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Tag Archives: Cooking
The last couple of weeks at Chez Bee
Some of the goings on around my neck of the woods…
Posted in A farmers' market cornucopia, Dinner, Drinks, Food, Gardening, Snapshot
Tagged Australia, Autumn, Cooking, Dinner, Farmer's market, Farmers' markets, Food, Gardening, Happiness, Inspiration, Local food, Preserving, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Update on the Jamie challenge
As I mentioned in my new years post, Mr Bee and I are working our way through Jamie Oliver’s 15 minute meals, cooking one recipe each a week. We’re having so much fun. It adds quite an amount of novelty … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Dinner, Food, Inspiration
Tagged Australia, Book, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Inspiration, Recipe, Summer
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Pork-a-licious
Oh this recipe is just soooo delicious. And it’s easy to make, I mean you are actually meant to burn the pork a little 😉 It’s my take on a recipe from this month’s Donna Hay Magazine. It’s completely un-authentic … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Food, Recipe
Tagged Australia, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Make your own, Recipe
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Lemon, ginger, mint and honey refresher
This summer, much of Australia has been plunged into heatwave after heatwave. It’s been so hot that the Bureau of Meteorology has needed to add extra colours to its temperature graphs to show how high the temperatures are reaching. And … Continue reading
Posted in Drinks, Environment, Food, Recipe
Tagged Australia, Cooking, Drinks, Environment, Food, Fruit, Lemons, Make your own, Recipe, Summer, Vegetarian
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Yummy sounding recipes from around the blogosphere
Hi folks Some yummy sounding recipes from around the blogosphere that I would like to try. As I was gazing at them I thought that maybe you’d like to try them too. So here they are: Homemade chai and chai concentrate … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Drinks, Food, Inspiration, Lunch, Recipe, Snapshot
Tagged Australia, Cooking, Dinner, Drinks, Happiness, Inspiration, Lunch, Recipe, Vegetarian
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Welcome to 2013
Hello everyone, How are you? I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas-New Year period. At Chez Bee it was all about family, friends and food. Oh and soaking up the way that time seems to slow down … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dinner, Food, Health, Inspiration
Tagged Australia, Christmas, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Happiness, Health, Inspiration, Jamie Oliver, New year's resolutions, Vegetables
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Summer meals at Chez Bee
Yes the prawn and smoked salmon meals with home-made tartare were delicious but what has me all excited are the quinoa patties. I’ve never cooked with quinoa before and man, were these scrummy. They are a Bill Granger recipe out … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Food
Tagged Australia, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Summer, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Honey, date and brandy ice cream
Definitely an adults only indulgence with a hint of Christmas about it from the brandy… 100 g dates, sliced to a thickness depending on preference scant half cup of boiling water 200 mL of cream 600 mL of vanilla custard … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Food, Make your own, Recipe
Tagged Australia, Cooking, Dessert, Dinner, Food, ice cream, Make your own, Recipe
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Seasonal and local
Tonight’s dinner was so yummy I had to share it. Plus, it just happened to come together as a completely local (Victorian) and seasonal main course (except for the condiments). I’m always quite impressed when we manage to pull off … Continue reading
Posted in A farmers' market cornucopia, Dinner, Ethics, Food, Local
Tagged Australia, Broad beans, Cooking, Dessert, Dinner, Farmer's market, Farmers' markets, Food, Gardening, Local, Local food, Make your own, Spring, Vegetables
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My new toy
We bought an ice cream maker. The first batch was chocolate and I was far too concerned with enjoying it to even think about taking a photo. It was quite possibly the best chocolate ice cream I have ever eaten. … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Make your own
Tagged Australia, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Fruit, ice cream, Make your own, Spring, Summer
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