Chicken Divan from “Weight Watcher’s Microwave Cookbook”.

(The author’s name is not included anywhere I can find in the book, hence the omission.)

I was curious what the meal containe and how it differed from the Women’s Weekly similar recipe which was not a success. This is normal as whenever I hear, read, watch a person praise a recipe or meal some investigation is warranted. Often there is disappointment; for example when you find out a cookie is a biscuit, a biscuit is a scone, Oreo’s are not as good as Delta Creams, etc. (A Delta Cream is made by Arnott’s and, in my opinion, is better. Oreo’s actual biscuit is gluey and the filling reminds me of the filling of Tootsie Rolls or Twinkies, which were another disappointment.)

Random Recipes: Marinated chicken with red pepper (capsicum) From “Chopsticks on Tour” by Pamela Chen Moore.

This is the second dish taken from the cookbook last reviewed. For those people who have been experiencing stress or distress from the suspense, hopefully this will bring some closure.

Les Bistronomes, Braddon, Civic. May, 2019

It has been some time since this blog was updated and we apologise for any person who was eagerly awaiting a new review.

Les Bistronomes is a French restaurant in Braddon, which is very close to Civic in Canberra. Braddon is an area where there are many restaurants providing a variety of cuisines and some may be featured by this blog in the future.

In order to try some of the signature mains at Les Bristronomes, for example Black Angus Beef Chateaubriand, it is advisable to pre-order as these dishes can take 30 minutes to cook. We pre-ordered the Beef Wellington, mushroom Duxelle, foie gras ($88.00). These dishes are meant to be shared.

In addition to this a Chestnut soup ($18.00), Pork Belly, pickled grapes and almond puree (21.00) and Chicken supreme, root vegetables blanquette, crispy wild rice ($38.00) were also ordered for our party of 3 people.

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.