A photo posted by Mim (@mimblespix) on May 21, 2016 at 2:59am PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js Dough – from bread machine recipe for pull apart bread 2 teaspoons dry yeast 500g bread flour 1 tablespoon sugar 2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 tablespoons … Continue reading Ham and cheese scrolls

We had visitors coming for brunch this morning so obviously I decided to make something I’ve never made before without actually following any particular recipe. I’ve wanted to make baked beans for years but have never got around to it. … Continue reading Baked beans for brunch

A couple of weeks ago I made this, it was good. I didn’t follow a recipe as such, more like I looked up 3 conflicting recipes and dredged up memories of how I used to make it back when I … Continue reading Bread and butter pudding

I am so going to cook frittata for dinner more often. Damn this was good. 4 medium potatoes, not peeled, cut into large dice 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 medium leeks, sliced a few sliverbeet leaves and half a bunch … Continue reading Leek, spinach and blue cheese frittata

Tonight, in the midst of much kid-wrangling angst I cooked a thing what was yummy. Consequently you get another in the “write it down for future reference” series of recipe posts. 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic 4 small … Continue reading Beef and capsicum casserole

1 tablespoon olive oil 4 brown onions cut into eighths 4 stalks celery diced 4 cloves garlic crushed 5 shortcut bacon rashers diced 1.5kg topside beef roast diced 1 bottle of red wine, less the small glass you poured to … Continue reading Beef casserole with fennel and stuff

Take: One pork roast with perfect crackling (even if I do say so myself) Roast potato and sweet potato Steamed broccoli Garlic roasted brussel sprouts – lots of crispy bits! Fennel, apple and red onion drizzled with olive oil and … Continue reading Last night’s dinner

Another in my “write it down so you don’t forget what you did” series of impromptu recipe creations. This is the sort of thing that happens when I haven’t even begun to think about dinner till after 7pm and the … Continue reading Chicken udon soup

On Thursday night I was faced with some defrosted steak, no shopping done, no plan and a mother-in-law coming for dinner. It was time to call on my inner Nanny Ogg, here’s what she came up with: Beef and barley stew a slosh of olive oil3 onions, diced1kg steak, diced1/2 red capsicum, dicedgenerous sprinkling of garlic powdera shake or three of dried chili flakessome allspice…maybe a bit more3 tablespoons plain flour1L beef stocka few bay leaves2 tablespoons tomato pastethe rest of the bottle of worchestershire sauce (I dunno, 1 tablespoon?)3 carrots, sliced4 potatoes, diced1/2 cup pearl barleysalt & pepper to … Continue reading Beef and Barley Stew