Curry night sides: citrusy carrot salad with herbs and toasted almonds
A few weeks back I held a curry night at my place to catch up with a bunch of friends before heading home to Australia for a somewhat impromptu holiday-slash-food-odyssey. Curry nights are a great low maintenance dinner party to throw especially on a cold wintery evening because you’re bound to get a fantastic selection … Read more
Seafood & Chorizo Paella for an easy impromptu dinner party
Paella probably isn’t the dish that comes to mind when you’re having an impromptu dinner party, but it should be. I can understand why you would first look at a pan of paella so beautifully decorated with shellfish, with its brilliant colours and immediately put it in the ‘too hard’ basket but this dish is … Read more
Team effort = delicious citrus risotto with garlic chilli prawns
There are some common themes I’ve noticed in my kitchen since I started this food blog – cold food and dinner guests. Cold food because it takes time for Mikee to get a blog-worthy photograph and dinner guests because, well, the food, the company and the fun. Abry, Isaac, Jermaine and Elise came over for … Read more
Baking tip #1: Too many tipsy cooks in the kitchen…
…makes for a fun impromptu Friday night dinner party, but slightly sloppy red velvet cake pops. I invited Elissa and Abry over last night to help me with my first attempt at some red velvet cake pops I found on Tastespotting.com from Joudie’s Mood Food blog. When I first laid eyes on them, I had … Read more
