a mug full of goodness!
For us adults, this treat [...]

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Recipe: Beet(root) Dip

My sustainable garden is doing well and I’ve already been able to harvest spring onions, tomatoes, beetroot, chillis and corn.  Not to mention my fruit trees and herbs which are doing amazing.  The thing about having this type of garden is trying to make sure you don’t waste the rewards.
At the moment, I have quite [...]

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Recipe: Fried Eggs Bonanza Spaghetti

Think of a fried brekky, everyone loves it!  Fried eggs, fried bacon – well vegetarian bacon for us, on toast.  Who can think of anything better, right?
How about making a pasta out of it?
This fried feast is balanced by the simple spaghetti and a little olive oil.  It’s extremely delicious and, yes, probably a little [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Recipe: Tomato and Olive Tapenade Spaghetti

Unfortunately there is no photo to show off this quick and scrumptious dish, but I’m sure I’ll be able to redo this soon and put one up.
This recipe came about after having quite a few hydroponic tomatoes needing to be used.  In this new house, I cannot stand to waste any food and when I [...]

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Recipe: Faux Chicken Kiev

In Australia, we are not as fortunate as vegetarians in the UK or US.  We do have a little variety of vegetarian mock meats and processed foods, but when it comes to special items such as a Kiev or or Wellingtons, we are out of luck.
Fortunately, I’ve manage to come up with a handy make-do [...]

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Recipe: Russian-style potato salad

I have an Aunt who is from Russia and I remember how in love I was with her potato salad.  For some reason, I always thought it was a German potato salad but I’ve only just realised that it is in fact a Russian potato salad.
What got to me about this salad was the intense [...]

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Recipe: Roast Vegetable Pie

You’ve searched the Internet and you simply can’t find something that picks your interest for Christmas lunch or Dinner!  Have no fear, this beautiful recipe is just the thing!
What’s better than roast vegetables on any given day?  Roast vegetables in a pie or quiche!
Make your vegetables the day before, or, make a heap for your [...]

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Christmas for a vegetarian / vegan

Yes, it’s that time of year and for us vegetarians or those with guests who are, we wonder what can we cook to make our day just as special as everyone else’s?
First of all don’t stress!  There are so many great recipes already available online.  Of course, I believe I have some great ones, but [...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Recipe: Vegetarian Tagine

Can I just say that this recipe is oh-so-gorgeous! This is my first attempt of cooking with a tagine as I just bought one to use on my new oven. With the tagine, I received quite a few spices from different parts of the world. Taking a look at each one, I [...]

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

New recipes coming shortly…

Moving into a house has left me extremely busy and exhausted to do anything else. Something had to give and it was updating my website.
Now, saying this, I have still been cooking and I have plenty of recipes to post. Apologies to my regulars and those visiting, I plan to get [...]