AUSTRALIAN MEAT PIZZA (Steak & Cheese Pie)

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……

ITALIAN MEAT LOAVES

I recently made some gluten free mini meat loaves to take to the track for the Melbourne F1 GP. They had rice and curry in them and tasted quite good, but were a little dry. I wish I’d found this recipe though, as I think they’ll have a lot more flavour and can easily be GF if I use GF cereal. Maybe next year………

STEAK AND PINEAPPLE DELIGHT CASSEROLE

I often cook steak and French onion soup wrapped in foil and baked, so the idea of putting these two ingredients together isn’t all that strange to me, but the addition of pineapple……I’m not that sure about. I guess it would work and the sauce should be quite good, especially if you serve it with mashed potato. Worth a try?

BEEF ROLL-UPS IN CREAMY SAUCE

This another recipe from the Kraft Vegemite booklet. The vegemite is used in the sauce and not in the filling, which means you can add as much or as little as you like. I have doubts myself about using tinned vegetable soup for the sauce and don’t see why you couldn’t use mushroom instead.

MEATBALLS WITH RATATOUILLE AND RICOTTA RICE CAKE

This is a great way to jazz up fairly boring meatballs.  Ratatouille is a great vegetable side dish that goes really well with roasts and these meatballs.  The polenta/riccotta cheese cake finishes off the dish really well and makes it a just that bit more interesting.