Category: Cooking

• Punch (and Judy!)…

  I can’t drink alcohol this Christmas and New Years Eve (being Pregnant)… in fact, I can’t drink much at all. My list of approved beverages has diminished somewhat, to water and soda water, since being diagnosed with gestational Diabetes – temporary diabetes whilst pregnant

  belindalangler

  December 21, 2010

  Christmas, Cooking, Healthy, punch, recipes

  alcoholic, apricot, beverage, celebrate, Christmas, cordial, drink, dry ginger, fruit, lemon, lime, new year, non alcoholic, orange, pineapple, punch, soda, soft drink

• Christmas Ice cream Plum pudding

  It is only fitting, in Australia, we have an alternative to traditional plum pudding … ice cream plum pudding. I first tried this at my mother-in-laws house for Christmas a few years ago. I am not a big fan of traditional plum pudding (unless I smother it in custard and brandy butter – which is…

  belindalangler

  December 20, 2010

  cake, cake decorating, Christmas, Cooking, dessert, dressing, entree, Healthy, Kitchen, prawn, recipe, recipes, Salad, Savoury, seafood, Sweet, vegetables

  basil, cake, cherries, Christmas, christmas pudding, dressing, ice cream chocolate, lime, mixed fruit, pate, prawn, pudding, recipe, Salad, seafood, spices, strawberries

• Cake Decorating the (cheats) easy way…

  Mum turned seventy 2 weeks ago. The entire family was looking forward to pulling together close friends and family for a celebration…. Instead mum arranges for her and dad to go overseas for her birthday – foiling any arrangements we may have liked to have made on her behalf. Mum avoids any fuss wherever possible,…

  belindalangler

  October 17, 2010

  cake, cake, cake decorating, Cooking, dessert, Kitchen, orchids, Transformation

  cake decorating, chocolate, chocolate cake, Cooking, dark chocolate ganache, flourless chocolate cake, flower, flowers, orchid

• Chilli con carne – perfected over many years…

  

  My Husband’s signature dish is chilli con carne – it is amazing. And so it should be after 3 years of merging recipes and perfecting the combination of spices. It is the perfect dish for a cold winter night (or lunchtime!). I love it because of all the vegetables included – while Tim is eating…

  belindalangler

  August 1, 2010

  Cooking, entree, Healthy, Savoury, Uncategorized, vegetables

  chilli, Chilli con carne, kidney beans, mince meat, tomato

• A ripper banana bread (thanks mum!)

  here have been several requests come my way for a good banana bread recipe. Whilst I have tried a few recipes, I wouldn’t have called them ‘good’, and certainly wouldn’t recommend them. So I responded to the requests with ‘leave it with me’, which left me with the potentially difficult and time-consuming task of finding…

  belindalangler

  April 11, 2010

  bread, cake, Cooking, dessert, recipe, Snack, Sweet, Uncategorized

  bakery, baking, banana, bread, cake, recipe, Sweet

• Vue de Monde – an amazing culinary experience

       “Located in the historic Normanby Chambers building in the heart of CBD Melbourne, Vue de monde pays homage to classical fine dining, encompassing this philosophy through food, service and ambience. Vue de monde is testament to the belief that restaurant food can be a wondrous, unforgettable experience. The philosophy at Vue de monde is…

  belindalangler

  March 26, 2010

  Cooking, entree, Kitchen, Restaurant, Savoury, seafood, Sweet, Uncategorized, vegetables

  Degustation, dining, fine dining, food, French food, melbourne, Restaurant, Shannon Bennett, Vue de Monde, wine