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PK’s NoRecipe Nachos
This is one of my favourite family meals. Everyone gets their own dish of the nacho base and once these come out of the oven, we put our favourite toppings on. The secret to making awesome nachos is to layer the corn chips then some nacho sauce then some cheddar cheese and repeat. Pop them…
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PK’s NoRecipe Sage and Thyme Butter
A really simple sage, thyme and parmesan flavoured butter that goes well with anything, especially chicken and seafood. I suppose it would probably keep for a while in the fridge but I have only ever made enough to use straight away. Bring together your desired amount of butter or margarine or butter blend (perhaps 60…
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DrippyStuff: Chicken Baste #1
This is the second in my posts on dry rubs and basting sauces for use when roasting meat, it works great regardless of whether you are using a BBQ or an oven. I used it recently on an oven roast chicken along with this dry rub as inspired by http://noblepig.com/. Again, I take my hat…
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PK’s NoRecipe Potato and Bacon Soup
I love Potato and Bacon soup and make it in large batches primarily for a mid morning work snack. This saves me lots of money and I know I am eating healthily. The only salt is from the bacon and the salted margarine/butter blend. I add a few additional fresh ingredients to suit what is…
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PK’s NoRecipe Build Your Own Soft Wraps
My family loves any meal where you prepare fillings in advance and then you build your own meal as you go. I have posted about our tacos, nachos, tasting plates and now……soft wraps :). Here we have leftover roast chicken, char-grilled corn, boiled eggs, cheddar cheese and coriander plus leafy vegetables from my kitchen garden:…
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PK’s NoRecipe Bacon Wrapped, Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos
As I mentioned in my last post, I am drowning in home-grown Jalape帽os. I have decided to eat my way out one recipe at a time :). These cheese stuffed聽Jalape帽os, wrapped in bacon to make them irresistible, are so easy to make but not for the faint hearted. Take a chili and cut it almost…
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PK’s Cheesy Sticks
The hardest part about making these easy peasy cheesy sticks is waiting for the dough to be ready. Oh and not eating them all before everyone else gets them :). I have adapted the recipe from http://www.homecookingadventure.com/recipes/homemade-cheese-sticks. Hot tip: Let your salted butter soften at room temperature for a while. It will make it more…
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PK’s Baked Chicken Sticks
As a kid one of my favourite meals was a large serve of Ingham’s Chicken Chippies, tomato sauce and a very very optional salad :). The advert was hilarious: I am not sure if you can still buy them but I would rather make my kids the home made equivalent anyway as you can control…
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DrippyStuff: PK’s Cheaters Diane Sauce
My family sure does like its beef :). We are very lucky in Australia to have a great beef industry and also the climate to barbecue it year round. That mean lots of opportunity to experiment in the kitchen. Most days I look up recipes that make use of the plants I have in my…
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PK’s NoRecipe Preserved Citrus
It’s winter in Perth, Western Australia and this year we are having a really good lemon and orange harvest. I am always on a look for ways to preserve surplus harvest and a good friend of mine suggested I try making preserved lemons. She won me over with ‘they go great in Tagines’ but she…
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PK Cooks Taste.com.au’s Sticky Poached Asian Chicken Thighs
I saw this recipe online here http://www.taste.com.au/ and just had to try it. I also proved along the way that you don’t have to follow recipes exactly to get a great result. I did some steps out of order accidentally and had to rapidly reduce the sauce before everything went south. Everything worked out well…
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Radishes
Many varieties of this crisp and crunchy edible root can be grown all year round in Perth, Western Australia. They are very easy to grow and my children love watching their rapid growth and asking where Peter Rabbit is :). You can have fresh radishes all year round by simply planting a new batch every…
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PK’s Cheaters Pho Ga For One
When someone mentions Vietnamese cuisine I immediately think of the famous Vietnamese noodle dish called Pho. Pho (pronounced ‘fur’ but without the hard r) is a modern take on more traditional dishes but the Vietnamese people rapidly took to this healthy “fast food” and then spread it around the globe. I imagine everyone has their…
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PK’s NoRecipe Lemon Cordial
It is still winter in Perth and our citrus plants are still producing loads of fruit. You know I hate to waste any precious harvest so here is another method of preserving citrus. This cordial (I used lemons and limes) is super tasty and will last for ages in the fridge 馃檪 I simply work…
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PK Reviews: 25cm Victorinox Swibo Rigid Butchers Knife
I have to say that as a home cook, that buys meat in bulk including whole primals, I love this knife. As soon as you hold the handle you can tell it is not a general purpose kitchen knife. The grip is suited for slicing thick pieces of meat or through joints and not for…
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PK’s NoRecipe Insalata Caprese
Does it get any easier than this to wow your guests? Try this simple but visually appealing starter salad and you won’t be disappointed 馃檪 . Arrange slices of mozzarella and tomato on a plate. Garnish with some salad greens (I used Mizuna), basil, olive oil and cracked pepper. Enjoy, PK Related Links: see more…
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PK’s Creamy Cauliflower And Parmesan Soup With Pork Belly
I was day dreaming about a new dish for dinner and thought it would be cool to try pork belly with this soup instead of bacon. Hope you like it. You will be: Making the pork belly. Making the cauliflower soup. Serving. You will need: Ingredients: a slice of pork belly for each serving (ingredients…
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FoodHack: Desalting Salted Peanuts
So you just made something like PK鈥檚 Thai Beef Salad where the dressing has the perfect amount of salt already and you reach for some unsalted peanuts as a garnish. Oh no! All you have is salted peanuts. Don’t worry this FoodHack will save the day. Take the required amount of salted peanuts and give…
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PK Reviews: Nylex 5L Shoulder Sprayer
The Nylex 5L and 8L Shoulder Sprayers are perfect for people with kitchen gardens, even large ones. I am reviewing several of the Nylex Sprayer range and I started with their Nylex 1.5L 360掳 Sprayer.聽 Please see the other Nylex reviews here. In short I couldn鈥檛 be more pleased with my 5L Shoulder Sprayer and…
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Can I Compost Weeds?
In my quest to keep up with my worm farms and compost bins I am always on the look out for new sources of vegetable matter. There is lots of conflicting opinion on using weeds in your compost. The fear being that the compost will then spread weeds anywhere you use it. I firmly believe…
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