Recipes in the TIFFIN Box

It’s a very low key Christmas at Tiffin HQ. Some of this is because we have been travelling ...

I love eggplants (aubergines) and have written about them a lot. They are versatile and adaptable, ...

When we had friends over for dinner recently, there was a request for ‘no onion’. ...

Last week I had a baking failure. In fact, I had two of them. I decided to add something to my ...

We’ve been on holidays for a couple of months, travelling far and wide. I’ve eaten ...

Regular readers will know that a large group of us hold a Eurovision Party every year. New readers ...

I have two recipes on TIFFIN that are by far and away my most popular posts. They vie for top ...

I have wanted to make Spanish Almond Soup for the longest time. It perfectly suits the steamy ...

Summer can be oppressive in Brisbane. By 8am, it is often already over 30c and it stays that way ...

There’s no two ways about it. It’s December and the festive season is upon us. ...

It’s mango season! The first mangoes have started making their way down from the Northern ...

I have this ‘just in case, rainy day’ mentality for some of my pantry items ...

Who doesn’t love a snack with their pre-dinner drink? Oven roasted pumpkin seeds are ...

Spring has most definitely sprung. One clear sign of this is the mulberry tree in the kindy down ...

I was unbelievably excited when I visited a farmers’ market the other day and saw punnets of ...

A month or so ago, we visited the area of coastal Queensland known as Wide Bay-Burnett. The area ...

I have previously written about Mr Tiffin’s adoration of broccoli and the mounds that are ...

As you drive along the highway from Brisbane into the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Queensland, the ...

I like to think that I cook well and that the food I create for friends and family is enjoyed and ...

International Scone Week 2016 coincides nicely with a recent dilemma I have been having. That of, ...

A couple of weeks ago we hosted a huge party. We fed and watered 50 people, all without using a ...

Last week Mr Tiffin told me that his boss still made, on a regular basis, the recipe I had given ...

The original recipe that this Caramel Fig & Pear Loaf is based on had been bookmarked for ...

Regular readers would know that I don’t like to waste food and am the master of re-purposing ...

Yes, I know it’s fete season because hot on the heels of publishing a recipe for Old ...

Every year, our circle of friends embraces the celebration of all that is unique, unusual and just ...

It’s Fete Season and that can only mean one thing. Cooking for the Cake & Sweet Stall ...

This year is a biggie for Paniyiri, Brisbane’s Greek Festival. They are celebrating their ...

I was foraging in our old pantry as part of transferring ingredients to our new pantry when I came ...

Good Friday is the last Friday in Lent, when Catholics abstain from eating meat. Many non ...

A couple of years ago, QAGOMA ran an exhibition called ‘Harvest‘, which brought ...

We’re not big on celebrating Valentine’s Day in our house. In fact, we’re not ...

The other day I was in my old stamping ground and noted that Chinese Garden, the local Chinese ...

Can a parrot eat a carrot standing on his head? If I did that my mum would send me straight ...

Christmas is done and dusted. The ham has been consumed or frozen for later use, the last ...

The party season is upon us. Whether you’re hosting or attending there are always delicious ...

And still the blood orange recipes keep coming. This is the last one, for this year anyway. Some ...

TIFFIN Stockpiles I’ve been spending a bit of time on Pinterest lately, learning more about ...

Despite being quite an accomplished cook, there are many dishes I have not I cooked and techniques ...

Going…. Going… Gone…. Well, that was the kitchen that was. When I was asked* by ...

Regular readers will know that the TIFFIN kitchen and surrounds are in renovation mode. After ...

A while ago we visited Stanthorpe on the Granite Belt. In addition to being Queensland’s ...

Flummery as a dessert sounds like a bit of an old fashioned concept doesn’t it? ...

Depending on where you grew up, the term ‘meatball’ will have different connotations ...

What do you do when you visit Stanthorpe and buy half a case of apples? You eat a lot of apples. A ...

We’re blessed with fantastic weather in Brisbane. Sure, it’s sometimes a little too ...

Well that was a Eurovision to remember! Australia had a wildcard entry with Guy Sebastian taking ...

The first time I tasted chickpeas was in the late 1970’s. My Mum, ever the gastronomic ...

A while ago I mentioned that I’d scored a Römertopf clay baker from an op shop for the ...

It’s coming up to ANZAC Day and the 100th anniversary of the landing on the beach at ...

If there’s one thing Australians can’t get enough of, it’s Eurovision. ...

It’s all wet and blustery in Brisbane today. A couple of tropical cyclones have brought ...

Regular readers may recall that I was given a box of onions by a friend who had them left over ...

As we know, December and January are times of celebrations great and small, parties, picnics, ...

You may recall that I was given a huge box of very large onions some weeks ago. I was umming and ...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…Jack Frost nipping at your nose… These are ...

In May this year, it was our turn to host the annual Eurovision Party. This involved lots of ...

I returned from a holiday in the US to sniffer dogs, soaring temperatures and a city in ...

After I’d made the marmalade, the cake, the jug of juice, the ice cubes and eaten my weight ...

If you are part of the ‘I Quit Sugar’ brigade, back away from this post now. By the ...

‘…and after dipping a paw into an open jar of marmalade by his bed in order to make ...

As part of the #Harvest Exhibition at QAGOMA, I finally got to see the movie The Big Night ...

tiA few weeks ago I wrote about the #Harvest Exhibition being presented by QAGOMA. Where has that ...

Last week a friend gave us tickets to see the film, The Lunchbox. Well of course, this was the ...

It’s nearly here. You only have to look at Pinterest or Google+ to know that the big day is ...

It was one of those weekends where I really didn’t want to leave the house. We’d been ...

I have a confession to make. I love cooking. I’m great with savoury. I’m OK with ...

Over the past months, I have been tidying up the blog as part of the transition to my own self ...

I love semolina. I don’t know what it is about it but I can’t get enough. It’s ...

Slow cooked meats are very much in vogue at the moment. Pulled pork, beef carnitas, slow roasted ...

Where did that year go? This time last year we were having a Eurovision sleep over in Witta, ...

When you’re hosting a party, you’re always looking for things you can do beforehand. ...

‘Bada duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh….’ When you read the title of this ...

It’s exactly a month since Christmas Day. The last of the ham has been eaten and the ham ...

‘New year, New book’ is the challenge for Random Recipes this month. After a busy ...

Happy New Year to all of my readers. TIFFIN is on the move very soon so make sure you have ...

In the US they are known as popsicles and the delightfully old fashioned ‘iced lolly’, ...

I really missed Random Recipes in September as Dom from Belleau Kitchen took a mini break. He ...

Well that was Spring then. After one of the warmest Brisbane Winters on record and a scorching ...

‘Would you like a Rum & Shrub?’ Aunty Marjorie enquired. ‘A Rum & ...

I’ve got a triffid in my garden. It’s growing bigger by the day. It’s so big now ...

Yes, you read that title correctly. Black Bean Brownies. A friend sent a link to me some time ago ...

Remember those walnuts I bought from the local community centre in Angaston? They were sitting on ...

Spring is just around the corner. Can’t you feel it? Balmy, sunny days. One less blanket on ...

When I was researching dishes to cook for my South American themed Gastronauts Supper Club dinner, ...

This month, Random Recipes at Belleau Kitchen is celebrating the big three-oh. Dom has been ...

Winter is well and truly here and whilst the Winter Solstice has passed, there are a few more dark ...

Last week was a big one. We went to Darwin and ate. And ate. And ate. Four markets, one festival, ...

This month Belleau Kitchen’s Random Recipe Challenge is simply called ‘Bread’. ...

Regular readers will know that the Eurovision Song Contest lives large on my social calendar. ...

I’m very excited to see the first flowers on my eggplant (aubergine) bush.  I lovingly ...

Random Recipes has been playing out very well for me recently. After a clunky start, I’ve ...

It’s funny how we copy down recipes for meals we have enjoyed or tear out pages ...

This month, ‘The Choice is Yours’, Dom from Belleau Kitchen suggests.  He’s ...

I recently hosted a Gastronauts Supper Club dinner with a South American theme and decided to ...

TIFFIN’s been a bit quiet this week as I was preparing for the Gastronauts Supper Club, that ...

That’s what it feels like as I sit here writing this post. It’s another hot day in ...

Happy New Year!  Hasn’t the stone fruit been great this Summer? An excellent growing season ...

Whether you’re shivering through wintry blasts or baking under the blazing sun, Christmas is ...

*Before Corporatisation. Back in the good old days, before McDonald’s in Paris sold them for ...

The Random Recipes challenge this month is ‘Random Birthday Number’ where we use our ...

I love eggplant in all its glorious guises. In Asian style stir fries, baked or grilled with ...

I was getting a little worried about this month’s Sweet Adventures Blog Hop. I’ve got ...

The first thing I’d like to say is ‘Welcome!’ to all my new readers who have ...

I love zucchini fritters but there’s quite an art to making a decent one. If the mix is too ...

Yep – it’s that time of the month again. Another Sweet Adventures Blog Hop has rolled ...

Gerald Durrell is one of my favourite authors.  The books tell of his adventures around the world ...

I love Heston Blumenthal because he’s the antipathy of the power chef.  Self taught, a bit ...

I hate making pastry!  Baking is made up of two schools. Those who are born into a dynasty of ...

I confess. In the past when it came to making Naan, I used Sharwood’s Naan mix. It was ...

You’re never too old to learn about new cultures, foods and destinations. So, what do we ...

Welcome regular followers and hoppers. Today, I’m participating in a different type of event ...

The very first real tingle of Autumn arrived in Brisbane last weekend. Gloriously sunny days, ...

I always buy eggplants, full of good intentions and at the end of the week, they are often still ...

In Pedro Almodovar’s 1988 black comedy ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous ...

…or even if you don’t, most of you will no doubt have been ‘caught in the ...

…swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh. So begins the opening refrain of ...

I scored a couple of fantastic gifts when I recently left my long time employer.  One was a whizz ...

Cherries and Summer are interchangeable words. They remind us that Christmas is on the way and ...

I was sorting through my holiday photos and discovered this little video I captured Al-Madina Souq ...

I’m going to marry Yotam Ottolenghi.  Sure, he may be playing for the other team and ...

I was having some people drop by on short notice for afternoon tea. What to make? What to make? ...

Pumpkins are funny old things.  In the USA, they are relegated to carving at Halloween, overly ...

With the weather starting to warm up, my mind and body has well and truly been set to salad ...

It’s been a busy week in the Camp Hill kitchen. I have had lots of unexpected guests and on ...

I’m in love with Yotam Ottolenghi.  I fell under his spell whilst living in the UK, reading ...

I don’t make jam but I do make Chutney, which is very in keeping with the TIFFIN theme. I do ...

I’ve always been curious about Gem Scones. Ever since I saw a recipe for Gem Scones dipped ...

Friends and followers will know that I’m mad keen on Eurovision. This time last year we were ...

Since arriving back in Australia, one thing I have been attempting to do is try new recipes on ...

As I’m still on holidays, I get the opportunity to be a little more creative with our ...

Well, I drank it of course! With the help of Anthony and my brother Sean whilst we were staying in ...

OK. The first thing to discuss is how to spell zucchini. Or is it zuccini? Or zuchini? Or ...

The first thing I should point out is that the Quark I am referring to is not a particle that ...

What do you do when the days start to shorten and there are many long winter nights ahead of you? ...

Pantry stocks aren’t at the point of dwindling but I can actually glimpse some shelf space ...

Last night I went to a dinner party being thrown by Josie, at a house she was minding in ...