http://cooking-for-pleasure.com/blog Cooking for Pleasure - Cooking can be a pleasure Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:58:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do you remember as a child helping your mother to make a scalloped layered potato dish to serve as a vegetable for a dinner party- perhaps not if you are male. However I am sure many of you will remember this dish. I used to groan when my mother decided to ... http://cooking-for-pleasure.com/blog/?p=9 This recipe I found some years ago and I had been planning to serve it for a summer dinner party but commonsense prevailed. I am a fresh herb freak but decided it may have been just a little to over the top for some of my guests. I subsequently made it ... http://cooking-for-pleasure.com/blog/?p=8 Beetroot – Not Only Does It Taste Good It is Good For You Most of us have an image of beetroot as a sliced canned vegetable pickled in vinegar. Doesn’t leave much room for any imagination in creating recipes. Many people believe that beetroot is good for the blood as it will ... http://cooking-for-pleasure.com/blog/?p=7   I am. For some reason I have never been able to eat raw tomatoes. I have tried them every way there is but for some reason I just cannot swallow them Even the smell makes me shudder. But - cooked tomatoes I love and I find I need a serious tomato fix ... http://cooking-for-pleasure.com/blog/?p=6 I was at a restaurant one day with a group of friends and one of them ordered a Beetroot Risotto.  After tasting it I decided to try and create a recipe for myself as I am a beetroot freak. Here is the result. If you also are a beetroot freak ... http://cooking-for-pleasure.com/blog/?p=5 Bolognaise Sauce 1kg premium minced beef 2 tbs olive oil 1 small clove garlic 2 tins 800gms tomatoes ( chopped in kitchem processor until fine)or 1 tin tomatoes and 1 kg fresh tomatoes chopped finely in a processor. 1 onion finely diced. 1/2 cup white wine salt and pepper to taste.   This recipe was given to me by ... http://cooking-for-pleasure.com/blog/?p=4 Welcome to Cooking for Pleasure. Cooking has always been not only a challenge for me dreaming up new recipes and creative ideas for dinner parties but cooking has always been a pleasure  I did have two restaurants and catering business for seven years until I finally managed to get this dream out of my ... http://cooking-for-pleasure.com/blog/?p=1