This won’t be everyone’s favourite soup, but for those who like broccoli and blue cheese it’s a winner. It’s easy to make, looks and tastes good and is a great dinner party starter. Best to check if they like broccoli and blue cheese before you serve it up though!!!
Chicken rissoles can be a little bland, but this recipes throws in tomato, carrot and French Onion soup to really give them some zing. Mum must have added Parsley as well, as she’s written that in. I don’t know if she served them hot or cold, but I think they’d work well to take on a picnic.
It’s easy to think that International dishes are something that are new to our food scene, but that’s not the case. When I look back at my old 1970s cookbooks there’s a whole section on International food and Mum was cautiously trying out different recipes before that. This Mexican Tamale Pie recipe was published by the New Idea in 1980 and is just as good today as it was then.
I haven’t tried these out yet myself, but it’s certainly a different way to cook eggs and rice. It suggests serving them as an entrée or light luncheon, but I think they’d also be an excellent fancy breakfast dish as well – maybe a Mother’s Day or Father’s Day treat.
I think I should have given this the title Cheat’s Chicken Stroganoff, because it definitely isn’t the traditional way to make it. This is a tasty quick and easy version. Ideal for those nights when you don’t have too much time and just want to get a meal on the table.
Traditional Bubble and Squeak in our household has always been leftover mashed potatoes and vegetables fried up with an egg. This rice version is a little fancier. Although it says to bake the potatoes, kumara and carrots in the oven, I think I’d speed the process up a bit and just microwave them. You might lose a little flavour, but not enough to make much difference and it would be just that bit easier.
This recipe reminds me of Mum’s favourite dessert, Baked Jam Roll. Instead of a jam filling this has sliced apple and raisins, but it still has the same syrup poured over the top, which is the best part.
This recipe is one for my Nutella loving granddaughter. I’m sure lashings of Nutella and maybe for her, chocolate chips in place of the hazelnuts, will make it a total winner.
This recipe is from a little 1970s cookbook entitled Simple Mince Steak Recipes, which Mum and Dad’s bowling club put out as a fundraiser. Obviously the 1970s bowlers had no idea what a pizza actually was, as this would seem to be meat and cheese pie and nothing remotely like a pizza. That’s not to say that it wouldn’t taste good……
The concept of cooking the rice in beer for the base of this pizza is something I’ve never heard of before and I’m not sure I think it’s a good idea, but that could be because I’m not a beer drinker. It would certainly add some flavour, but maybe with all the yummy toppings you don’t need the beer. I think I’d make it cooked in chicken stock, but that’s just me.
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