Tag: mushrooms
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PK’s Slow Cooker Lamb Chops
I love this lamb chop stew! Not only is it super tasty but it is so simple to make. You simply brown the chops and then walk away. 🙂 Steps Browning the chops Slow cooking (~5 hrs) Serving Equipment 1 chefs knife 1 fry pan 1 slow cooker Ingredients 8 lamb chops A slug of…
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How To Pickle Oyster Mushrooms
If I am not using my mushrooms super fresh I prefer to preserve them. One of my favourite ways is pickling them in apple cider vinegar. Simply clean your mushrooms and put them in a sterilised jar. If you want to keep them down in the vinegar solution you can use a layer of apple…
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How To Dry Oyster Mushrooms
If I am not using my mushrooms super fresh I prefer to dry them. Dried they really transform slow cooked broths, stocks and casseroles. I love Growing Oyster Mushrooms At Home but they go gangbusters from nothing to massive in no time. This means lots of mushrooms in a hurry. If you want to see my fresh…
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Easy Prawn Cocktail Salad
A prawn cocktail salad is the perfect light and easy summer lunch or dinner. Very Xmas friendly 🙂 I made a colourful salad with lots of avocado, topped it with chilled pre-cooked prawns and doused the lot with Thousand Island dressing. Secure your cooked prawns in the lead up to Christmas! Make this recipe your…
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Growing Oyster Mushrooms At Home
If you have ever thought about growing your own mushrooms but thought it was too time consuming or difficult, rest assured. I bought an oyster mushroom grow bag from David Proudmore (Swan Valley Gourmet Fungi) when I was at the FarmersMarket: Manning – Perth. I want to share how easy and fun it was. It is also…
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PK’s Simple Tom Kha Gai
My way of making Tom Kha, a Thai coconut, chicken and galangal soup, one bowl at a time is great if you have a family with widely different stands on what they will or won’t eat. For example, I love tomatoes, mushrooms and spring onions so I use lots of them in my bowl. My…
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PK’s Easy Oyster Mushroom Omelette
I have to admit to being an omelette novice. So I went on the hunt for some help. I learnt so much from watching two amazing youtube videos. One is by Jamie Oliver and the other by a chef I have only just stumbled upon called Jacques Pépin. I have attached their videos to the…
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Paul’s Oyster Mushrooms With Olive Oil And Garlic
I gave Paul a bunch of oyster mushrooms the other day and this is what he did with them. Ingredients: oyster mushrooms, olive oil, garlic, parsley, salt & pepper In a hot wok, drizzle some olive and throw the mushrooms in and let it sizzle. During this stage don’t stir the mushroom around as you…
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PK’s Slow Cooked Beef Bourguignon
Beef Bourguignon is a very yummy and very ‘French’ slow cooked beef dish that sounds hard to make. Nothing could be further from the truth, especially if you grew up calling it Beef Burgundy. The hardest part of this recipe is waiting the 4 hours to get to eat it. 🙂 🙂 The French sure…
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Osso Buco Slow Cooker
Considering how much I love lamb shanks I am surprised it took me this long to cook Osso Buco for the first time. I always use Hugh’s recipe for the shanks (River Cottage’s Citrus Braised Lamb Shanks) so it is a no surprise I am using his Osso Buco Alla Milanese. You will be using…
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