Do you cook with wild rice? That’s the question I posed earlier this week, On our Top Shelf Facebook™ page. We had more No’s than Yes’… With the most common reason being… “I don’t know what to do with it!” Wild rice was exactly that for

Before this week… I never really thought of cooking with broad beans. Maybe because they looked like hard work… Possibly because I didn’t know what to do with them… But most likely because our youngest son is allergic to them. This week however… Being Joe’s pick

Sicily is but a blur in my imagination. I have a vague memory, Of disembarking an old school, 1980s style ferry at the port

Christmas came early for us this week… As silver beet and chard, Came together with pomegranates and almonds, In this week’s recipe of the week… Warm Chard, Almond & Pomegranate Salad! Red and green are definitely Christmas colors, And the ingredients in our warm salad are

Cook once… Eat twice! It’s one of my favourite kitchen catchphrases and… Virtually a necessity with 3 kids under the age of 11! This dish is the perfect dinner/lunch two punch combination. Lovely of a night, And arguably even tastier as leftovers the day after, Whether it

Let’s face it… When you’re thinking popular veggies, Brussels sprouts don’t spring to mind as top of list! In fact, When I did a Google ™ search on least favourite veggies, The poor old Brussels sprout ranked top of plenty of online polls. But I’m guessing

What a wonder sugar & butter are! Combined… And within only a few minutes… The duo transform humble ingredients… Like our delicious Aussie pecans… Into sweet, crunchy & even more wonderous surprises! Amongst the peppery wild rocket leaves… French blue cheese… Fromage Bleu for the sake of this

If you ask an Italian nona… Aka grandma… And likely master cook of all foods Italian… From the famous Island for the stars, Capri… When she eat tomatoes, She’ll no doubt answer… “In summer of course!” Not spring… Not Autumn and… Definitely not winter! Why? Because tomatoes are a summer fruit… And… They

If you threw crisp smoky bacon onto a pair of old leather shoes… You could probably make them taste good! We’re not serving up old shoes today… But… When you combine that crispy smoky bacon with tangy yoghurt & lemon dressing… Add some gorgeously creamy

Sometimes the dishes that appear the simplest … Can often be the trickiest to get right! I’m sure you’d agree with that? Now I’d made “crispy” Kale chips at least 5 times not once getting them super crunchy. That was then. Since getting my kale