Baguette

          Ran out of bread? Don’t feel like going out in the cold? Having breakfast at 12PM and lunch at 6PM this holiday season? Do not despair. Try this easy French bread. Easy peasy lemon squeezy with a good bread machine. I’m not the one to be mucking around on the

Broccoli Leek Soup (Broccoleek Soup)

                            Ingredients: 1 broccoli head – florets, stems and all, roughly chopped 1 leek – white part diced 1 big potato – diced 5 cups chicken broth or water (I like to use water) 1 slice or 1/2 cup of Brie with

Celery Soup

                        A simple winter soup to warm those rosy cheeks and cold-nipped noses. A sure hit with the kids. Ingredients: 3 stalks celery, peeled and thinly sliced. 2 potatoes, peeled and diced 3 cups chicken stock or water 1⁄2 cup Brie or Camembert cheese

Dinner Rolls with Herb Salt

                You will need a bread Machine and about 2 hours for this recipe.   Wet Ingredients: 1 cup milk or evaporated milk from the can 3 tbls margarine 1 tbls olive oil 3 tsp herb salt 1 tsp cumin seed 3 tbls white sugar   Dry Ingredients:

Season the Salt

                  The mobile collection of culinary herb pots placed on the deck strategically next to my kitchen door for easy and speedy access, of course. If I ask my kids to get some Oregano from the garden, they’ll ask me how it looks. My son only knows
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Lambs what? … Lambsquaters

It’s that dusty looking weed in the garden that we keep getting rid off.                     Since it’s introduction into my kitchen, I’ve stopped weeding this wonderful plant. In fact I collect the seeds for the following years harvest. Oxalate content for lambsquaters is amongst the highest.
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Addictive zucchini patties

Zucchini patties Kids not eating their greens, try this zucchini with feta recipe.                   Ingredients: 5 zucchinis grated and the water squeezed out 2 cups feta cheese drained and crumpled 2 eggs beaten 1-2 cups flour pepper oil for frying   Method: Use a food processor to
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The ultimate banana cake

                  Ingredients   3 eggs beaten 4 bananas fully ripe, overripe is best 1 cup cold butter or margarine 3 cups flour 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 cup white sugar 1cup brown sugar (packed down) 1 tsp salt 2 tsp

Mac and Cheese before it came in a box.

Home-baked Mac and Cheese                 I started this blog because even with numerous cooking shows and cookbooks out there, there are many of us who still don’t know how to cook a simple nutritious meal. I feel that the number is growing everyday due to having a full

Death by Kaya

      Kaya Mmm… mmm… Kaya originates from the Southeast Asian region. It is a sweet spread made out of white sugar, eggs and coconut milk. The must have main ingredient amongst other things are the (pandan) screwpine leaves. In Malaysia my mum would send us kids into the neighbor’s yard to grab a
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