Samantha Elley

Evans Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

Joined October 8th 2008

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I love food and I love writing, so somewhere the two must mix. One nourishes the body and the other, dare I say, nourishes the soul!

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Food Journo

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Little House among the Canefields

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The Sandwich Shak

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Smashed Potatoes

January 27th 2012 09:13

Smashed potatoes: Cheap and delicious for hungry families

This recipe is thanks to Jamie Oliver's 30 minute meals show.

It has been a godsend on those nights you want to provide something cheaply and quickly for a hungry horde.

While Jamie used sweet potatoes, on this night I used left over normal potatoes, some home grown spring onion, ham and chilli.

So peel and cut up as many potatoes as you need for the number you are feeding. Place in a bowl with a half cut lemon.

Microwave until cooked, take out the lemon and smash the potato roughly with a fork.

On a bread board chop finely one chilli, salt and pepper and cover with olive oil.

Place the potatoes and chopped up ham on the bread board and mix in.

Sprinkle with fresh coriander (or dried coriander) and feta cheese.

Either serve in separate bowls or straight from the bread board where people can serve themselves.

The dish can be a side or a main depending on your mood.

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Making Pasta

January 15th 2012 09:12

Pasta makers have cut down the time it takes to make this Italian staple.

There is a version of history that noted explorer Marco Polo brought back the recipe from China to Italy where it was whole-heartedly embraced.

Lagane, however, made from durum wheat, was around in Roman times and baked rather than boiled.

The Arab invasion in the 8th century created alot of influence on the Italian cuisine with the introduction of the dried version of the noodle known as macaroni which was a day long process in the making.

Apparently though pasta didn't meet tomatoes until the 19th century.

These days pasta is very much a popular dish in Australian cuisine, a conglomeration of so many immigrant groups that have come to live here.

It doesn't take a day to make pasta anymore either with pasta makers become very popular.

We got one off Santa last Christmas and hubby made good use of it tonight making ravioli with mince filling and cooked in a tomato based sauce.

Click here for a pasta recipe so versatile it can be used with so many different types of sauces.

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Green Eggs and Ham

December 29th 2011 09:26

Green eggs and ham with Christmas leftovers

This dish came about through a combination of a love for Dr Seuss and the need to use up Christmas leftover ham.

Oh, and the fact that my vege garden is 'chockers' with silverbeet and spring onions.

I simply fried slices of ham and eggs.

At the same time I wilted the sliced up silver beet and chopped spring onions.

When all is done, place the greens on the egg and the ham beside.

Then serve up with some of that leftover potato salad.

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Nutty Beef Satay

December 15th 2011 11:47

A lovely combination of flavours in the nutty beef satay.

A great blend of flavours and the sauce goes great with simple foods like boiled potatoes as well as beef.

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Summer Salads

December 15th 2011 11:20

Fresh and healthy summer salad using the produce from our vege patch

So now I've been growing my own vegetables and salad items our family has been enjoying the 'fruits' of that labour.

Silver beet has been plentiful but what I've really enjoyed has been the salads

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Back to Basics

November 23rd 2011 10:52

Getting back to basics and growing our own food.

Something I've wanted to do for a long time is grow my own vegetables.

With a decent sized back yard and time to tend a vegetable garden, I've finally established one

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First Fruits

November 11th 2011 10:27

Lukey picking some silver beet for dinner.

Is there anything more satisfying than eating something you've grown from your own garden?

It seems to have taken forever but we bought a small above ground garden, filled it with sugar cane mulch and dirt and planted some veges

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Rosemary Focaccia

November 11th 2011 10:00

Rosemary focaccia

Yeast cooking is a bit of a hit and miss affair when I use it.

This recipe was such a success I will be using it again in the near future

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Gluten Free Chocolate Cake

October 4th 2011 08:10

Gluten free chocolate cake

It seems more and more that we have friends who are not able to eat gluten products.

One friend often turns up with her own snack because she doesn't want to impose her eating issues on her host

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Home Made Takeaway

September 30th 2011 04:25

Home made take away, cheap and fun.

Ok, so the scene was a Saturday night at home with my two boys, 9 and 6 while hubby was at work at the restaurant.

We wanted to watch a good family movie on TV and I didn't feel like cooking too much, so we raided the freezer and fridge to find out what we could have without too much effort

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Comment by Samantha Elley
on Green Eggs and Ham

December 31st 2011 20:42

Food Journo
The Sandwich Shak
Vintage Foodie
Little House among the Canefields

LOL..why thank you Helen for your witty comment.

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Comment by Samantha Elley
on Creamy mushroom and bacon pot pies

July 29th 2011 03:22

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Oh Helen,
SO yum! It incorporates all my favourite ingredients.

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on Chocolate Caramel Slice

July 27th 2011 12:52

Food Journo
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Little House among the Canefields

I know, I've had to up my running regime to accommodate these in my diet

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on Cane burning season

June 15th 2011 06:46

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Pretty amazing stuff! Next time it happens we'll call you...although you may not appreciate it at 4am..LOL!

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on Peeling Potatoes

April 18th 2011 04:35

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Ummm thanks. Not sure how you ordered anything from this site, but happy to take the compliment for the blog.

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on Spicy Chicken and Ranch Dip

April 15th 2011 02:57

Food Journo
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Little House among the Canefields

Well that's a first for me, I didn't know you could get chicken in a can!! Do we have that in Australia?

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on New Mexico Chili Cook Off

April 4th 2011 03:21

Food Journo
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Little House among the Canefields

*wipes tears of laughter away*

I read this many years ago and didn't stop laughing for a couple of days. I think it was the first and only funny email I've ever printed off to keep.

thanks for the memories Jason.

Sam (still laughing)

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on Finally...a laundry chute

February 21st 2011 05:02

Food Journo
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Little House among the Canefields

Hi there Anon,

Yes, we ordered the vanity we wanted but made sure that where we wanted the laundry chute, and therefore the vanity, to go lined up with the laundry below.

HTH,

Sam

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on A Plate full of Sunflowers

February 18th 2011 04:55

Food Journo
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Little House among the Canefields

Hi Wyan,

Glad it will come in handy. Yeah,we have some vego friends too, so this will come in handy when we invite them round I think.

Sam

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on A Plate full of Sunflowers

February 15th 2011 02:39

Food Journo
The Sandwich Shak
Vintage Foodie
Little House among the Canefields

Hi Liz,
Thanks for that. I hear you on the puff pastry. It's so good for so many things.

Sam

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