On the last weekend of August I hosted a food styling and photography workshop at my accommodation in Taranna on the Tasman Peninsula. As well as a great learning experience for  the cookbook authors, bloggers and food lovers that came it was a...

 

  1 tablespoon butter 2 cloves garlic 20 big sage leaves 5 large carrots 1 onion 1 litre veg or chicken stock (or 1tbs stock paste with 1 litre water) 300 grams pumpkin pepper and salt To make on the stove top: in a large heavy base pot...

I had a fun morning with a few friends on the Tessellated pavement in Eaglehawk neck we decided to combine some photography practise for Tafe with Breakfast. It is always nice to go a bit over board with some cooking and food-styling as I am...

This sauce makes a quick and simple chicken or pork stir-fry very tasty with a dash of oyster sauce, or serve it straight from the jar with grilled chicken or pork steak. 600 plums 1 onion 2 cloves garlic ½ teaspoon ginger ¼ teaspoon cloves ½...

If you are a fan of the beetroot dip from the shop you will love this, I have been practising for years and this is by far my favourite! 3 medium (400 grams) beetroot 3 cloves garlic 1 onion olive oil 2 tablespoons brown sugar teaspoon...

These tasty little bickies are a very fun cooking project for kids. Kids love rolling out the dough and cutting it into shapes to bake, will keep them engaged for hours? well at least 10 minutes. I will try them soon with bacon, different cheese,...

Serve this delicious soup with a spoonful of natural yogurt and some flatbread. I have frozen quite a few 700 gram bags of green tomatoes so that I can make this soup during the winter months when there are not as many fresh local vegies...

Pork belly has the most amazing flavour, it is fatty, I find trimming the top layer off helps take away the strong fatty flavours but it needs some fat left for slow cooking so it doesn?t end up dry. 800 grams pork belly 1 onion 2 cloves...

This is Stephanie cooking the scrolls from my book, The Real Food for Kids cookbook, we did use the thermomix to  mix the dough but she measured all the ingredients into the bowl.   for soft bread you can leave the dough to rise a few times,...