Yeast Cake (Kuchen)
This is one of my keenest memories from my childhood – every Saturday my Grandma would bake a slab of kuchen. We kids particularly loved the streusel and would select the pieces with the most streusel on top or just pick off the large knobs of streusel and leave the cake! I grew up in [...]
My food memories
Sunday roast after Mass – Always enough food for however many people turned up. Always extra and children were relegated to the card table if room ran out.
Mum’s stew
Very Australian – plain, but yummy. Everyone always comes back for more.
Seafood food tale
I grew up loving seafood, which I ‘inherited’ from my father. My sister and I both have a big Christmas seafood lunch, with lots of fresh seafood accompanied by lots of salads. Our children have grown to love it too and we try out new seafood dishes as well as salads, each year. My name: [...]
Tongue
I’d never had tongue before, until a Canadian girl came to stay. We’d been given a whole box of tongues for our dog. She said she loved baked tongue. I said ‘ok – let’s try it.’ She literally sat the tongue in the oven and baked it til it looked like an old leather shoe. [...]
Quinoa Salad
1 cup Quinoa 4 chopped spring onions Juice and rind of orange Olive oil 2 Tbls sultanas Parsley Cook Quinoa in 3 cups of water for about 15-20 minutes. Drain and cool. Add spring onions and sultanas, along with grated rind of orange. Mix juice with olive oil. Add together with other ingredients and season. [...]
Chickpea Curry
1 KG Pumpkin Onion Garlic Tin Chickpeas Tin Coconut Milk Curry Paste 1 cup of stock Saute garlic and onion in olive oil. Add curry paste and fry for a couple of minutes. Add pumpkin and toss for a few minutes. Add stock and bring to boil. Turn down heat and simmer until pumpkin is [...]
Sweet Chilli Calamari
This is my favourite recipe for a quick meal when you are feeling lazy.
Tasty ginger-banana sandwich
Ingredients • Minced ginger • Honey • Banana • Cheese • 2 slices of your favourite bread Method Spread minced ginger on one slice. Spread honey over ginger. Spread mashed banana over other slice and add cheese. Slap the two together Mmmmmmmmmm My name: Sarah Karrasch My location: Gatton
Spiced Dommarco Chicken and Roast Almond Salad
This tasty Food Tale and recipe is courtesy of one of our touring Food Writers, chef and author Dominique Rizzo. For me, food, eating and cooking is always best done when shared. This is especially true when your love is there with you! I had the most wonderful time making this salad as my partner [...]



