Meat loaf is a comfort food. It’s popular because it’s appetising and versatile. It can be served hot for dinner with mashed or roasted potatoes, then next day cold slices can be incorporated into lunch box menus. It’s also a favourite for picnics served with lashings of chutneys and pickles. For parents with small children, [ Read More ]
This recipe is perfect for Christmas dinner and can be made ahead of time and put in the oven an hour before you would like it to be served. Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and enjoy! Yield 6 servings Ingredients: 1 unbaked, room-temperature 11-inch tart shell (see recipe below) 1 roll [ Read More ]
This is another budget conscious menu that will not be a disappointment, for brisket you can expect to pay about a third of the price of sirloin, and it comes in at cheaper than topside and silverside, two less trendy but similarly cheap cuts. The key is to buy brisket that is quite fatty – [ Read More ]
I love potatoes, mashed ones especially. Good mashed potato is a great accompaniment to the beef brisket I serve at our Christmas Day Lunch. Sour cream adds richness while garlic delivers distinctive flavor. Yield 4 servings Ingredients 3 medium baking potatoes peeled and cut evenly into squares 5 Filipino ube or ubi peeled and cut [ Read More ]
For Christmas Eve Dinner, my choice is to serve a satisfying meal that will please a group of varying ages, budget conscious and hassle free to prepare and cook. The best thing about Lasagna is that the process can be broken up into several days ahead. The Lasagna sauce which is the main key ingredient [ Read More ]
