All posts by Hiroko

  • Beef Chicken Pork Potato

    Sausage & Potato Casserole

    ‘Sausages & Mashed Potatoes’ is actually not very easy to prepare. First of all, I don’t like pan-frying Sausages as it makes kitchen dirty with splatters. I have to make gravy sauce after Sausages are cooked, and I have to make Mashed Potatoes as well. I tried several ways to cook Sausages and Potatoes, and …

  • Spaghetti & Pasta Vegetables

    Bacon, Broccoli & Macaroni Cheese

    Everyone loves Macaroni Cheese. Macaroni Cheese is delicious with any extra ingredients. I often add extra ingredients such as Mushrooms, but Broccoli is probably my favourite. It looks great, delicious and nutritious. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 1 head Broccoli *about 300g2 cups (*about 260g) Macaroni20g Butter100g Bacon *cut into small pieces3 tablespoons Plain Flour *1 …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets Dough

    Buttermilk Scones

    I have a great scone recipe. It’s my husband’s great-auntie Lorna’s recipe. ‘Lorna’s Scones’ are fail-free high risen scones that have rather dry texture and we all love it. When I used Buttermilk instead of regular Milk, the dough became too dry. I needed to change the ratio. This is the Buttermilk version recipe. Makes …

  • Dough Pizza & Flammkuchen

    Anchovy Flammkuchen

    ‘German people would never make this,’ my daughter said to me when I was making this. The fishy and salty Anchovy on Flammkuchen? Why not? I love Anchovy on Pizza, so I added it to the German version of Pizza. This is absolutely delicious! Makes 2 to 4 Servings Ingredients Base1 heaped cup Plain Flour …

  • Vegetables

    Sweet & Sour Cauliflower

    This dish is basically pickled Cauliflower and I have been making it for many years. I used my Sushi Vinegar as marinade. If you use uncooked Cauliflower, it takes longer to marinade. Blanch Cauliflower first, then add hot Cauliflower to the marinade. The Cauliflower will be ready to enjoy in 30 minutes. Makes 4 Servings …

  • Beef Sushi

    Yakiniku Sushi Rolls

    Sushi Rolls shops can be seen everywhere in Australia. They are very popular and they are becoming more creative with the fillings. It seems meat are more popular than raw fish. Here are my Korean-inspired Yakiniku Sushi Rolls. Makes 5 to 6 Rolls Ingredients 3 cups (180ml cup) Short Grain Sushi Rice72 ml Rice Vinegar4 …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets

    Lamington Style Cake

    ‘Lamington’ is an Australian cake, made with Butter Cake OR Sponge Cake, cut into square pieces, dipped into soft Chocolate Icing to coat all over, then rolled in Desiccated Coconut. You need to make enormous amount of Chocolate Icing to make ‘Lamington’. The cake pieces are often sliced and sandwich whipped cream OR jam, OR …

  • Egg Vegetables

    Just Broccoli & Egg

    To cook Broccoli, frying-pan method is the easiest and quickest. Basically you cook Broccoli florets with a small amount of Oil, Water and a pinch Salt. You can add Garlic or Chilli or whatever you wish to add. This dish is so simple, yet delicious and nutritious. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 1 head (*about 300g) …

  • Beef Gyoza

    Oven-baked Mexican Spring Rolls

    I assume that many of you love popular Chinese snack ‘Spring Rolls’ but never tried to make them yourself. I actually don’t like store-bought Spring Rolls because they are very oily. Spring Rolls are easy to make and I bake them in the oven. They are much healthier. The filling can be anything you like. …

  • Fruit

    Passionfruit Curd

    Next-door neighbours’ Passionfruit plants have invaded our garden and it’s time to harvest the fruit. This year we have a lot more fruit. I have made Cakes with Passionfruit Icing, Passionfruit Panna Cotta, Passionfruit Mess and Passionfruit Smoothie. Here is a new one. This curd is YUMMY! Ingredients 2 Egg Yolks1/3 cup Caster Sugar *OR …

  • Beef Pork

    Meatballs Stroganoff

    Store bought Frozen Meatballs was a lifesaver for me when I was a struggling mother of two young children. I was alone as my husband was alway away from home, I was terribly busy, and started to suffer from depression. Preparing meals for my children was a challenge and ‘Quick & Easy’ was the key …

  • Vegetables

    Crunchy Spicy Cabbage & Cucumber

    This is a salad that I can’t stop eating. The soft and sweet and juicy Cabbage is the essential ingredient. Use inner parts of sweet Cabbage in season. Hard and bitter Cabbage is not suitable. I always make a large volume of it, because this salad is very tasty next day, only if I have …

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