by Anne Murphy | Nov 18, 2012 | Food, Lunch/Snacks, Mains, Recipe, Tips/Hints
I love salmon. I love the flavour, the colour, the smell. Unfortunately, it can be quite expensive and out of reach for most people’s weekly shopping lists. At nearly $30 per kilo, that’s very expensvie, but you can stretch one portion out which will cost...
by Anne Murphy | Jul 9, 2012 | Lunch/Snacks, Mains, One Pot, Pasta, Recipe, Salads/Vegetables
Have I told you how much I like risoni (or otherwise known as orzo)? To me, it’s like a ‘poor man’s’ risotto, not that arborio rice (the rice traditionally used for risotto) is all that expensive. Sometimes you can pick up a bag of risoni...
by Anne Murphy | Jun 26, 2012 | Mains, Recipe, Salads/Vegetables
Doesn’t matter whether it’s summer, winter, spring or fall, I can eat Italian food. Any kind. But nothing conjures up wholesome, heart warming winter food that a big bowl of pasta or a big slice of lasagna with obligatory bechamel topping. It’s not...
by Anne Murphy | May 22, 2012 | Lunch/Snacks, Mains, Pasta, Recipe
Whenever I get pumpkin, I cook it all at once. I’ll boil some, roast some and then puree what I don’t use straight away. I’ll pop the pureed pumpkin into 1 cup serves into the freezer and freeze the roasted pieces. Besides using it for cakes and...
by Anne Murphy | May 15, 2012 | Lunch/Snacks, Mains, Recipe, Salads/Vegetables
Having access to these Gourmet Garden products this week is giving me a lot more scope with my evening meals. Besides mixing a bit of chilli and garlic with extra virgin olive oil and vinegar for a quick salad dressing or squirting some garlic into butter for a quick...