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I am submitting this recipe for Smoked Marrow Bone Pasta to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Val of More Than Burnt Toast. I would love to smoke things but I don't have a smoker and each time I suggest to Dave that I turn my electric frying pan into one, he … Continue reading Smoked Marrow Bone Pasta #PPN
I am submitting this recipe for Duck Egg Pasta to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Ruth, the founder. I am very fortunate to have a friend who uses ducks on his wine farm. The ducks eat the snails and sometimes if they are sneaky, they eat the grapes as well. … Continue reading Duck Egg Pasta For Presto Pasta Nights
I am submitting this recipe for Chicken Pasta to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Ruth, the founder of this group. This is a weekly get together of bloggers around the world celebrating pasta. I was invited to attend a function by Astral Foods at Jenny Morris's The Cooks Playground. Astral … Continue reading Chicken Pasta
The Secret Recipe Club is a monthly challenge that I really love participating in! I have been taking part since August 2011 and each month I am get to meet a new blogger! This month I got to visit with SteakNPotatoesKindaGurl - Desi is a psych major (I am too) and has just listed her 30x30 - 30 … Continue reading Parmesan Meatballs
I have been making the same pasta recipe for years, and it works for me. This does not mean that the recipe is perfect for everyone, and it is not even the same recipe Giorgio Locatelli uses. The busiate shape of the pasta though is all his (well, as far as I learnt the technique from … Continue reading Busiate
I love it when The Secret Recipe Club challenge arrives in my inbox! Even when I am very busy and think I might not have time to get it all done for the month. This month I was assigned Melissa's Cuisine and I spent a morning reading through her blog. Melissa's husband Mike is certainly very lucky … Continue reading Pasta With Roasted Tomatoes
I am submitting this recipe for Lemon Garlic Linguine With Prawns to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Rachel, The Crispy Cook The Secret Recipe Club challenge is a great way to meet new bloggers. This month, I got to read more about Carrie who blogs over at Carrie's Sweet Life. Carrie has … Continue reading Lemon Garlic Linguine With Prawns
I love the saying "it never rains, it pours". And this past week, it seems to apply to me very well. Last Thursday night I lost my charm bracelet which has a charm for each year we have been married. Then I decided I would make a pasta dish for our Sunday night supper. I … Continue reading Salmon Pasta
I am submitting this for recipe for Fettucine With Ground Beef And Roasted Red Pepper Alfredo Sauce to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Juli of Pictures of All My Princesses When I joined The Secret Recipe Club, my first post was a slight let down, as the person I was assigned did … Continue reading Fettucine With Ground Beef
I am submitting this recipe Red Capsicum And Tomato Pasta Sauce to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Simona of Briciole I am 5'7" (1.68m) and have been this tall since I was 13. At 13 I weighed 49kg and maintained this weight throughout high school and into my twenties. As my then unknown intolerance … Continue reading Red Capsicum And Tomato Pasta Sauce
This month I have been assigned Plain Chicken for The Secret Recipe Club. I am in a new group as I wanted a later posting date, and so I am about to meet a whole lot of new bloggers, Steph being the first. Steph is from Alabama - a place I remember well from my trip to … Continue reading Three Cheese Chicken Alfredo Bake
I am submitting this recipe for Green Bean And Bacon Pasta to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Jamie of Cookin' With Moxie. There is something rewarding about being able to go into your garden and forage for dinner. We do not have a vegetable garden as yet. This was on … Continue reading Green Bean And Bacon Pasta
I started this week worried that my recipe would be the only one for Presto Pasta Nights! And this Round-Up Presto Pasta Nights 250 seems to have changed since I first typed it up. I am going to put this all down to the gremlins that exist in my blog. An SEO expert supposedly sorted … Continue reading Round-Up Presto Pasta Nights 250
Presto Pasta Nights 250 Next week Friday I will be hosting the roundup of Presto Pasta Nights 250. This is my fourth time hosting. Thanks go to Ruth who has prompted us all to take part in a pasta making session and share our results. Dave and I were eating pasta at least twice a week, but … Continue reading Presto Pasta Nights 250
I am submitting this recipe for Crayfish Ravioli With A Bisque Sauce to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Emma of Soupier Like most countries in the world where commercial fishing exists, the recreational fisherman is the one to suffer from a lack of fish close inshore and from the fact that … Continue reading Crayfish Ravioli With A Bisque Sauce
I am submitting this recipe for Mediterranean Pasta to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Alisha of Cook.Craft.Enjoy There is something about the sea that draws me to it. We live 500m from the beach, and if we go away in South Africa, we usually go to a coastal town along the Garden … Continue reading Mediterranean Pasta
Chicken noodle soup is known as Jewish penicillin for the natural antibiotics found in it. The health giving properties are meant to come from the bones. This is why I make my own chicken stock from scratch. I make a bone broth to ensure the best for the stock. And use the stock for my … Continue reading Chicken Noodle Soup
I am loving being in The Secret Recipe Club, as I have met so many bloggers! The time difference is the only thing that does not work well for me - the afternoon's for me are busy, and so I only get to the posts the day after they are published. This month my assigned … Continue reading Creamy Pasta
I am submitting this recipe for Pasta With Beef Ox Liver to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Jamie of Cookin' with Moxie I love chicken livers but have never been brave enough to try any other livers. Dave keeps telling me how nice they are and then a couple of … Continue reading Pasta With Beef Ox Liver
Mixed seafood risotto is not something I would order at a restaurant. This is because you never know the quality of seafood they will put into the dish. I know the type of friend I am, kind, loyal and helpful. Sometimes my willingness to assist people has ended up as being a negative but mostly … Continue reading Mixed Seafood Risotto