Salads — inspired by garden of edibles
This year I did not plant any zucchinis but replaced it with cucumbers. We had an abundant supply of herbs like coriander, mint, spring onions, sage, thyme, oregano from the garden. I used… Read More
Category Archive: Home Grown Vegetables and Fruit
Vegetable garden and fruits
We had a lot of rain at the end of the year(2011). Our garden thrived on the rain. These are some of the shots of the edible plants in the garden—taken in the… Read More
Baked eggs with zuchinni (courgette)
I used up the last small zuchinni and other left over vegies from the garden in an egg dish. I used 5 eggs, some cheese, chives and a chopped slice of bacon as… Read More
Braised chicken wings with mushrooms and cloud ear fungus
This is a kind of a warm autumn dish. But this can be made anytime of the year. Soak dried mushrooms and cloud ear fungus ( or you can use wood ear fungus).… Read More
Classic three vegetable and meat dinner
This is my version of classic 3 veg and meat dinner. We only had two vegies and the french beans were the first harvest of the year. I made the stew with sliverside… Read More
White cut chicken
One of our favourite chicken dishes is white cut chicken with dips (condiments). Scallion sauce Finely chopped spring onions. Sprinkle salt on top and pour smoking hot oil over it. The oil cooks… Read More
Birthday lunch at the 4 J’s
Last Sunday we lunched at the 4 Js. We were greeted by the blackboard menu Yum…A slice of fig tart for dessert Figs from Wendy’s garden Of course we had mains. A beef… Read More
Shredded pork inspired by a Bridge Online Player
I often play online bridge and know a few American players. Most of them play in the evenings while they cook dinner. On this occasion Doc (lets give him a handle as Doc)… Read More
Stuffed chillies
We had some huge chillies grown from a punnet of chilly plants from the farmers market. It had a picture of small chillies but look at the size! They were very hot. I… Read More
