Sunday, 14th May, 2023. Every year we have a special dinner on Mother’s Day to honour, remember and reflect on our wonderful Mum’s who have both now passed. This year, 2023 was no different… Here’s a special Happy Soul Food post to share what we…

Sunday Night Comfort Dinner ~~~~~ Cheesy Garlic Bread Creamy pumpkin, prosciutto and mushroom pasta Rocket and pear salad Cheesy Garlic Bread My cheesy garlic bread can be found here: https://happysoulfood.com/garlic-infused-evoo-garlic-bread/   Rocket and Pear Salad This is very basic and simple but delicious! Find yourself…

A friend of mine had a lot of excess home-grown garlic and turned it into crushed garlic that they frozein ice cube trays. We used it once on home made pizzas, mixed with a bit of oil – I think the texture was really mushy…

We have had a SUPER bumper crop of tomatoes this year and have Passata overflowing in the freezer (yeay !!!!) but more on that another day… As we transition through Autumn and say a last hoorah to the milder weather, here’s a little celebration of…

20-Jun-20: Time to have some winter warmers with Paella… We started this Sat evening with home made Negronis. Have started to enjoy these when out and thought when doing the supermarket shopping, with an “Uncle Dan’s” next door, “hmmmm I wonder how I’d go with…

14-Jun-20: Another weekend to draw the curtain on in this funny old year with COVID. We finished this weekend with a yummy but easy Sunday dinner, with the most effort being stirring the risotto 😊 As per usual, menu is fashioned for two people. Miguel…

30-May-20: Today we started with an early beach walk on the last day of Autumn with a beautiful morning to greet us… For dinner, we had a French-Italian inspired menu, combining some yummy prosciutto and olives at the start, leading into a creamy, cheesy warm…

24-May-20: Well things continue to go ok with Covid, as we start to enjoy a little bit of freedom but the weather is turning, with the iminent winter starting to flex its muscle with a chilly weekend… so we haven’t gone too far this weekend…

17-May-20: Well we are allowed to socialise a little bit, with the virus being curbed and restrictions being eased. We are now allowed to have 5 people, plus ourselves at home… Woo hooo !!!! 🤩🥳🎉👯‍♂️ No sooner than that was announced, the Chief Taste Tester’s…

2-May-20: Starting to get itchy feet but clearly not able to go out yet 😕  So with lots of time on our hands, the weather still quite nice, it inspired me to just grab hold of the joy of cooking and presenting an “in house”…

21-April-20: Today I revisited my “Quick and easy Frittata on the fly” for lunch but had been to the supermarket and so this time had the ricotta. Basically I made it the same way as the first one back on the 31st March but added…

19-April-20: So at the end of all that gardening, it would have been wonderful to go out, not cook and enjoy a beautiful dinner to celebrate all our hard work… sadly not possible with the COVID Craziness. Didn’t feel like takeway either, as wanted something…

10-April-20, Good Friday: Whilst not a practising “mick”, with both of us having grown up in that environment, long held traditions are hard to break… so no red meat today. Don’t’ know about you but I always find Good Friday one of the least exciting…

9-April-20, Easter Eve: Beach walk done, head clear, time to get some “yummy in my tummy”… We are very fortunate to have a great local butcher in Barwon Heads, Benno’s Meating Place, who has excellent quality fresh and smoked meat and does some great pre-pared…

31-March-20: I really love eggs and this particular day, whilst in the mood for googs, wasn’t in the mood for the usual – hmmm I wonder how quick Frittata is – I didn’t want flour and so did a quick bit of googling to find…