Tasty, fragrant and an impressive dish to serve as entrées or starters at dinner parties.
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Pork dumplings with peanut salad
These fragrant Chinese-style pot-stickers are made with won ton wrappers. They are part fried, then simmered in stock and served on a bed of green leaves with a spicy salad of peanuts and crunchy vegetables, making the perfect snack or starter.
Seafood sesame toasts
A healthy and tasty snack dish that's perfect for entertaining and for the family.
Beef skewers with ginger dipping sauce
Delicious barbecue steak sliced into thin strips, then threaded onto wooden skewers with blanched capsicums. A perfect entrée or starter dish.
Thai fish cakes
These tasty fish cakes are a popular Thai dish that can be made in advance and stored in the refrigerator. They are perfect for entertaining, as they can be cooked indoors or on a barbecue and are easy to pass around at parties.
Lamb and plum wraps
Packed with crisp raw vegetables and juicy fruit slices, these wraps make a refreshing alternative to duck in this popular Chinese snack. They are ideal for entertaining because the lamb is equally good served hot or at room temperature, while [...]
Steamed vegetables with peanut dip
This healthy snack combines the natural flavours of lightly steamed crisp vegetables with a deliciously tasty peanut sauce. It is a great way of using leftover vegetables and can be adapted to include any fresh produce that is in season.
Typecast
When a teacher asked my six-year-old nephew why his handwriting wasn’t as neat as usual, he responded, “I’m trying a new font.”
Pleated seafood dumplings
With a bit of practice, these Chinese-style dumplings are simple and fun to prepare. Served warm with a dipping sauce, they make a wonderfully tasty snack or appetiser. And because they are steamed, they are light, low fat and healthy.
Hand-rolled sushi
This type of sushi (temaki zushi) is great fun as all the ingredients are prepared beforehand and guests make their own sushi, without the need for sushi mats. The sushi should be eaten as soon as it's made. Provide each guest with a finger bowl [...]
Soup of leafy greens and herbs
Not only is this soup delicious, but you can almost feel those vitamin-packed leafy greens doing you good as you eat it. Hearty but not too heavy, it is a wonderful dish for summer and autumn. You can use all sorts of greens – simply adjust the [...]
Vegetable soup with fragrant pesto
This soup is based on pistou, the classic French soup from Provence. Laden with vegetables and pasta, and flavoured with pesto, the delicious basil and parmesan sauce, it makes a fabulous change from minestrone, its Italian counterpart. French [...]
Vietnamese broth with noodles
Punchy flavours and aromatic ingredients transform a light broth into an exotic dish that makes a substantial starter or a light meal. The ingredients are not fried before being simmered – making this a great low-fat soup – so select [...]
Courting disaster
I mentioned to an unmarried friend of mine – an attorney – that he should attend a working singles mixer for lawyers. He hated the idea. “Why,” he asked,” would I want to start a relationship with someone who’s been trained to argue for a living?”
Silver lining
After one glance at my updated driver’s licence photo, I said the first thing that came to mind: “Ugghhh!” “What’s wrong?” asked the clerk behind the counter. “I look ancient in this picture!” I said. “Well, look at the bright side,” she [...]
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