secondhelping

Theme:  Leaf Cookbook:  Party Food by Australian Gourmet Traveller Recipe: Betel leaves topped with prawns and galangal I’ll confess.  I have made this dish before.  A few times.  It’s testament to my enjoyment of it, that I decided to give it another go for the “Leaf” challenge.  I first had betel leaves topped with flavoursome [...]

Theme:  Red Cookbook:  Red Hot! Recipes:  Red Peppers filled with Spiced Vegetables & Louisiana Rice This cookbook refers to itself as  “A Cook’s Encyclopedia of Fire and Spice”.  As a girl who likes a bit of heat, it’s my kind of encyclopedia! For this challenge I have combined 2 recipes into one.  My first inspiration [...]

Theme:  Thai Cookbook:  Longrain, Modern Thai Food by Martin Boetz Recipe:  Spiced Curry of Spatchcock with Chilli I knew immediately which cookbook I wanted to use for this week’s theme.  Martin Boetz, the German boy who says that “chilli and fish sauce happen to do it more for me than olive oil and balsamic vinegar” [...]