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Lemon And Herb Spaghetti

March 20, 2013

My kids have always been hit or miss when it comes to serving pasta and it has been a long time since I served it for dinner.  In the last couple of weeks we have had it twice and most … Continue reading →

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Pistachio Meringues With Rosewater Cream

March 12, 2013

The weekends here lately have been so gorgeous.  Clear, sunny skies, trees are blossoming  and everyone seems to be out and about enjoying the warm change.  Our kids spent the majority of the weekend in the pool and by the … Continue reading →

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Roast Vegetable Tarte Tatin

March 8, 2013

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that this is yet another recipe inspired from watching My Kitchen Rules, but doesn’t it look so delicious? ‘Tarte Tatin’ sounds so technical and fiddly but it isn’t.  The basic idea is to roast … Continue reading →

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Baharat BBQ Steaks With Sweet Potato Mash And Mint Yoghurt Sauce

March 6, 2013

My goodness it has been a long time since I had a steak on the BBQ.  We bought some sirloin steaks on the weekend and I couldn’t wait to get home and fire up our new Weber.  I knew exactly … Continue reading →

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Apple Breakfast Bruschetta

March 5, 2013

I saw this sweet breakfast bruschetta being made on TV awhile ago by a former contestant on Masterchef, Debra Sederlan, and I bookmarked the recipe with the plan to make it that very weekend.  Well it didn’t happen then but eventually … Continue reading →

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The Better Flour Tortillas

March 1, 2013

A couple of years ago I posted up a Donna Hay recipe for Flour Tortillas.  It takes a bit of time to work the butter into the flour but the water measurements were way off. I would add half the … Continue reading →

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Basic Homemade Bread

January 10, 2013

Happy new year!  A new year and I’m happy to get it started, take stock of life and think about the year ahead.  We’ll be staying put in California for 2013 and we hope to see as much as we … Continue reading →

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Lemon Shortbread and Christmas Giving

December 19, 2012

At school tomorrow is a Sugar and Spice Holiday Cookie event where each class brings in several batches of homemade cookies which are all displayed in the staff room.  All the teachers get to choose which cookies they would like … Continue reading →

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Peanut Butter Cookies

November 2, 2012

I bought Gwyneth Paltrow’s cookbook ‘Notes From My Kitchen Table’ when it first came out and wasn’t sure if the recipes would be my kind of cooking.  So far everything I have cooked from the book have been winners but … Continue reading →

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Crostini

October 29, 2012

Here I am, lounging about on a Sunday evening with the baseball on in the background.  I know nothing about baseball but when it seems that everywhere here is gripped with San Francisco Giants fever, it is hard to ignore.  … Continue reading →

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