English Muffins are a real treat in our house. We don’t buy them very often but they disappear fast when we do! Leafing through my latest cookbook; Mary Berry’s Baking Bible, I came across a recipe to make them and as I had everything I needed in the pantry, thought I’d give it a shot. […]
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(Looks aren’t everything) Vegetable Lasagna
OK, so it’s not the most attractive lasagna ever created but it is darn tasty and I get regular requests to make it from Mr t2kBrisbane, an avid meat-lover. The lentils provide protein, the pumpkin thickens the sauce and the olives give it a fantastic flavour. It is also economical, a great way of using […]
Jams and Preserves Day
I think there can be little doubt that here at T2K we love preserving; You may have seen our Christmas Chutney or Berry and Rhubarb Jam posts just before Christmas. As Alex happened to be in Melbourne and another good mutual friend loves to preserve too, we decided to get together and do a bulk bottling session […]
Sunday Bliss – American Breakfast Pancakes
Having recently gained two Canadian house-mates, who have a passion for food that rivals my own, I have had reason to whip this recipe out several times since moving in with them. These are Nigella Lawson’s American Breakfast Pancakes from Domestic Goddess. Fluffy, light and fantastically good with maple syrup, these are not the thin, […]
Lamb Korma
This lamb korma is a delicious way to use up less glamorous cuts of meat and whatever vegetables you have hanging around. It’s also a great standby meal because once you have all the spices, you can put it together whenever you like, with whatever meat you have, eliminating last minute trips to the supermarket.
Minestrone Soup
Sunday nights are usually lazy affairs, heralding as they do the dawn of a new working week. If I can summon the energy, I like to make something for my lunch over the coming week – a soup, a stew, a lasagna etc. Last Sunday I decided to make Minestrone soup, knowing my birthday was […]
Passionfruit Meringue Kisses
So as it turns out, Christmas, New Years, an interstate trip and moving house in the space of three weeks doesn’t leave much room for blogging – my apologies! But fear not; I’m back (as is Mel with her delicious Venetian Carrot Cake) and baking with a vengeance. These are some little treats I made […]
Spring Hill Deli – Review
One Friday at work, sick of the usual rotation of local pubs for our choice of lunch, one of my colleagues suggested this cafe. As I had stopped going to Friday lunch 6 months ago (all three pubs near our workplace are average), I was excited at the prospect of trying a new cafe in […]
Stained-glass Shortbread Biscuits
I came across this recipe in the Woolworths’ Fresh magazine Christmas edition and had seen the stained-glass idea in past years. I decided to give it a whirl for something different, road-testing these for potential gifts. I’m glad I did a test run because I know I won’t be using the shortbread recipe again. The […]
Natalie Paull’s Gingerbread Men
This recipe comes from Stephanie Alexander’s The Cook’s Companion. While I have a favourite gingerbread recipe that I have used for years to make trees and houses, I wanted to try out this one. Gingerbread is, for me, a basic baking recipe and a good measure of a cookbook. This dough was incredibly easy to […]
A Tale of Two Kitchens 