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Chocolate Beetroot Pudding Cake
A rich and indulgent dessert that is slow baked in a water bath. The result is a delectable combination of flavours, the chocolate and beetroot marrying beautifully into one moist, brownie like pudding cake
Vegetable Fritter Salad
Vegetable Fritter Salad, is a delightfully crunchy and quirky salad made of spicy Indian bhajis served on a bed of salad greens and drizzled with a lemony sour cream dressing
Chickpea Bhel Salad
Chickpea Bhel Salad is inspired by Mumbai's most popular street snack - bhelpuri. It is light, healthy, tangy and packs a crunch with chickpeas, peanuts, capsicum and lime
Daisy Cake
Daisy Cake is a beautiful 2 layer, old-fashioned, home-made cake baked from Margaret Dunn's charming cookbook Mrs. Harvey's Sister-In-Law And Other Tasty Dishes. The cake has yellow and white layers, hence the name
Tagged: | baking, cake, coconut, daisy, high-tea, margaret dunn, mrs. harvey's sister-in-law, old-fashioned, orange, picnic, retro, white, yellow
Cookbook Review – Mrs. Harvey’s Sister-In-Law And Other Tasty Dishes By Margaret Dunn
A detailed cookbook review of Mrs. Harvey's Sister-In-Law And Other Tasty Dishes by Margaret Dunn, an Australian cookbook with a melting pot of recipes and anecdotes accumulated by the author from her life and travels in several countries around the world. A truly old-fashioned and delightful little retro cookbook
Tagged: | australia, cookbook, margaret dunn, mrs. harvey's sister-in-law, old-fashioned, retro, review
Apricot Fig And Goji Berry Powerballs
Apricot Fig And Goji Berry Powerballs for a no-cook, light and healthy snack. Ready in less than 10 minutes and perfect to have stocked up on your desk for those pesky snacking bouts
Brown Mushroom Tortano
Brown Mushroom Tortano - A gorgeous yeast Napolitan bread stuffed with balsamic glazed swiss mushrooms and stringy cheese. Perfect for picnics and barbecues
Cook Republic Files – Favourites List January 2012
I am back to work today after a month and a half long holiday. Although I found myself working as much during the holidays if not more. Things like organizing, sorting, planning, gardening and
Frozen Peanut Butter Pie
A jar of peanut butter is a wondrous thing. It has the power to reduce grown men and women into little children, greedily poking their fingers in the jar to scoop out and lick a
Tagged: | biscuits, brown, cheesecake, chilled, cream cheese, no cook, peanut butter, pie, sweet, tart
Cookbook Review – Super Natural Every Day. Win A Copy!
Super Natural Every Day is not a cookbook. Heidi Swanson’s latest offering is a private journal of a person who embraces food in its truest form, smattered with photos that make you want to
Tagged: | 101 cookbooks, cookbook, heidi swanson, natural, review, super natural every day, wholefoods
Pomegranate Dragon Fruit And Lychee Sorbet
I love pomegranates. I hate peeling or prepping them. One of my kitchen pet peeves along with refilling oil from the can into the oil bottle and cutting a pumpkin. I only get to eat
Carnival Cookies
I have always fancied the idea of old travelling circuses. Right from when I was a child and watched Dumbo to a young girl reading Mr. Galliano’s Circus by Enid Blyton under the covers
Tagged: | 101 cookbooks, baking, banana, chocolate, circus, fruit, hazelnut, healthy, heidi swanson, macadamia oil, nuts, oats, party, peanut, popcorn, super natural every day, theme
10 Questions With Heidi Swanson Of 101 Cookbooks
The Spotlight is on. And in the month of January 2012, it is on food-blogger and cookbook author Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks. Heidi has one of the oldest and most original voices in the ever
Tagged: | 101 cookbooks, food-blog, food-blogger, heidi swanson, super natural every day, wholefoods
Garlic And Thyme Quinoa Patties
Cooking quinoa is one of the easiest, most rewarding exercise you can indulge in your kitchen. It practically cooks itself and freezes well. Not to mention, it is healthy hip and really tasty. When I
How To Cook Quinoa
I have been buying quinoa and quinoa flakes for a while now. Sadly, the packets die a slow death in the pantry. Honestly, I can’t tell you why I am so apprehensive to cook it.
Sugarplum Buttermilk Cake
One of the best things about our Thursday Farmer’s Market are the sugar plums. They are small, perfectly shape, tart and blood red. I am always amazed at their beautiful texture. Crunchy and juicy,
Tagged: | 101 cookbooks, baking, buttermilk, food-blog, food-blogger, healthy, heidi swanson, high-tea, lemon, plum, red, sugarplum, super natural every day, sweet
Macadamia Tray Cookies
The New Year is old already. 3 days old here in Australia and there are no lingering signs of party pops, confetti or festive lights. People are back to work, couples are booking Valentine’s
2011 In Pictures And The Impact Food Photography Award
Revellers are gathering in this part of the world as Australia prepares to ring in 2012 ahead of countries trailing behind the International Date Line. After a very Merry Christmas indeed, our New Year’s Eve
Tagged: | food, photography
Christmas Honeycomb Cannelloni
Christmas lunch should be a certified course at a stress management school. It tests nerves and is probably up there with planning a wedding or having a baby. Well, maybe I am being a
Cook Republic Files – Favourites December 2011
I am loving so many things this month. I definitely have eggs on my mind and red, black and white. Maybe it is a Christmas thing … you know? with all the baking and the
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