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Pea and Ham Soup
Of all soups, Pea and Ham Soup is undoubtedly my favourite and has been all my life. My Dad has always made a mean version of this soup and nowadays, I still use his recipe with a few of my own tweaks. Also, I make it in the slow cooker, but it is just as good done...
Slow Cooker Beef Curry
Whether it’s beef or lamb, these days I really do prefer my curries done in the slow cooker. That long, slow cooking process makes a great curry dish and this Beef Curry is no exception. Every time I’m cooking this recipe, it seems I have people over during the...
Pasta with Broccoli and Tomatoes
Broccoli is one of the few vegetables all of my family eat, even my eldest son who is ‘allergic’ to many others. Every time he eats a vegetable he doesn’t like, he gets this look on his face like there is a bad smell under his nose and he’s in some acute pain. It’s...
Menu Plan #2
Well what a triumph last week was. I managed to make everything in my menu plan (Menu Plans – Back on the Agenda), was super organised with the family cooking and we had a great dinner every night! As expected there were some highs and lows. The highs (for me anyway,...
Lemon Delicious
An abundance of beautiful lemons left me pondering how best to use them up. I know I’ll squeeze some and freeze the juice in ice blocks for future recipes, but what else could I do? Lemon Delicious was the first thing that sprang to mind. Out came the cookbooks and...
Slow Cooker Lamb Shanks with Red Wine & Honey
Slow Cooker Lamb Shanks are the ultimate in comfort food. The meat just falls of the bone and tastes sooooo good. It’s sometimes hard to believe that something that is relatively inexpensive in the meat department, and looks pretty unappetizing, can taste this...
Italian Sausage Pasta
As I wrote last time (Menu Plans – Back on the Agenda), my menu organization has not been all it should be lately (but now remedied). In this disorganized mode I went to the supermarket last week with no idea of what to get for dinner. As I walked in, there was a...
Menu Plans – Back on the Agenda
Right, I’ve decided to get my cooking life organised (the rest can stay a mess for the moment) and get my weekly Menu Plans going again. I used to do this religiously and it was fantastic for organising the family cooking. I’ve regressed to usually having a vague...
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