A few weeks ago, Seattle got a shipment of Copper River Salmon, it made the news. The Pacific North-West makes a huge fuss over this firm red fleshed fish. So much so that when I saw a piece of salmon, frozen in the deep freeze I contemplated getting rid of it. What was I doing…
Wild blueberry muffins with crumble topping
Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week at Mister C’s school. It’s an American tradition, a rather nice one I’d say, where you spend the week honouring and celebrating teachers. C’s daycare did a whole host of things, one of which was a potluck breakfast. I asked Mr Firehouse to sign me up for some baking….
Parippu – Sri Lankan style dhal with coconut milk
I’m not going to mince words here. If you want to call yourself a serious Sri Lankan cook, this recipe has to be in your repertoire. No buts. Dhal really is the centre of Sri Lankan cuisine, some would probably argue the centre of many South Asian cuisines. It’s cheap, it’s quick and it’s delicious….
Easy Chocolate Cake
A simple but slighty indulgent chocolate cake to celebrate 1500 facebook fans. A super exciting milestone for little ole me! Ingredients 200g unsalted butter (softened) 1/2 tsp. salt 200 g soft brown sugar sugar 4 eggs at room temperature 150g plain flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 50g cocoa powder sifted 50ml…
Beetroot Curry
I still remember walking into my grandmother’s kitchen and finding my Aunty chopping beetroot. I was fascinated by the red stains it left on her hands. She tried to convince me it was blood, I wasn’t so easily fooled. Besides, I remember I was wearing my twirly dress and being able to twirl out of…
Bailey’s Chocolate Sauce
This a super quick and easy recipe that’s inspired by a dear friend who was taken too soon. We had Christmas dinner once year, spouses and all and this friend and her husband whipped up a lovely ice cream cake for dessert. Layers of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream, berries, chocolate and nuts. It…
Cheat’s Hainanese chicken rice
So what do you do when you’re favourite family meal takes hours of preparation and is just not achievable on weeknights? You develop a cheats version of course. Or more accurate, you run away to Australia for your sister’s wedding and leave your husband to fend for…
Kale Baddum
There was an episode of Modern Family a few years back where they declared that “kale is the new spinach”. I’m going to declare that in my book kale has become the new “gotu kola” Gotu Kola, sometimes called pennywort is a South Asian herb/ green that is not only tasty but has a multitude…
Brisket Meat Pies
This pie is an amalgam of two worlds. The humble Aussie meat pie, meets the American slow cooked beef brisket. Perfect for an Aussie day BBQ or a game day appetizer. Recipe Beef Brisket (based on “Bloody Mary Beef by Jamie Oliver) 500g beef brisket olive oil 4-5 stalks of celery trimmed and chopped 2…
Chocolate chip cookies with brown butter and pecans
I used to pooh-pooh brown butter. Can you imagine? That was until I smelled it and had it drizzled over ricotta and butternut squash ravioli. Now, I’m of the opinion that everything is enhanced, made better, improved a million-fold by it’s mere presence. The sun has been out in Seattle this week. The sun! This…
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