Popeye’s Power Breakfast & How to Cook the Perfect Fish Fillet

We bought a whole side of salmon on sale – large fillet, boned and with the skin on. I used a lovely large fillet in the Salmon & Broccoli Soup and the rest I sliced into four fillets and put in an airtight container in the fridge. It was definitely on the cards for breakfast to cook up those fillets … Here’s a secret that I’ve been asked to share! It’s time to reveal how I make the perfect salmon fillet. The skin is packed full of nutrients and is totally amazing when it’s crispy! This technique can be applied … Continue reading Popeye’s Power Breakfast & How to Cook the Perfect Fish Fillet

Totally Awesome One Pan Brunch

This was created with what was in the fridge … Olive oil in a deep non-stick fry pan … Then gluten free lamb merguez sausages cut into pieces, finely sliced leek, red peppers chopped, a few cherry tomatoes, some herbs and turmeric. Cook till sausages are cooked through and leeks/peppers are soft. Add a handful of spinach and steam with the lid on for a few minutes. Create some ‘holes’ in the mixture and break in eggs.Cook till you like them – EAT with Love ♥ Swap out the sausages for fish or prawns or leave out altogether for a … Continue reading Totally Awesome One Pan Brunch

Ingenoor’s Divine Prawns

Ingredients: – prawns (as big as you can find) – about 8 tablespoons of olive oil – about 2 tablespoons of lemon juice – about 3 tablespoons of honey – 3 cloves of garlic – black pepper Clean the prawns, make sure that they are not wet and put them in a marinade of all the other ingredients for about two hours, then fry them (no need to add extra olive oil) or grill them in a grillpan. Yummissimo with a simple green salad….. With love, Ingenoor Continue reading Ingenoor’s Divine Prawns

Sarah’s Simple Green Curry With Chicken

Now I know there are literally hundreds of everyone’s favourite green curry chicken … here’s mine … Saute a finely sliced brown onion in some coconut oil with two large tablespoons of green curry paste. Add one packet of creamed coconut (hard pressed) into the pan and two cups of water. Allow the coconut to break down, helping with your wooden spoon! Once the coconut has dissolved and you now have a thick cream, add six skinless chicken thighs. Cover and simmer ever so slowly for 30 minutes till the chicken is almost falling off the bone. Add about a … Continue reading Sarah’s Simple Green Curry With Chicken

Stephanie’s Coconut Fish

This is an adaptation of a Marie Claire Recipe. That one calls for lemongrass and is more of a Thai flavour, but I didn’t have any so I made mine like this: In a frypan on a moderate heat I added about two tablespoons of coconut oil. Once melted I fried approx 1 tablespoon of fennel seeds and added three star anise. While they are warming through, I sliced 5cm of the white of a leek, three finely sliced cloves of garlid and added it to the pan with a sprinkle of chili flakes. When the leek is wilted, add … Continue reading Stephanie’s Coconut Fish

Jane’s Roasted Salmon on a Bed of Tomatoes

I love my salmon with the skin crispy on top and the flesh soft and tender, so I experimented In the baking tray I put a mixture of chopped tomatoes, with fresh herbs, pepper, and a dash of olive oil, then I laid the salmon flesh down onto this. Roasted in the oven so that the skin was crispy and the flesh and tomatoes were tender … at the same time I roasted fennel, onion, garlic, and chopped beetroot to accompany the salmon … yummy. Continue reading Jane’s Roasted Salmon on a Bed of Tomatoes

The Last Melbourne Curry

Sandra Dallimore and I went to the amazing Chin Chin last week – gorgeous Asian restaurant in Flinders Lane in Melbourne – and tried their Yellow Pumpkin & Aubergine Curry – we have experimented with our own version this evening and it was incredible – here it is! In a pestle & mortar, make a paste with: 2 x whole star anise 2 teaspoons coriander seeds 1 or 2 large garlic cloves 2 teaspoons dried red chili flakes Seeds from seven cardamon pods 2 teaspoons lemongrass 2 teaspoons turmeric Zest of one lime 5 thinly sliced kaffir lime leaves 2 … Continue reading The Last Melbourne Curry