The longest day, the shortest night, the night of midsummer dreaming. In these longest days it is easy to get wrapped up, carried away, with projects and plans. It is easy to get to runaway speed especially in Australia where the Christmas holidays fall on the midsummer solstice (and not the traditional midwinter one). It is good to take a moment to remember to relax and enjoy life. It is…
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.
Our northern apricots don’t compare with the golden, aromatic, dripping with juice things I remember from Tasmania.
Cassandra’s mum’s braised artichokes actually, and they’ve converted me.
Artichokes, to my mind, are too fiddly for everyday eating, but they make the absolute best party food.
This is an adaption of an adaption of a traditional Italian recipe.
The recipe is elegant enough to be a celebration dinner, economical for a large group, and it can be made well ahead of time. And those of you who have visited before will know my thoughts about kangaroo as the red meat of choice.
This week’s Muesli Bar Challenge recipe features oranges. It is coming to the end of the navel orange season, and once they finish there will be a gap of a few months until the beginning of the Valencia season.
This is not so much a recipe as a reminder. With cucumbers and mint both fully in season (going off in my garden) we have been eating a cucumber raita (or tzatziki – same recipe, just a short journey across the Middle East) as a side dish with practically every meal.