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Home cooking

A really good sandwich

28 September 2011
Ham, cheese, tomato and onion sandwich

A simple but really good sandwich Jac enjoyed for lunch recently: leg ham, tomato, white onion, tasty cheese, salt and pepper, on lightly buttered fresh New Norcia sourdough bread.

Ham, cheese, tomato and onion sandwich

Ham, cheese, tomato and onion sandwich

A really good sandwich I enjoyed for breakfast recently: bacon, fried egg and tomato sauce ...

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Fathers day family afternoon tea

21 September 2011
Afternoon tea

“I’m hungry,” my niece Ruby whispers, as she plays with her cutlery.
“So am I,” I whisper back.
She giggles and we grin at each other.

Ruby, waiting for food

It’s fathers day and we’re at family afternoon tea. We don’t really celebrate fathers day as such, but we’ve got a few treats for the dads in our ...

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New York Times spicy, supercrunchy fried chicken

5 September 2011
New York Times fried chicken

Jac made “spicy, supercrunchy fried chicken” for lunch with friends at our house recently. The recipe came from The Essential New York Times Cook Book: Recipes for a New Century (2010).
The recipe begins:
Ready for a tip that will change your life? You don’t need to deep-fry chicken: you can shallow-fry it ...

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Family lunch, Jac’s first roast duck a l’orange

31 August 2011
Duck a l'orange

We hosted a family lunch recently at our home to celebrate Jac’s mum Pattycakes’ birthday. Jac loves to cook for company and had a great time planning and preparing the meal. I helped her with recipe research and the boring stuff like setting the table on the day. :)
Our starter dish was prawns sauteed in ...

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Quiz night food

22 August 2011
Jac's savoury eggs

A couple of weekends ago, Jac and I went to a quiz night with my siblings and their partners. It was a fundraiser for Jac’s hockey club.
We all brought food, of course.
Jac made her savoury eggs (some people call them deviled eggs).
Jac’s never written her recipe down – ...

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Juji and Jay’s engagement party

10 August 2011
Macarons, cupcakes and fruit platter

A family lunch engagement celebration with home cooked pulled pork, macarons, red velvet cupcakes and lots more!

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Game Farm honey mustard quail

8 August 2011
Honey mustard quail

Lunch with friends featuring corn chowder and honey mustard quail using whole quails from Game Farm. Includes link to recipe.

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The supermarket barbecue chook

29 July 2011
Supermarket barbecue chicken

A chicken lover’s reflections on the humble supermarket barbecue chicken.

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Caleb’s baptism morning tea

4 July 2011
Ruby and Zoe at morning tea

A potluck morning tea with family and friends, following my nephew’s baptism.

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July: awesome food event month (especially for mushroom lovers!)

1 July 2011
LEGO chef with mushrooms: July is Mushroom Mania month

July is going to be an awesome food month – especially if you’re a mushroom lover.

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