I was watching #GourmetFarmer on #sbs and they featured Tasmanian-grown Quinoa in their ‘local farm to plate’ menu. They travelled to Kindred, Tasmania and interviewed the lovely people from Kindred Organics who showed them the plants and gave them tips on how to cook it. ” Lauran and Henriette Damen are the first farmers in Australia…
Watching tonight’s Junior Masterchef ‘Mystery Box Challenge’ was really enjoyable. One of the ingredients was beetroot. One of my all-time favourite vegetables. There is a photo somewhere of me eating beetroot slices by a waterfall-fed river near Eden in the Eurobodalla region as a five year old. It is one of the things I…
Cabbage in brine recipe : SBS FoodI love to receive emails from SBS Food. They are chock-full of helpful information, updates on SBS Food shows, Give-aways and Recipes.This week they have a feature on Cabbage. Enjoy! In Season: Cabbage Cabbage, to be quite frank, is not one of the most loved vegetables. However, tastebuds grow…
Entice magazine Entice magazine is the perfect ‘how to’ beef cookbook made especially for those looking for delicious meal ideas and cooking tips. Our latest issue of Entice magazine contains tips for cooking the perfect slow simmered beef dish this winter, as well as information on which beef cuts to use and how long to…
I love shopping at Warilla Grove. It has everything you need in a small area.Sure it could do with a wider variety of seafood but other than that, it’s pretty much your one stop shop. I often spend a lot of my time in front of the Bush’s Meats specials window.We’ve been taking advantage of…
My foodie friend Maryann from Kiama asked me if I knew where to find Pomegranate molasses.First I did a Google Australia search and found a link to an Gourmet Shopper – an online gourmet food products website which sells Pomegranate Molasses, then I hit gold and found a recipe from SMH Good Living article online…
Mummified Times Five asked: Tell me, how do you get your fussy kids to eat vegetables? I quite often have fussy eaters at my house. As a kid I was a fussy eater myself and would take hours to finish a meal if it included brussell sprouts, silverbeet or zucchini. I hated them with a passion!…
WHAT’S COOKIN’ SHELLHARBOUR? Generations of family secrets have been revealed in a new Shellharbour City Council cookbook featuring over one hundred of the area’s favourite recipes. The new book, What’s Cookin’ Shellharbour?, features a diverse range of tried and true family favourite recipes allowing interested community members to learn a whole new series of easy…
[ A globe artichoke. Photograph by Vanessa Pike-Russell]It’s a very fiddly vegetable but the thin layer of tender flesh on each leaf is a delicacy. I prefer the artichoke hearts marinated in oil when you’re in a rush. They are great as part of a Mediterranean salad, on pizza or added to a mezze platter. [Photograph…
The Country Women’s Association Cookbook: Seventy Years in the Kitchen It is no exaggeration to say that The Country Women’s Association Cookbook is an Australian icon. Absolutely packed with hard-working, practical recipes, this has been an essential cookbook in Australian kitchen for generations. First published over seventy years ago, Murdoch Books are now very proud…