Ever get stuck on making plain boring hot dogs, and need some good hot dog topping ideas? The options are limitless, and depending where you are from, depends on how you eat your hot dogs. Here in Australia, it’s more common to eat grilled sausages instead of American Hot Dogs, but these hot dog topping…
Recipes
Grilled Chicken with Mango Salsa
Grilled Chicken with Mango Salsa is a perfect summertime meal, quick and easy to make on your backyard barbecue. Summer in Australia brings an abundance of fruits and vegetables, including mangoes, which are called King of Fruits. Once you eat a ripe mango from a tree, you’ll understand why it has that name! And you’ll…
Fall in Love With My Asian Oyster Dressing
I love eating freshly shucked oysters and especially love the different flavors to dress oysters. This Asian Oyster Dressing Recipe provides a delicious way to enjoy fresh oysters, instead of eating them ‘au naturel’ with plain lemon. This recipe has Chinese inspired flavours with soy sauce, ginger and chili. However, I’m not sure this method of preparing and…
Parmesan Roasted Broccoli & Pine Nuts
Parmesan Roasted Broccoli & Pine Nuts will be one of the most delicious roasted broccoli side dishes that you will ever make. It’s my kid’s favourite way to eat broccoli. Personally I hate boiled and steamed broccoli, it’s on equal footing with boiled peas. We often eat Butter Fried Peas as a side dish, and Roasted Broccoli…
Fried Eggplant Slices (Жареные баклажаны)
Fried Eggplant Slices (Жареные баклажаны) is a simple and rustic dish from my childhood. We had a large backyard garden and we had rows of vegetables growing, including eggplants or aubergines. Some people don’t know how to eat eggplant, a popular Russian eggplant dish is Eggplant Caviar which my mum would make, however I fondly…
Authentic Turkey Wonton Soup
Turkey Wonton Soup is a delicious way to eat leaner and healthier, and a fantastic way to use up your leftover turkey carcass from Christmas or Thanksgiving. I love the easy way to make Turkey Broth from leftover turkey. It seems like such a waste not to use the turkey leftover to make a delicious…
Stuffed Pasta Shells (Conchiglioni Bolognese)
Cheesy Stuffed Pasta Shells (Conchiglioni Bolognese) is one of the many ways to enjoy Italian jumbo pasta shells, called Conchiglioni in Italian. It’s a classic baked pasta dish that’s easy to make, and full of flavor! Really anything can be stuffed inside the jumbo Cheesy Stuffed Pasta Shells (Conchiglioni Bolognese), from cream cheese, to ricotta…
Dying Eggs with Red Cabbage
Coloring Easter eggs is a wonderful tradition I grew up with. Dying Eggs with Red Cabbage will produce a natural purple dye, which colors your eggs into shades of blue. It’s a strange color thing that happens, I’m sure there is a scientific reason why, but all I care about is the cool blue easter eggs!…
