A tradition that I started with my children when they were tiny is the making of resurrection cookies on the Saturday night before Easter Sunday. It is a family activity and as each ingredient is added a little bit of the Easter story is explained and there is a Bible passage to look up. Finally… Continue reading Resurrection Cookies
To celebrate Valentine's Day (or proposal day as it's called in our house) I turned our basic family meal into a heart shaped meal. Our dinner was rissoles served with potato/sweet potato, carrots & peas. My husband even put his sauce on in a heart shape, as pictured above. I used my rissole recipe but… Continue reading Heart Dinner
The potato salad that I make is always popular but so easy to make. It is a recipe that my mother taught me & in fact she'll be making the potato salad for Christmas Day. You can also make this recipe with sweet potato as well. On Christmas day I'll be making a different sweet… Continue reading Potato Salad
This gluten and dairy free shortbread recipe, is another of my go to recipes that people who aren't gluten & dairy free also enjoy eating. My husband likes these biscuits iced but shortbread is of course usually eaten without icing. At Christmas time I usually make Christmas tree or star shaped biscuits with this recipe. … Continue reading Gluten Free & Dairy Free Shortbread
There is very little take-away food that my husband can safely eat without having to worry about sulphites, in particular. A while ago we did have a Baja Steak bowl from a mexican take-away shop. We now make our own version of this at home. My husband BBQ's the steak which we then slice thinly… Continue reading Baja Steak
Fried Rice is a great recipe for using up leftover rice. Alternatively, I'll cook up some rice for this recipe if I have leftover chicken or roast meat. This recipe is adapted from a recipe in the Mothers' & Others' Recipe Book. In the fried rice pictured I have used ham & chopped up twiggy… Continue reading Fried Rice
I found this Easter Fridge Slice recipe in the April Coles magazine. I adapted the recipe to make it dairy & gluten free. Mine didn't have any easter eggs so I think you could make it any time of the year, for a special treat. As it was a no bake slice it was a… Continue reading Choc Fridge Slice
Do you make recipes that are named after someone you know? Growing up we often had Chicken Dorothea & Sandra's Best Lasagna; both named after women who had shared their recipes with my mother. My Mum also makes Merle's Christmas Slice every Christmas. I haven't made Chicken Dorothea for years because of the ingredients, including some… Continue reading Tric’s Mince
This post about Individual Leftover Chilli Pies inspired me to make my own Chilli Beef Meat Pies with some leftover Quick Chilli Beef. I was planning my dinner menu for the week when I saw the post about making pies with leftover chilli mince. As we usually have leftovers but not enough for a full… Continue reading Chilli Beef Meat Pies
It's been a while since I've posted about what I've been cooking but thought I would start this again. I'm not sure that I'll do it every week especially as I sometimes end up doing the same things. Anyhow here is what was on the dinner menu last week: Monday - Ham steaks & pineapple… Continue reading Last Week’s Menu – 6 Feb 2017
