member blog: jutta73
jutta73
From
Melbourne, Australia
Member since
20th Apr 2009
About
I am in my mid-30's, married with two young daughters. I love cooking, especially sweet stuff, and one-pot wonders like stews and roasts. I enjoy having friends over for dinner.
I also love travelling, but it is difficult at the moment with two young children. Some of my favourite destinations are Italy, Brussels (chocoholic heaven) and Germany (my ancestral home). I am currently based in Melbourne which I consider my home city, although my itchy feet make me a bit of a nomad when the opportunity arises.
blog posts
GENERAL BLOG
I made Andy's Fairfield Granola from Feast by Nigella Lawson for Christmas gifts for my in-laws. I decorated the jars with some ribbon and made my own little cards to attach. The granola does taste and smell delicious.
Here is the recipe. Very easy to make.
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/and … ranola-138
GENERAL BLOG
I made a kind of ratatouille thrown together to use up veggies in the fridge. I chopped into small slices carrots, and chunks: leek, red and green capsicums (peppers), zucchini (courgette), and tomato. I placed it all in a baking dish and added a jar of tomato passata, some white wine and I excitedly ran out to my herb pots and used my first home grown herbs - some greek oregano (smelt wonderful). And as I have a huge amount of potatoes in the pantry at the moment, I thinly sliced some and placed them in a layer on top, and seasoned with salt and pepper. Then I popped it into a moderately hot oven for about 1 hour, but 15 mins before the end I added some grated parmesan to the top. The house smelt wonderful from the cooking, and it was very tasty. I even convinced Miss 4 to eat some through television bribery and hubby enjoyed it although he really missed meat in it. I served it with steamed sushi rice just because I like that type of rice.
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GENERAL BLOG
Here is my dish for the Moroccan challenge for Ready Set Cook (Sept 2010). The recipe was from North African Cookery by Arto der Haroutunian, and I have to say it did not deliver much flavour. The cous cous was just buttered and steamed, the chicken pieces were cooked in water with butter and a stick of cinnamon and salt and pepper. The highlight and only redeeming feature of this dish was the honey onion sauce. I am taking this book back to the library!
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GENERAL BLOG
This is the best ice cream I have made so far. Had the smoothness and taste of ones I had in Italy.
See my blog for more details and the recipe. I really don't think you need an ice cream maker to make this Baci (Nutella) ice cream.
http://happyvalleycook.blogspot.com/201 … -this.html
foodwise posts
Small chinese ravioli with fresh herbs and a soy-based dipping sauce
Fri 11 Dec 2009 @ 20:29
