Dips & Spreads

  • Dipping Sauces Dips & Spreads

    Easy Garlic Aioli

    I don’t eat Aioli very often. Whenever I want to serve it, I quickly make this cheater’s version. It tastes good anyway. Today I enjoyed it with hot Chips. It is yummy with fried Seafood, grilled Chicken, OR steamed Vegetables. It can be used to make Potato Salad OR as a sandwich spread. Makes 2 …

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    Pumpkin Hummus with Pomegranate Molasses

    If you have some leftover cooked Pumpkin (roasted OR steamed), puree it, and mix it with Hummus. I used store-bought Hummus. Pureed Pumpkin adds the lovely sweetness to Hummus. But the more important addition is Pomegranate Molasses, which I have been struggling to use up. The sweet and sour Pomegranate Molasses transforms the ordinary Hummus …

  • Dips & Spreads Nuts Vegetables

    Red Capsicum & Walnut Dip (Muhammara)

    This is the dip that my daughter and I made with Red Capsicums that had been dumped in bin. Food waste is becoming a serious social problem in Australia where I live. Still edible vegetables and fruit that stores can’t sell should be utilised, but they are actually wasted. Wonky vegetables and fruit are the …

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    Butter

    My daughter bought 1L Fresh Cream intending to make Butter by herself. But she fell sick and came home with the Cream, that was close to the use-by date, asking me to use it for something. Suddenly I got a task to use up a lot of Cream. So, I decided to make Butter for …

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    Chicken Liver & Red Wine Pâté

    The other day when I cooked ‘Oven-Baked Cajun Style Dirty Rice’, I ended up having some leftover Chicken Livers. I decided to make Chicken Liver Pâté using the leftover. I found lots of recipes on the internet and I was discouraged to try those recipes. First of all, many of those recipes require a lot …

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    Blue Cheese Dip

    I used to hate Blue Cheese because of its overwhelming smell, but it is now one of my favourite Cheeses. I particularly love the gooey soft type. If you love Blue Cheese, you must be interested in Blue Cheese Dip. One day I made it using a recipe that I found on the internet. It …

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    Turkish Poached Egg & Yoghurt

    Turkish food is very popular in Melbourne where I live. I wonder why I didn’t know this ‘Turkish Poached Egg & Yoghurt’ until now. Have you ever tried it before? If you haven’t, try it today. It is seriously delicious! You need good quality crusty bread to enjoy it. This recipe should be enough for …

  • Dips & Spreads Other Seafood

    Crab Meat & Cream Cheese Dip

    Last several days, I have been thinking of what I should make with a can of Crab Meat. I bought it to make ‘Crab Omelette Rice Bowl’. I always make the same thing with it. I wanted to make something suitable for the festive season, then I made this Dip. It is almost as good …

  • Dips & Spreads Potato

    Sweet Potato & Orange Spread

    Sometimes an accident leads to an invention. Today I found a Sweet Potato in my pantry getting mouldy. I cut off all the bad bits and there was about 160g good bit left. I boiled it to make Kimchi Salad for lunch but I forgot about it. Sweet Potato was over-cooked and too soft for …

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    My Garlic Butter

    I make this Garlic Butter to make Garlic Bread. I spread it on just one side of crusty bread slices, then toast them in my mini toaster oven. My family members almost certainly appear in the kitchen, looking quite excited as they know what I am cooking, then they would look into the toaster oven …

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    Scrumptious Chilli Paste

    This paste is delicious with freshly cooked Rice, cold or hot Tofu, or as a topping for Noodles. You can add it to your dipping sauces, or enjoy with fresh Vegetables such as Carrot or Cucumber. As I cannot tolerate very hot Chilli, I used fairly mild Cayenne Pepper, and the flavour was just scrumptious. …

  • Dips & Spreads Potato

    Sweet Potato Paste

    Sweet paste made of mashed beans such as Azuki OR Butter Beans is very popular in Japan. The paste made of Chestnuts is also popular. Today I want to introduce this ‘Sweet Potato Paste’. This paste can be used as a filling for ‘Dorayaki’, Crepes, Pancakes, Buns, etc. You can spread it on a toast. …

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