Month: December 2012
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Party Potatoes: The Ultimate Comfort Food for Christmas Day
I don’t think it’s a good idea to get too fancy with the food on Christmas day. What you need is lots of homey soul food – salads, seafood, cherries, mangoes (and more cherries), pavlova laden with summer fruit and some kind of potato dish, of course. Potatoes, roasted, baked or in a salad, are…
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Authentic Parsi Tomato Chutney Recipe: Zingy, Sweet, and Irresistible Chutney Delight!
I’ve found it hard to get into the swing of Christmas this year. Even before the incomprehensible horror and sadness of the Newtown school shootings, I just couldn’t seem to get motivated to buy presents, bake biscuits or even pull out our Christmas tree from the top of the cupboard for my son to decorate.…
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Barbecued Tofu Steaks with Sesame Noodles and Pickle
Got a pesky vegetarian or, god forbid, a vegan coming to one of your meat lovers Christmas barbecues and you don’t know what to cook for them? This marinated tofu is the answer. While you could just let your vegetarian guests eat salad, it is nice to offer them a bit of cooked protein so…
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Christmas Baking: Refrigerator Biscuits Recipes for Hot Weather
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the kitchen and do a bit of Christmas baking, Sydney gets hit with a heatwave and it’s difficult to work out what you can possibly bear to eat, let alone turn on the oven and bake Christmas biscuits. In the humid heat of early…
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Vegan Spinach Zucchini and Pea Fritters: Karen Martini Recipe
When I was a kid, fritters were an easy Sunday night meal. My mother always made two kinds: lamb fritters, made with leftover lamb from the roast the night before, and corn fritters (with creamed tinned corn). We ate them with tomato sauce – that was pretty much dinner and, I have to say, I…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 