Random Recipes: “Mediterranean Chicken Casserole” from Quick ‘n’ Easy Casseroles, Soups, Crockpot’s & more by Robyn Martin.

Note: A change has been made to the decision making process for the Random Recipes.  If the recipe made leads to a waste of food (i.e. most of the food is discarded because no one has any desire to eat it) the cook book does not receive a second chance.  Further to this, if the recipe is similar one that is already in my repertoire either created by me or gleaned from another cookbook, but the food is not as good as the other recipes, then the book will also find itself being donated to Lifeline.  This change has been made due to a number of complaints from the taste testers who are reluctant to try another recipe from a book when the meal was not up to our standard of edibility.

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Sage Dining Rooms, Gorman House, Braddon. September, 2017

Once again this review was unplanned as both Lindsay and Alexi did not attend.  However, read the review and you may see why this review was written.  Not all the courses (mostly the palate cleansers) were photographed, for which I apologise.  For a long time the word of mouth I had heard about Sage indicated it was a restaurant which might be well worth a visit.

It was a very windy day.  Flights were being cancelled in Sydney due to the high winds and while Canberra is some distance from Sydney, the winds were still causing some issues.

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