Archive for the ‘Mains’ Category

Slow Cooked Beef Brisket

As requested by guests, here’s my beef brisket recipe :-) It goes well with pasta or rice, and a side of vegetables like microwaved green beans. Photo pending! Ingredients (Makes approx 12-15 servings) Directions

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Garlic, Soy & Sweet Chilli Stir Fry

So, it’s been a while! I’ve finally got around to posting my stir fry recipe my Mum and friends have asked for (…oops :P). It’s a fun one to make, and as usual quantities are flexible (and you can add/minus stuff too). Ingredients (Serves 4-6) 500g chicken breast, cut into small strips 1 tbsp season […]

Cheesy Pasta Bake with Mince Beef

Man do I love a good pasta bake. This one was easy and tasty :) And has the hubby seal of approval! Oh, and as is the norm with my dishes, it’s totally awesome as leftovers the next day. Ingredients (Makes approx 5 servings) 1L water 300g pasta (spirals or penne or similar, not spaghetti, […]

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Homemade Pesto Pasta with Fresh Vegetables

My garden’s been going nuts lately (good thing!), and I found myself needing to prune a whole lot of herbs. Aside from mint, which I made into tea, I had shallots, garlic chives and sweet basil to use up. So I thought… hmm… time to try making homemade pesto! This recipe has similarities to another […]

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Satay Chicken Pizza

I’ve been going through some Old Time Bakery frozen gluten free pizza bases lately, and can highly recommend them (as can my non-gluten-free hubby). I had some left over satay sauce from a previous cooking adventure and thought… hmm… I’ve seen satay pizza in restaurants enough. Time to give it a shot! This was a […]

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