TONYA’S MUSINGS
Tonya Jennings combines her passion for food and cooking with her beachside location on Port Phillip Bay at St Kilda, into developing and operating Cooking on the Bay Cooking School.
At Cooking on the Bay we encourage you to celebrate the richness and diversity that our food offers us and to enjoy cooking for your family and friends. Food plays an important part in our social process and affects our wellbeing. To cook from the heart and share around the table brings so much pleasure and ‘joie de vivre’.
Tonya’s Musings shares her foodie stories, tips, tricks and culinary travels….
TONYA’S LATEST MUSINGS
Smoked trout frittata with avocado
Frittatas are my go-to lunch when I want a simple quick lunch or dinner and I am longing for some eggs! There are a few other suitable ingredients in the refrigerator, such as cream [...]
A simple classic Moules Marinière
For the classic, simple Bretagne ‘Moules Marinière’, the mussels are cooked with white wine and water; I am sure those Bretagne sailors’ wives would have used water only. These days various cooks use cider, [...]
Moules Marinière – the French bistro classic
Moules Marinière is one of the best-known classic French mussel dishes. The recipe hails from the wives of French sailors living along the northwest coast of Brittany, where most of France’s mussel catch is [...]
Mussels – Cleaning, Preparation and Cooking
Some mussels you buy are cultivated in protected areas of the sea bed, or grown on poles, fixed in clean saltwater. Others, because of their habitat, are often sandy and need to be scrubbed; mussels [...]
My favourite Cook Real Food Low Carb Healthy Fat reference books
In preparation for the Cook Real Food Cooking Classes, some clients ask for a few recommended books on the Low Carb Healthy Fat lifestyle, so I compiled list of a few of my favourites. Once [...]
Chicken Cacciatore – hunter’s wife’s braised chicken GalleryChicken Cacciatore – hunter’s wife’s braised chicken
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Chicken Cacciatore – hunter’s wife’s braised chicken
Whether you are cooking the Italian Chicken Cacciatore or the French Chicken Chasseur, it is the same slowly braised sauce and luscious tender chicken with the vegetables that make this a great nutri-dense, LCHF [...]