Years ago, as a small child in the May school holidays, my mother and I always drove to visit my grandparents at their farm in central Victoria. May meant it was mushroom time and so we would 'go mushrooming', usually on Sunday afternoons. Armed with a big bucket and small knife, we would drive out [...]
My family love this simply with the roasted pumpkin, onions, tomatoes and garlic. It is really lovely served on the bed of spinach or rocket with the pine nuts for some crunch and the chilli for some spice. Serves 4 Ingredients Optional ingredients which go very well with this salad 500g Jap pumpkin, peeled and [...]
Serves 4 Ingredients 3 tbsp butter 1 tbsp olive oil1 large onion, peeled, chopped 1kg mushrooms, wiped clean, quartered with stems left on, but dry end bits cut off; reserve 1/4 cup to sauté for the garnish 2 cloves garlic, minced ¼ tsp nutmeg 2 tbsp chopped parsley ½ tsp dried thyme or 4 [...]
Serves 4 Filling Spaghetti squash 50 gm butter 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 60 gm natural almonds, coarsely crushed in a mortar and pestle or chopped 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 cup, loosely packed, flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped, plus extra for garnish 4 spring onions, finely sliced Zested rind of 1 lemon 1 spaghetti [...]
