by Sheridan | May 30, 2021 | Dinner, Italian, Main Courses, Picnics, Recipes
Chicken Pesto Pasta This versatile pasta dish makes a delicious lunch or main course: additions include finely sliced celery, pitted small black olives, roasted red or yellow capsicum strips, soft goats cheese. It’s also a goodie for the school lunchbox if you...
by Sheridan | Apr 10, 2021 | Lunch, Main Courses, Poultry & Game, Recipes
Chicken Tacos These delicious tacos make a fun meal for the whole family. The chicken mince recipe is inspired by Sydney caterer Simmone Logue. As she points out, you can substitute red kidney beans for the chicken (or any beans for that matter) if you’re...
by Sheridan | Apr 3, 2021 | Dinner, Main Courses, Meat, Recipes, Salads
Cumin Lamb Salad with asparagus, beetroot and minted yoghurt This deliciously tasty dish, reminiscent of the eastern Mediterranean, is from Loukie Werle’s terrific self-published cookbook, The Valley (2017). “This salad delivers flavour and...
by Sheridan | Jan 16, 2021 | Asian, Dinner, Lunch, Main Courses, Recipes
Meen Moilee (Fish Curry) This delicate flavoursome fish curry, possibly of Portuguese-Indian origin, is quick and easy to prepare and very well received whenever I serve it. Make sure you use fresh curry leaves as their flavour and aroma is irreplaceable. The...
by Sheridan | Dec 27, 2020 | Dinner, Lunch, Main Courses, Recipes, Salads
Cobb Salad This bright, crunchy salad, created by Bob Cobb at the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood in 1937, is fun to make because you can design it any way you like and use whatever ingredients you like. At this time of the year, add chopped leftover Christmas...
by Sheridan | Dec 19, 2020 | Christmas, Dinner, Lunch, Main Courses, Poultry & Game, Recipes
Roast Christmas Turkey Did you know that turkeys were introduced into Spain by the Jesuits after Columbus discovered the Americas? They’ve taken pride of place on the English Christmas and American Thanksgiving tables ever since, though not on the Spanish table....
