Michelle
Mac 'n cheese has long been one of those staples that everyone is always trying to improve despite how fabulous it already is in its most basic incarnation. Does it really need lobster? Or 4 or 5 different cheeses? Or truffle oil? There are lots of creative variations, but I think Tyler Florence has hit…
Magic 8 Ball Zucchini
(makes about 3 medium zucchini)
3 medium 8-ball zucchini, rinsed and hollowed out
1/2 lb. ground lamb
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1/2 t. (or so) dried oregano
2 t. tomato paste
1 sm. tomato, chopped
1-2 T. Italian parsley, chopped
1-2 T. feta
1/2 c. cooked brown rice
1/4 c. (or so) water
This is one of those guideline recipes. If you…
Almost every Lasagne Bolognese I've ever had includes ricotta and about a pound of grated mozzarella -- you know, the Italian-American version. It weighs about 15 lbs. when you put it in the oven and you'll be eating the leftovers for days (and paying the price later on the treadmill).
After our recent trip to Italy,…
Bill's corn fritters with bacon & roasted tomato
as made by Michelle
From Bill's Sydney Food
The bacon and tomato are key - providing salty and acidic counterpoints
to the sweetness of the corn. Would it be fine without? Sure, but what fun is anything
without bacon?
The beauty of it is the filling is 90% of the content. There's only…
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You know you've had a really terrific vacation when more than a month later, you're desperately holding on to the vestiges of the trip. Sure, I've stopped reading the Sydney Morning Herald and even more recently given up using the milk frother everytime I make coffee, but we did find ourselves at South Food and…
Favor box - actual size
As much as people want to hate Martha Stewart, you have to admit some of her product lines deliver some cute stuff -- like these tissue paper flower boxes in her Martha Stewart Crafts line. When we first started planning for Erin's shower, I stumbled on these while surfing online. So…
The weekend after I got back from Australia I was a co-hostess of a baby shower for my dear friend Erin who is now on bed rest -- yikes! Miss Sophia isn't due until early May so we're all keeping our fingers crossed that that little bun stays in the oven for a few more…
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Here comes the Sun...
Here comes the rain - doo n doo oo
That's for real
And so is this - bats in the Sydney Botanical Garden
Sydney from Circular Quay (that's key, not kway)
Anzac War Memorial
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Lobby entrance at qualia
After a few days of getting used to city life in Sydney, we headed up to Hamilton Island (part of the Whitsundays). It's a 2 hr. flight (direct - yay! - on Jetstar) to Hamilton Island. Jetstar is a low-cost airline -- low cost to the point where you don't even get…