In recent times, I have been on the lookout for new breakfasts. I am terribly difficult to drag out of bed in the morning, (sorry honey), which means I'm always hurriedly running off wherever I'm meant to go. I'm almost always starving when I wake up, am also on a budget, and am trying to eat vaguely semi-healthily....
This healthy-looking bowl of deliciousness was my breakfast this morning, and comes by way of Jill Dupleix, as do most of my regular breakfasts these days. In the bowl, we have a selection of chopped fruits - banana, kiwi, blueberries - topped with low fat Greek yogurt and a sprinkling of Jill's crunchy granola. Granola, or toasted muesli,...
Eton mess is a dessert traditionally served at Eton College (duh!), which comprises whipped cream, strawberries and crushed meringues. Yum yum. It tastes like English summer in a glass. Being a traditional dessert, many chefs and authors have their own version of the basic recipe. Jamie, for instance, steeps his strawberries in balsamic vinegar, all'italia. Nigella uses trendy...
Cupcakes
Magnolia's Traditional Vanilla Cupcakes with Traditional Vanilla Buttercream
10/24/2007 07:18:00 PM
For my picnic on Saturday, I wanted cupcakes. I wanted them bad. Cute, sweet, individual cupcakes, pretty as a picture and perfect to pop out of my picnic basket at a moment's notice. I wanted them covered in swirly (even pink) icing, and covered in sugar flowers. I know I've previously mentioned that I'm sick of the ubiquitous...
Tonight I present to you the first few recipes I've tried from Jill Dupleix's Lighten Up. We had the whole family home for dinner on Saturday, and I thought it was time I put the Nigella recipes aside for a (very) short while and try something a bit healthier.A Healthy yet Celebratory Meal for 5Cevapcici with Avjar (Lighten...
My next batch of recipes from Nigella Express generally fall into the "tasty but not pretty" category.Maple Chicken 'n' Ribs with New Orleans ColeslawThe chicken & ribs were made by special request of my father, who loves all forms of stickily roasted meats. This recipe comes from the Quick, Quick, Slow chapter, which has recipes that can mostly...
Baked gnocchi with tomato sauceTutto BeneMid Level SouthgateMelbourneVic 3006tel: 9696 3334 Tutto Bene websiteJust a quick post to remind y'all of my favourite restaurant, Tutto Bene. (You may remember it from such posts as this year's birthday dinner). I popped in with a friend of mine one Sunday afternoon, when we wanted a special lunch that wouldn't break...
I think Jill Dupleix is fantastic. In fact, she was the first food writer I ever got into, and whose recipes I started cooking, back when I was a mere 12 years old. I remember constantly borrowing her book, New Food, from the school library (yes, I went to one of those Kew private schools that has trendy...
So, when I said that my mum really liked Nigella's crab and avocado wraps, I didn't realise quite how much she liked them. We had them for dinner on Thursday night, and 2 nights later, on Saturday, she requested that I make them again. You see, we were going out to see my brother's girlfriend play violin (Go...
If you have Nigella Express, you will have noticed that Nigella is obsessed with wraps! Tortillas, mainly. She uses them in a variety of interesting ways - as a trendy party treat filled with raw tuna and crab, as a crunchy addition to spiced scrambled eggs, or, predictably, as a sandwich. I have to admit, however, that I've...
I woke up one Sunday morning, and was suddenly felt like baking. I decided that I wanted to try Bill Granger's famous coconut bread, to use up my remaining shredded coconut. So, I started pottering around the kitchen: turning on the oven, measuring out the coconut, and so on. However, disaster struck when I realised that the recipe...
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