We celebrated New Year’s Eve at a barbeque with neighbours. It’s one of the things I love about living in a functioning community – socialising within walking distance. I could go on about greenhouse footprints but really it’s enough that I can drink half a bottle of red wine and wander home in the starlight wishing happy New Year to the owlet nightjar that lives on the way!
Perfect party finger food. The recipe makes about 20 tartlets.
Beans are like octopus – they need to be cooked either very fast or very slow.
These came together in 20 minutes while chatting to the visitors, and with a few additions to the soup, made a knock up lunch into a feast.
You can make these with or without nuts as well, depending on your school’s nut policy.
I remember when I was quite a small child my grandfather had a shack on Bribie Island. Just before dusk, he would take his rod and walk down to the beach. We kids would play in the shallows and barely have time to make a sandcastle before it was time to head back with a bucket full of whiting fillets.
Our northern apricots don’t compare with the golden, aromatic, dripping with juice things I remember from Tasmania.
This is one of my favourite recipes for a “meal tree” for a new mum.
If you don’t have kale, I think the filling in this recipe will work just as well with cabbage if you reduce the water and the cooking time a little.
Cassandra’s mum’s braised artichokes actually, and they’ve converted me.