Recipes

Granola a La Studd

September 5, 2011

In an attempt to eat healthier, I went on the lookout for a low calorie granola recipe. There were bits of some I liked but then also bits I didn’t so after searching through a lot of recipes, I decided to come up with one of my own. A mixture of things I would like to see added to my granola, and also things I just happened to have in the cupboard at the time. I call it, Granola a La Studd! Original, catchy, I like it. Ingredients 2 cups oats (not instant) ¼ cup brown sugar 1/3 cup apple juice 1/3 cup honey 1/3 cup chia seeds ½ cup slivered almonds ¼ cup coconut ¼ cup dried apricots 1 tsp vanilla essence 1tbs olive oil Method Preheat oven to 180°. Place brown sugar, apple juice and honey in a saucepan and heat on medium until combined. Once combined,...

Ragu with pappardelle

August 27, 2011

By Dining with a Stud

One of the good things about working in the Finance industry is Bank Holiday. It’s that little extra picnic day that we get over all others. It’s a day where things are still open, majority of others are at work, and there’s no need to brave regular public holiday crowds. In saying this, I spent my Bank Holiday in the kitchen. All day. For hours. And it made me happy! There were a few things I had wanted to do for a while and today was the day. One of those said things was use my new Aldi ravioli gadget. You see Stud is a HUGE fan of ravioli. I’ve only really made it a couple of times for him but when we are in an Italian restaurant, it’s normally his dish of choice so when I bought my little gadget, he was excited at the thought of ravioli...

Beef and Guinness Pie

August 22, 2011

By Dining with a Stud

I use to love pies as a child. They were a great quick meal for lunch or dinner with the family and even though mum did them in the microwave (hence no flaky crust), I was a massive fan. Then one day, I bit in to my regular fourandtwenty pie and as I was chewing on the mincey filling, I thought of a cow and couldn’t finish it. True story. Don’t ask my logic, I still ate steaks, regular minced dishes (bolognaise, etc) but from that day forward, pies never passed my lips and I became devoted to sausage rolls. It took about six or seven years to pluck up the courage for my to try another pie and once I did, I had no idea what my problem was. I had missed the beautiful gravy insides and the flaky (when bought or cooked in the oven obviously) pastry....

Slow cooker butter chicken

July 18, 2011

By Dining with a Stud

As you may or may not know, my mum doesn’t like chilli. Actually, I never use to like chilli either. Even now I’m a little scared of it, but I’ve built up my tolerance over the years and can deal with a little stronger than medium heat as long as I either have a glass or milk, or a glass of wine With my recent curry success (link) (if I do say so myself), I wanted to try another curry recipe for mothers day dinner at our place and seeing as mum isn’t a chilli fan, I thought butter chicken was the way to go. I got all my ingredients together the night before, prepped them in the morning and put them all in the slow cooker while we went to visit my grandparents to wish them a happy birthday and happy mother’s day also. Enough time for tea...

Frozen vanilla yoghurt

July 4, 2011

By Dining with a Stud

I’m a procrastinator. Stud will attest to this. It’s not even my (or his) opinion. It’s a full blown, honest fact! I put off cleaning, important duties (you know, bills, etc), making things (well in honesty, I don’t put them off, it’s more bursts really. So I do, do it, but only when I am in the mood and then can go months before finishing it hence we have lots of little unfinished crafty bollocks all over the house), you know, anything that isn’t as fun as cooking and I can think of a good reason. It’s pretty much the same with this post. At the end of summer, (in an attempt to slim down to fit in to a wedding dress) I wanted to make an alternative to ice cream that would keep us full and satisfied but also tasted great. So I went searching for a great...

Spanish baked stuffed squid

June 26, 2011

By Dining with a Stud

On a trip to Sydney Markets with dad, I bought some whole squid. I had always wanted to try prepping a squid after seeing it numerous times on TV and in my books but never actually performed the spine chilling procedure myself. I am always worried that these things that look simple enough on TV (and YouTube) will be a bit of a mission in reality done by a very green home cook but was surprised at how simple it was. Ok I broke the ink sack but it seemed to be broken before I got there. Now I know that sounds like a ‘dog ate my homework’ excuse but it’s true! After I bought the squid, I froze it so I think either in the process of freezing, or defrosting, it got a little damaged along the way. So anyway, with a deathly fear of deep frying, I...

A rosy Red Velvet and Rich Vanilla verticle layer cake

May 30, 2011

By Dining with a Stud

A rosy Red Velvet and Rich Vanilla verticle layer cake

Am I crazy enough to make my own wedding cake? No! Stud begs to differ. I have mentioned to him that after watching many a program on Lifestyle Food, even the best of bakers won’t make their own wedding cake as it’s just too stressful. Please don’t misunderstand me and think I put myself up there with the best of bakers, or even good ones! I like to bake, I like to cook, anything that involves food, and I’m pretty much a fan. But when it comes to one of the most important cakes of our life and the stressful week leading up to the most important day of our life, I’m pretty sure I’ll crack under pressure. It also doest help when everyone who tried this cake was on Stud’s side. I’m fighting a losing battle! I had been meaning to make a red velvet cake for a...

Beef Vindaloo

May 4, 2011

By Dining with a Stud

Growing up I never ate curry. We were a meat and three veg type family and as mum wasn’t a massive fan of cooking, we usually only ate things that were quick and easy to prepare. It should also be noted that neither myself nor mum liked chilli so my poor father who is a chilli fanatic, missed out. Later in life I have developed a stronger palette and although I’m not a blow your head off chilli fan, I do like something with a bit of a kick so can pretty much aim for a medium curry. Iv made a few curries at home with those Patak’s jars but always wanted to make my own. Normally I look at a recipes ingredients and if there’s too many, it scares me away but I had been feeling a need to make a curry from scratch for quite a while...

Zucchini Slice

May 2, 2011

By Dining with a Stud

There are a few things I miss from my childhood – not having to go to work, eating what I want and it not going to my hips, bubble-o-bills, trips to the Gong with the fam, not having to work (did I mention that?) and my mums zucchini slice. It wasn’t a grand meal but it was pretty awesome and reminds me of her. It has been passed down from my grandmother so who knows where it came from originally?? Recently I got mum to email me over the recipe and on our trip to the markets, dad and I went halves in a big box of zucchini so I decided to give it a go but of course I had to tweak it slightly to make it my own. The original recipe is actually really easy – literally mix all ingredients together and place in prepared dish. I...

Prosciutto wrapped figs with blue cheese

April 28, 2011

By Dining with a Stud

Prosciutto wrapped figs with blue cheese

It is with slight shame and embarrassment that I confess to never having cooked with fresh figs before. Iv never even bought them! I have made a biscotti recipe for my grandfather (who is diabetic) and included dried figs, but never fresh. So when I walked past a fruit stand on George Street I knew this was my time. They sat on the bench for a couple of days while I pondered over how to use them and had actually thought of using them on a pizza but once I mentioned pizza, Stud immediately asked for a Mexicana or something similar so I knew my dainty figs had no chance. I decided to do an Entrée of sorts before the pizza and stuff them with blue cheese then wrap them with prosciutto. This couldn’t be easier to do! Ingredients 4 figs Blue cheese 8 slices of very thin prosciutto...

Page 4 of 8«1...2 345 6...8 »

Recipes

Granola a La Studd

Ragu with pappardelle

Beef and Guinness Pie

Slow cooker butter chicken

Frozen vanilla yoghurt

Spanish baked stuffed squid

A rosy Red Velvet and Rich Vanilla verticle layer cake

Beef Vindaloo

Zucchini Slice

Prosciutto wrapped figs with blue cheese

Search

Subscribe

Blogroll

That’s me!

Know what you’re after?

What’s on my shelf?

Categories

Disclaimer

Meta