Dreamtime Sail - Our Galley

Unless you're some sort of  cooking  prodigy, you're bound to have made mistakes in the  kitchen . Burned a pot, overcooked your steak, made broccoli that looked ... well you know what I mean. We all need a recipe for these disastrous times, it also needs to be flexible for the number of people because you guested it yep it usually happens when guests are arriving. Well checkout this easy recipe sure it can take a little time but it is easy and you can get rid of the bad mood disaster feeling, with a glass of wine! Invite your guests into the kitchen, they will think you are at easy in the kitchen all the time .... ummmm just hide the burnt offerings  😜 Ingredients  2 cups of mixed dried mushrooms 1 cup Arborio rice 1 tbsp olive oil 4-5 cups chicken broth you may need a little more or less chicken broth 1 tbsp of Italian mixed herbs - you can checkout my recipe for herb mixes here salt to taste pepper to taste parsley flakes dried , as garnish garlic po...

It's a common household misconception that as soon as food reaches or goes past its best-before date, it needs to be thrown away. Fruit and vegetables will generally last much longer than their best-before dates suggest, especially if you store them properly. When soft fruit such as berries start to turn soft, whizz them into smoothies and have them as a power breakfast. Never keep bananas in the fridge as they can turn black more quickly, but beware of storing them in a fruit bowl with other fruit, as they give off ethylene, which will speed up the ripening process for the other fruit in the bowl. Unless of course, you'd like to ripen fruit such as avocados quicker, in which case pop them in a paper bag with a banana and check back the next day to check on the progress. If bananas turn overripe, take the opportunity to make banana bread , which is so much better with very ripe fruit, or slice the bananas thinly, freeze in a plastic container then whizz them into a breakfast s...