Muesli with Honey and Apricots
Herewith another variation for a crunchy, healthy morning muesli to enjoy with a little natural yogurt. This one is sweetened with honey and brown sugar. This is a large recipe and you will need two baking trays, it makes about 1.6 kilo’s (about 3 pounds).
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Tomato Sauce with Pork
The addition of pork to tomato sauce is a joy. The pork gives the whole thing a lovely sweetness. I remember my dad cooking meat sauce on a Sunday. That was something special. He would fill the pot with two large bits of pork shoulder and
let it simmer for a couple of hours.
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Garlic Bread ala NYC 1970’s
This is the great garlic bread of my days in New York where it was served at all the really good brunch restaurants on 3rd Ave. Warm and crispy it’s a breeze to make and really garlicky (is that a word?). A simple restaurant recipe.
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Muesli with Maple Syrup and Dried Cranberries
I can’t really say that making your own muesli is the cheapest thing but it certainly will be the best that you are likely to eat. I can’t say how much we enjoy eating this for breakfast.
It’s a bit unfortunate that maple syrup is so expensive here but it definitely distinguishes this muesli from most others.
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Vodka Martini
Simply the worlds most sophisticated cocktail. Nothing says cocktails before dinner quite like a Vodka Martini.
Let me suggest Smirnoff Vodka or the Russian Stolichanaya also known as Stoli! Far smoother than most others. One can drink it straight without gagging to death. A great vodka pretty much goes down like water.
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Bill’s Bloody Mary’s by the bucket load.
I love Bloody Mary’s and although one is usually enough they are perfect for brunches and great for chasing away the gremlins that might be haunting you from the night before’s festivities.
This is 3 recipes for 1 drink, 10-12 drinks,
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Iced Tea
I don’t understand why more people don’t have this in the fridge when you visit. Its cheap, fast to make and much better than anything you can get out of a bottle.
Another advantage is that you can make it with different types of tea. I like stronger tea’s like Earl Grey and English Breakfast but my partner likes green tea which is more mild.
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Old Fashion Lemonade
Make this syrup and store it in the fridge for up to week. I have adapted this recipe from Martha Stewart’s. It’s a great classic hot weather drink. The syrup can be made in advance and makes a lot of glasses of lemonade. Do enjoy it –
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Sauteed Onions or Onion Gravy
This is my own recipe and have used it for a long time. It takes awhile, about and hour but is so worth it. It is perfect for using on sausages, beef, lamb, veal or pork burgers, meat loaf and with barbequed meats. You can cook this until it dry and use it for sausages or leave a bit of liquid and use it like a sauce on a wide variety of meats.
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Red Beets with Feta Cheese
This is another of those “it’s not really a recipe” recipe! But it tastes great. Although it takes at least and hour to roast beets once done they can be used for up to 4 days. So you can make them the day before. This is another of those “it’s not really a recipe” recipe!
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