Grilled Chicken Salad w/ Wasabi & Fresh Herb Dressing

Grilled Chicken Salad w/ Wasabi & Fresh Herb Dressing

Fact: This is the BEST salad ever. Chef: Dave   Step 1:  Marinate chicken in soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce and Worcestershire sauce Step 2:  BBQ the chicken breasts Step 3:  Make the dressing while chicken is grilling; combine fresh garlic cloves, wasabi, fresh thyme, 

Let’s make…….Fruit Leather!

Let’s make…….Fruit Leather!

There is sooo much yummy summer fruit around at the moment, I have been loving it-  and making huge messes in the kitchen as a result.  I was at one of the local orchard shops last week and out the front they have Bargain Bin 

Recipe | Oh Jam

Recipe | Oh Jam

Oh Jam, how you have consumed my life for two days.  As I was deciding on my annual Christmas cooking you were suggested by Dave ever so casually, almost as if I make Jam all the time.  A willy-nilly Jam maker I am not.  I 

Dave Cooks:  Homemade Salt n Pepper Squid Rings

Dave Cooks: Homemade Salt n Pepper Squid Rings

Oh my God.  Internet geeks I might only say this once and consider it for your benefit…..NOM NOM. I am a fat big fan of squid/calamari, whatever.  Especially The Backyard’s Salt n Pepper Squid dish.  I am probably only it’s #2 fan as Ethan is 

My Beef & Zucchini Lasagna Recipe

My Beef & Zucchini Lasagna Recipe

So everyone has their fail-safe lasagna recipe and mine will be no better than yours, just saying I made my personal best tonight!  Yes, this is the quick-ish working Mum version in which my sauce is made from cans, not fresh.  So shoot me. You 

Classic Date Scone Recipe

Classic Date Scone Recipe

Eating Baking always cheers me up and I knew exactly what I wanted to make today.  I have only recently become a fan of dates, they seem to be Abby’s favourite scone variety so whenever we have morning tea she always comes equipped with some 

Glorious Mussel Fritters Recipe

Glorious Mussel Fritters Recipe

This recipe was simple and amazing – a feast in fact! MUSSEL FRITTERS Serves: makes 20 fritters Ingredients 1 teaspoon dried yeast 300mls tepid milk 350g flour 3 eggs, beaten 75 mls fish sauce 4 coriander roots, well washed 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 

Cook Eat | Fresh Vege Tortellini w/ Carbonara Sauce

Cook Eat | Fresh Vege Tortellini w/ Carbonara Sauce

You will need; 1 pack Signature Range fresh spinach and cheese tortellini 1 x pot of fresh Delmaine Carbonara sauce 1 large tomato 1/2 yellow capsicum / bell pepper 6 mushrooms 1 zucchini 1 head broccoli garlic to taste Sautee zucchini, mushrooms, bell pepper and 

Cook Eat | The Best Pancake Recipe

Cook Eat | The Best Pancake Recipe

On the Target product check on TV3 tonight, they road-tested store bought pancake mixes.  The host pointed out that the most basic pancake recipes only have 4 ingredients, so it’s a little disturbing when the ingredients listed on a pre-mix constitute an entire paragraph! So 

Fruit Leather

Fruit Leather

How beautiful is this?  Dave & I made this in our fancy new dehydrator last night.  Ethan and Mum picked the strawberries and 8 hrs later voila! This flavour was strawberry-kiwi and we also made strawberry-apple-banana which was the yummiest.