Vicious Ange

When I first noticed that the theme for week 28 was breakfast I always knew that I would cook a Bill Granger dish, after all he is the kin...

What to do with an insect theme for I certainly was not going to be cooking up the real thing, there are some  ingredients that I absolutel...

I'm in love with eggplant at the moment, I've always liked it though I haven't cooked it all that regularly.  My mum however has...

I have been keeping my eye out for recipes to use up a heap of egg yolks I have sitting in my freezer due to an uncommonly high amount of m...

Wow, I cant believe we are halfway through the Cookbook Challenge, which translates to 6 months worth of it, I dont know where the time has...

For this weeks Cookbook Challenge theme of silky I knew right from the very start that I wanted to make my first ever panna cotta.  I flic...

Sunday was Michaels birthday & for a change I had him all to myself for the day.  Unfortunately The Mighty Pies were playing in the aft...

Out of the hundreds and possibly thousands of recipes I have featuring chocolate, I decided before even looking through my books that I want...

 Another lovely, summery, autumn day in Melbourne, I invited a couple of the girls from mothers group over with their 3 yr olds, bubs & ...

With a theme this week of leaf, for something different, instead of making a nice healthy salad or dish using lovely spinach or the like I t...

Red was an easy week for me, the dish that immediately sprang to mind was borscht.  My grandparents on my mum's side were Polish so I ...

Let me start by saying I love Thai food so I was very excited about choosing the menu for this weeks Cook Book Challenge theme .  Originally...

For me these days Easter is all about family & eating.  This said, I felt I could get away with some cheesy pics of Chloe & Josh wit...

I had a rather difficult time coming up with a recipe for this weeks theme of Tangy.  I could easily have made a sweet recipe, a citrusy c...

For Earth Hour this year I was lucky enough to be given a couple of tickets to Earth Hour at the Melbourne Zoo thanks to Zoos Victoria.  Th...

The theme for this week was rice.  I really wanted to make both a savoury & a sweet dish this week so I chose 2 recipes from the same ...

I know you probably wont think so when looking the the photo but this is one fantastic pot of Chick pea and chard soup.  In my opinion soup ...

This weeks cookbook challenge is BBQ and what Aussie doesnt just love them?  As you can see in my photo I actually 'barbecued' my Sa...

Patrizia's Grape Fritters from Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion, sensational!  Having masses of grapes ripening on the...

This weeks theme is Vietnamese.  Not only do I not own any Vietnamese cookbooks, I also have not really eaten in many Vietnamese restaurant...