Delicieux

Rouxbe

delicieux@live.com.au (Delicieux) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:39:37 +0000

Rouxbe (pronounced roo-bee) is a fantastic website that provides online instructional videos which can help to improve your cooking techniques. Rouxbe is aimed at home cooks looking to improve their techniques and knowledge with videos from professional cooking school instructors. According to it’s website, the focus is on food and not celebrity chefs. The best [...]

Lime meringue muffins

delicieux@live.com.au (Delicieux) — Sun, 24 May 2009 07:40:17 +0000

Unfortunately I’ve been rather neglectful of this blog in the last few months. A lot has changed in my life since then. My wonderful boyfriend has returned from overseas with the army, we travelled across Australia together, we’ve moved in together and we’ve moved house. Life is definitely beautiful! So much so that we hate [...]

How to poach an egg in the microwave

delicieux@live.com.au (Delicieux) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:16:51 +0000

I am a huge fan of poached eggs, but the amount of time and effort required to cook them used to put me off having them. Well, that’s now a thing of the past having learnt how to poach an egg in the microwave. Better still, it couldn’t be easier. What you need: Boiling water [...]

Roasted tomato and fennel soup

delicieux@live.com.au (Delicieux) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:42:11 +0000

Even though the weather is getting warmer and most people tend to only think of soups in winter, I have been enjoying them a bit lately. They are easy to make, everything is in one pot, and great to take to work to reheat as lunch. Last night I made a roasted tomato and fennel [...]

Gingerbread biscuits

delicieux@live.com.au (Delicieux) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:30:49 +0000

I have already baked these once for my gorgeous guys care parcel and they finally arrived on Monday, and he immediately requested more. I’m not a fan of ginger biscuits, but I am assuming from his enthusiastic response they are delicious. 80ml (1/3 cup) golden syrup 55g (1/4 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar 30g (1 1/2 tbs) butter, [...]

Fruit cake

delicieux@live.com.au (Delicieux) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:22:19 +0000

Last night I was baking again for my special guy and decided to make a fruit cake to include in his parcel along with the gingerbread (see recipe above). Instead of using the regular fruit I decided to go for things that are a bit different like turkish apricots, cranberries and figs. The cake will last [...]

Rice cooker oven roasted cherry tomato and basil risotto

delicieux@live.com.au (Delicieux) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:50:01 +0000

Anyone who reads my blog knows of my love for risotto. Tonight I made oven roasted cherry tomato and basil risotto. It’s amazing what great flavours you can get from a few ingredients. As always, I made my risotto in the rice cooker. I can’t believe the number of people who are amazed you can [...]

Spiced honey biscuits

delicieux@live.com.au (Delicieux) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:32:53 +0000

More baking for my baby. Today I made Spiced Honey biscuits to include in his care parcel, which I will be sending tomorrow. This recipe is great and so easy to make, especially as it uses the food processor, which I must admit I use for almost all my baking now as it’s just so [...]

White chocolate and macadamia biscuits

delicieux@live.com.au (Delicieux) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:19:14 +0000

My weekly care parcels of baking that I send overseas to my boyfriend has had me scouring for new recipes, and as soon as I saw this recipe I knew I had to make these. My boyfriend refers to these as ‘crack cookies’ as they are so addictive, and he’s right. I guarantee you will [...]

Why Tea is healthier than water

delicieux@live.com.au (Delicieux) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:35:20 +0000

I came across this article on the BBC News website and thought it was interesting enough to share with others. I am a big tea drinker, and it’s great to know that my drink of choice is providing me with a number of health benefits. My tea of choice is green or white tea (such [...]