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Lime and chilli baked salmon with a mango salsa - summer feasts

9/1/2015

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Lime and chilli baked salmon with a mango salsa
The festive feasting is officially finished at The Blue House. We've eaten our way through the Christmas ham, puddings, brandy custard and one or two boxes of panettone (!). Light and luscious foods now head up the agenda, along with daily cycling, swimming and post-dinner power walks. 


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Cherries with salad greens and roasted duck

14/12/2014

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Whoa there big fella...  put the brakes on a little will ya! I mean, what the heck happened to November, much less December? We're ticking days off the calendar before we can blink, and Christmas is just ten days away. Woot!

Cherries with salad greens and roasted duck

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A conversation with chef Ross Dobson - King of the Grill

17/11/2014

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Chef and cookbook author Ross Dobson, King of the Grill
Chef and cookbook author Ross Dobson, King of the Grill (image courtesy Murdoch Books)
It's mid November (already!) and at this time of the year my thoughts turn to cleaning up the barbecue to get ready for cooking and entertaining outdoors. I'm also starting to think about menus for various al fresco events, as well as gifts for food-loving family and friends. Enter, Ross Dobson's King of the Grill.


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Broccolini with snow peas, beans and sweet tahini dressing

15/11/2014

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Broccolini with snow peas, green beans and sweet tahini dressing
Broccolini is one of the vegetables that always makes an appearance in my market basket. I love its sweet, mild flavour and the goodness and crunch it offers in any dish. Better still, it's one of the greens that my Peter is happy to eat on a regular basis. So imagine my joy when chef Yotam Ottolenghi prepared a salad of broccolini (and other greens) with sweet tahini at the literary lunch at Nomad that we attended in Sydney recently. 'If you make this for us at home, I'll eat it,' Peter told me after the first bite. *Happy dance* time!


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Shaking beef (Bo luc lac) with wild rice, snow pea and bell pepper salad

24/10/2014

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Shaking beef with wild rice, snow pea and bell pepper salad
'You need to make this salad!' Coming from my man, those words make my cook's heart sing. He's not really the salad type, you see, and the prospect of nagging him to eat his greens for the sake of his wellbeing doesn't sit well. But, every now and then we stumble upon a salad that he loves. And when that happens, I'm so there! 


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Sweet corn salad with tomato, chilli, coriander and lime

7/10/2014

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Sweet corn salsa with tomato, chilli, coriander and lime by Good Things
'So, how is your retirement going?' my ex-husband asked when we were chatting on the telephone the other day. 'It's good, but surprisingly busy,' I responded. Indeed, the day that he'd called it seemed as though I'd been pottering from early morning to late afternoon — well and truly living up to the Bizzy Lizzy nickname. Thankfully, I'd made a big pot of my chilli con carne the day before, so all I had to do was whip up a tasty side dish to go with the leftovers. 


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Baked sweet potato with ashed goat cheese, baby spinach and maple coconut pecans

28/8/2014

 
Baked sweet potato with ashed goat cheese, baby spinach and maple pecans
'These pecan nuts are so good, they're not at all bitter,' Peter commented as he munched into a larger-than-normal serving of green beans with pecans. 'That's because they've been candied and they are most likely super fresh,' I replied, adding that nuts can turn rancid and bitter very quickly. 'Oh?! Well, you've got to make them then,' he said, nodding his head and pointing at the plate with absolute determination.


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Prawn and strawberry salad with poppyseeds + a 'good things' Valentine's Day Recipe Roundup

9/2/2014

 
Prawn and strawberry salad with poppyseeds
'From the obligatory [special] dinner to the unexpected glass of fresh-squeezed juice, the act of preparing food for another (or with another) speaks louder and clearer than most words. It says, with no exceptions, I love you. I want you. I care for you. You are worth the effort.'
                                                        — Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge, InterCourses : An aphrodisiac cookbook


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Watermelon with pomegranate, lime and mint

16/1/2014

 
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Summertime. Canberra. 1960s. My childhood. Life was carefree and simple--and when it came to keeping cool there were only a couple of rules according to my parents: 'Go outside and play under the sprinkler'. And, 'Come, eat some fresh watermelon', or dinnye (diɲːɛ) as it is known in Magyar.


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Salad of prawns, asparagus, cucumber and dill

4/1/2014

 
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Fresh, light and healthy. That's my vision for 2014, in terms of both the food I prepare and how I'd like to feel from head to toe. I'd like to spend more time at the beach, too, basking in the goodness of the sun, surf and sand. Sounds like a well-considered plan, no? Well, let me tell you, things are well underway.


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