Recipe: Blueberry Mascarpone Crepes
April 27, 2010 by Simple or Sensational
Filed under Desserts, Featured
If you’re looking for a dessert for a dinner that is visually stunning, this is the one for you. It also has the added advantage that all the elements can be prepared in advance, so although it looks like you have slaved for days, it is actually relatively simple to prepare. The final thing to [...]
Recipe:Blueberry Mascarpone Tarts
April 27, 2010 by Simple or Sensational
Filed under Desserts, Featured
These little babies are another very pretty dessert that have the advantage of tasting lovely. The secret to making them a simple dessert rather than a sensational one is that you buy the phyllo tart shells. I have made them, and you have my blessing if that is your preference, but they are very fiddly. [...]
The Demise of Western ‘Culture’
April 27, 2010 by Simple or Sensational
Filed under Featured, Random Thoughts
We’ve all done it. Be it the clandestine trip through the drive through, the late night foray into the restaurant or the service centre stop out of necessity, we’ve all eaten fast food. On a recent trip north I found myself needing lunch on one of those endless strips of highway that crisscross the western [...]
Recipe: Lunguini and Meatballs (Sensational Version)
April 20, 2010 by Simple or Sensational
Filed under Featured, Low Fat Kids
You can’t beat a meatball recipe with 3 grams of fat. This is also quite a versatile recipe and can just as easily be spaghetti bolognaise. All you need to do is cook the onion until transparent, add the meats and brown. Obviously you would not include the egg. You can also use different pastas, [...]
Recipe: Linguini and Meatballs – Simple Version
April 20, 2010 by Simple or Sensational
Filed under Low Fat Kids
With 2 grams of fat, this is one of the healthiest Linguini and Meatballs around. The picture of the simple and the sensational version are the same because the finished product looks the same. The difference in the simple version is that you buy the tomato sauce which saves a lot of time. Ingredients 7 [...]
Recipe: BBQ Turkey Salad
April 13, 2010 by Simple or Sensational
Filed under Appetizers
There are a couple of things that you need to bear in mind when you make this salad. The turkey must be at room temperature and well that’s actually the only thing you need to remember. Add whatever salad vegetables you like, I have kept it simple, but play around and find what works for [...]
Recipes: Peking Duck, Minus the Duck
April 13, 2010 by Simple or Sensational
Filed under Featured, Hors D'oeuvres
Peking duck is a standby when I am entertaining. It sounds like a crazy thing to do, until I tell you that I buy the duck from my local Chinese BBQ restaurant and he chops it up for me. I buy the pancakes from the Chinese market and I buy the hoi sin. Basically all [...]
Free yourself from food fascism
April 12, 2010 by Simple or Sensational
Filed under Featured, Random Thoughts
I have a wine maker friend who has worked in the industry from Australia to South Africa, North America to Europe. He once told a story about an afternoon in the South of France where he found himself surrounded by some of the best in the business. They were attending a wine conference and the assembled elite [...]
Recipe:Steamed Pacific Snapper with Ginger and Garlic
April 6, 2010 by Simple or Sensational
Filed under Entrees/Main Courses
The thing that I love best about this recipe is that it takes no time to prepare and even less time to cook. That means that even when the thought of cooking is just too much to bear, you can have a delicious meal in about 15 minutes. I don’t know about you, but I [...]
Recipe: Stuffed Pacific Snapper with Shrimp, Ginger and Soy
April 6, 2010 by Simple or Sensational
Filed under Entrees/Main Courses, Featured
This is one of those dishes that look so big that it could not possibly have as few calories as it does. The mushrooms in the stuffing give a really unique flavour and you can play around with different types of mushrooms to give you a different result. Equally if you are not a mushroom [...]
