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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Recipe, photography and styling by Tanya Zouev. When I first became a mother I had very strong ideas about what kids should eat and I was convinced that my child would be a foie gras-supping gourmand who would relish fare like roasted duck with raspberry star anise glaze. Marc did eat most things for a while, but … Continue reading Sneaky Hidden Vegetables in Lasagne