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, rosemary, basil, balsamic vinegar, EVOO and aioli. Emulsify using your new George Forman Stick blender …
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 fruit that is a little soft for full price sale. I got a 3kg box …
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 have in fact only ever made something to preserve in jars once before – a …
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 definitely Fan Numero Uno. Every week when we grocery shop I park Ethan in the …
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 will need; 1 onion 500 grams minced beef 1 diced zucchini garlic 1 small can …
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 date scones. Dates are yummy, are grown on palm trees and are a source of …
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 hot green chillis, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves 1.5 kg mussels, steamed open …
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 garlic in a tablespoon of EVOO. I had a couple of leftover lamb sausages so …
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 in an endeavour to save you from the supermarket shelves, and maybe encourage you to …