Tag: thrifty cooking
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Glutinous Rice Battered Air Fryer Pork
I recently tried a wet batter, made from glutinous rice flour and water my in air fryer. Air frying is perfect for those looking to use less oil in their diet. You get a lovely light yet chewy coating. Worked a treat and they were gobbled up in no time. Simply Mix some rice flour…
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Stacked Wraps Pizza Bases
I love to make my own pizza bases but sometimes I get stuck for time. Normally when this happens I buy pizza bases from my local baker but there are shortages at the moment. All I could get were some soft wraps. No problem, I simply stacked them 3 deep, using cheese to bind them…
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Condensed Mushroom Broth From Scratch
I love making this simple mushroom broth concentrate. Easily stored as cubes in the freezer it brings depth to soups, stews, pastas and the like. The ingredients are simple, 3l of water, your mushrooms of choice, an onion and several pinches of salt to get the flavours going. Note: Takes about 8 hours in a…
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Condensed Chicken Bone Broth From Scratch
This simple chicken bone broth is slowly reduced, over the course of a day, into a protein and collagen rich flavour boosting concentrate. Easily stored as cubes in the freezer, I make it anytime I get enough chicken frames. The flavours are kept simple, just chicken bones, one onion and several pinches of salt to…
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How Do You Make Beef Jerky At Home?
Beef Jerky is a great way to preserve meat. Making it at home you can save money and take control of the ingredients. We have several recipies on the blog for you to try. PK’s Beef Jerky #1 Using corned beef and featuring fennel and coriander seeds, this recipe is great for first timers or…
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PK’s Slow Cooker Corned Beef
Corned beef is the salted brisket (a cut from below the neck) or silverside (a cut from the hindquarter) of beef gently boiled in water, spices and herbs. In Australia, it is almost always the silverside that is sold as corned beef. You’ll get a great result if you gently boil the meat for 3…
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PK’s Slow Charcoal Weber Lamb Leg Roast
There are few meals more mouth-watering than the Aussie Sunday lamb roast. My favourite is the mini lamb leg roast because it is so cheap yet it always turns out tender across a range of cooking methods. Here I have cooked the roast in my charcoal Weber for ~2.5 hrs using a lowish (130°C) indirect…
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PK’s Beef Jerky #2
I use a couple of different recipes for making beef jerky. This is my second recipe and it uses the same marinading, drying and storing techniques as PK’s Beef Jerky Recipe #1. To that end I am only going to keep this post short. I am already drooling 🙂 Note: I use corned beef and…
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PK’s Cheaters Devilled Snags
I am a bit surprised it has taken me this long to get to this dish as it is so kid and wallet friendly :). It is sausage meat based in a curry powder sauce but it is heavy on the fruit and mild in flavour. It has no heat so you will need to…
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Welchy’s Roasted Stuffed Capsicums
I’ve been out of action for quite some time…finishing studies and moving on with new adventures in my life meant that writing was pushed to the back burner – but cooking was still on the fore front of my mind! Cooking for me is a release. Where some might read a book, go for a…
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