Tag: parmesan
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Jo’s Kumura & Bacon Salad
We’ve recently made some lovely new friends from NZ. It’s kinda rare to make genuine new connections at this age with the daily hustle often getting in the way, but the kids have brought us together with some lovely new peeps of late. It’s a real joy to find new souls to share in the many excitements…
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Broccoli, pancetta, mint & macadamia salad
Lifted from goodfood.com.au, this salad is a meal in itself. The addition of macadamias is genius, so flavoursome, it just keeps giving with every mouthful; and in light of the large volume of broccoli, it has to be healthy, right?
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Pasta with Creamy Leek, Pancetta and Mushroom Sauce
There’s nothing like the smell of pancetta crisping up in a pan… This is not the healthiest meal, but I guarantee it will win you friends.
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Simple Homegrown Tomato Salad
The tomato plants are teeming with the first fruit, the cherries, at the moment. I was super excited because it gave me the opportunity to take my new flash bottle of sherry vinegar for a spin and try out our new Strathbogie Ranges extra virgin olive oil – I know, what a food snob – anyway..…
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Pasta Bake with Pork Ragu and Parmesan Cream
This recipe is a tasty version of a bolognese pasta bake with a few differences – pancetta and good quality sausage meat rather than mince meat, and a cheat’s white sauce (no mucking around with roux and bechamel here!).
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Ricotta Salata with Tomatoes, Onion and Basil
Who’s sick of the tasteless tomatoes selling at the shops right now? Even in the peak of summer, green, yellow, orange or red, they just don’t seem to have any flavour. Farmers markets are definitely the go until our tomatoes are ready later in the summer. When they are, this salad makes the most of the…