Author: Tanya Zouev

The Cookbook Archives: 500 Salads by Susannah Blake

Original recipes by Susannah Blake. Recipe adapting, photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. During a recent council hard rubbish clean up I came across a little square cookbook called 500 Salads. It was tossed out with a huge pile of food magazines and cookbooks which must have been the result of someone’s kitchen spring clean. … Continue reading The Cookbook Archives: 500 Salads by Susannah Blake

Tzatziki & Paleo Baked Kefthedes (Greek Meatballs) With Sweet Potato

Recipe, photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. Two of my most favourite words in the Greek language are kefthedes and tzatziki, both of which happen to be food. My other favourite word is Mythos, well it’s a name of a Greek beer, so perhaps not strictly a word. In fact kefthedes and tzatziki are such … Continue reading Tzatziki & Paleo Baked Kefthedes (Greek Meatballs) With Sweet Potato

Wasting Not And Wanting Not On Christmas Day

Today is Boxing Day in Australia, the day after Christmas Day. I am tidying and cleaning the house after the mayhem of the last couple of weeks leading up to Christmas. Somehow at this time of the year housework just doesn’t seem as important and with the amount of social stuff going on it’s pretty … Continue reading Wasting Not And Wanting Not On Christmas Day

Thermomix Real Vanilla Custard

Recipe, photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. Though this isn’t strictly a Thermomix blog, I do like to talk about the TM31 every now and then. I have been a proud Thermomix owner for about two and a half years and it was love at first sight. Actually, it was love before sight. A mum … Continue reading Thermomix Real Vanilla Custard

Boozy Christmas Gluten-Free Plum Pudding

Adapted from a recipe by Suzanne Gibbs. Photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. I never used to get terribly excited about Christmas cake or Christmas pudding. Having come from an Eastern European background, the entire concept of a traditional Anglo-Saxon Christmas cake or pudding was completely foreign to me and not to my taste. As … Continue reading Boozy Christmas Gluten-Free Plum Pudding

Sweet & Spicy Carrot Salad with Coriander

Recipe, photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. Carrots are a beautiful vegetable, and I believe any vegetable my three year old will eat to be particularly beautiful. This salad started out as a way to use up a very large amount of organic carrots I bought on special, not realising that I already had a … Continue reading Sweet & Spicy Carrot Salad with Coriander

Creamy Zucchini & Mushroom Soup with Fresh Thyme

Recipe, photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. Mushrooms bring back memories of childhood mushroom foraging expeditions which took place in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges and Daylesford. The Russians (my parents and their friends) would organize mushroom foraging day trips which were quite the epic event. They would pack days in advance and the cooking for the … Continue reading Creamy Zucchini & Mushroom Soup with Fresh Thyme

Classic Beef Stroganoff

Recipe, photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. For those who don’t know, my heritage is Russian and I have an affinity for Russian food because I grew up with it and enjoy eating it from time to time. One of the dishes I enjoy the most is Beef Stroganoff and when I started researching it’s … Continue reading Classic Beef Stroganoff

The Cookbook Archives: Cajun & Creole Cooking by Terry Thompson

Original recipes by Terry Thompson. Recipe adapting, photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. In my local area, the council has a lot of hard rubbish collections. Meaning that householders are given a couple of times a year to put their unwanted bulky trash out for collection by a giant garbage truck. What you’re supposed to … Continue reading The Cookbook Archives: Cajun & Creole Cooking by Terry Thompson

Greek-Style Silverbeet & Leek Frittata With Mint

Recipe, photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. Eva was my best childhood friend and we met at the age of three at the Male Street Kindergarten in Brighton in Melbourne’s south-east. We were glued at the hip for a significant portion of our lives including our entire schooling years. Eva is Greek-Cypriot and she is … Continue reading Greek-Style Silverbeet & Leek Frittata With Mint