Fifty-fifty bolognese

Here we are slowly and gently entering back into the Wine Wednesday’s with the blessing of the Premier.  I do hope you and yours remained well through this difficult and unusual time. 

Slow Cooked Mexican Beef & Mango Galettes

Main:  Slow Cooked Mexican Beef Delicious “Love to Eat” pg. 192 Dessert:  Mango Galettes with Coconut Cream Women’s Weekly Complete Cookbook pg. 310   Hi everyone! This slow cooked beef is just another upmarket fajitas and what family doesn’t like fajitas.  The meat is wonderfully tender and the flavour is rich and delicious.  I recommend cooking […]

Beef & Prune Tangine & Strawberry & Coconut Cake

If I haven’t said it before I will say it now, this Modern Classics book is a must for all everyday type cooks like me.  It can make you look really good, trust me.  This beef recipe is very simple, economical (because you are using a cheaper cut of meat) and extremely tasty.

Steaks with Whisky Cream Sauce & Rockmelon Ice-cream

This brings back memories of actual dinner parties in the 70’s and early 80’s when we thought we were just so very modern and on trend. I decided I wanted to go back in time and try some of the old dinner party recipes from Women’s Weekly.

Beef Bourguignon Pies & Balsamic Strawberries

This Bourguignon would be great made up and frozen as the flavours would settle into the meat even more and it is just a wonderful meal to have on hand.  So very easy with the ready-made pastry and frozen chips as recommended in the recipe. 

Thai Beef Salad and Lime & Raspberry Tart

This menu was a great summer night menu.  I have made various Thai Beef salads over the years but this one just hit the spot.  I did, as suggested and added and subtracted.  I added blanched asparagus, mango, avocado and beautiful little tomatoes.