What to cook on a rainy day- Steve's Winter Beef with Root Vegetables

It's wet, it's grey, it's cold, it's miserable, absolutely foul weather today. Just the time of year to get your inner heater going with Steve's Winter Beef with Root Vegetables and a Celeriac & Potato Mash...with perhaps a glass of good Shiraz. It's simple, nutritious, fresh and economical. Put it on the stove and let it cook or get out the pressure cooker- for those who want to slow cook the fast way, they're right back in fashion.

Click on the link for the recipe: www.paradisebeach.ws/media/pdf/Blog%20Recipes/Winter%20Beef%20with%20Root%20Vegetables.pdf

Steve's Visit to WA

To all Paradise Beach Fans and future fans in WA, I will be visiting you in a couple of weeks. After a first time trip to Margaret River to meet local stockists with Blue Cow Cheese Co, I am heading to Perth to exhibit at the Good Food & Wine Show. See you at Stand E05 from 15-17 July at The Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre to taste and buy a selection of our most popular Dips at a special show price. I can't wait to meet everyone and talk about all the great food in the World as well as Paradise Beach Award Winning Dips.

See you soon, Steve.

Alternative Winter Warmer: Steve's Singapore Chilli Crab

I went to the wonderful Sydney Fish Markets last Thursday and couldn't resist buying a huge Mud Crab. A bit of a job cleaning it up but so yummy. Anmarie and I nearly finished the whole thing with a lot of finger licking, slurping and sucking etc. The sauce is luscious and Chilli hot but not excessively so and goes well with all seafoods not just crab, try mussels or prawns or a big fish steak...

For the recipe click on the following link: www.paradisebeach.ws/media/pdf/Steves%20Singapore%20Chilli%20Mud%20Crab.pdf

Cheers, Steve

What a special night....

I am chuffed to bits to start my blogging life with the fantastic news that Paradise Beach Purveyor dips have won numerous awards at the DIAA "Awards of Excellence" Australian Dairy Product Competition 2011 . The award ceremony took place last night in Melbourne and I was so proud to walk up on stage and recieve the first ever "Highest Scoring Dairy Dip" Award for our classic Smoked Salmon & Dill Dip, after the DIAA found a new sponsor for the category- Langdon Ingredients. We also won Silver for the new Caramelised Onion Dip and the  much-loved Tzatziki. I feel like a proud Dad after all the awards we recieved at the Sydney Royal Easter Show and now in Melbourne too. Quality ingredients are the core to the integrity of our dips and getting national recognition for that passion is really rewarding. Thrilled to bits. Steve.