The Kitchen Playground

Son and Heir made his own lunch for kinder tomorrow. He even cut the cucumber himself.

Sometimes I burst with pride.

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I have a confession to make. I have been guilty of gluttony. Oh so guilty. Six extra kilos of padding guilty. Gluttony for me is not eating bad food. It’s eating too much. It’s an extra mouthful every time I prepare food for the kids. It’s eatng the kids scraps so they don’t got to […]

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In a word. Versatility.
Perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Throw anything you  like in and it’s a whole new meal. Always quick and easy, always delicious. Great for using up leftovers, easy on the budget.
This morning, breakfast at Chez Kitchen Playground was scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, spring onions, a few drops of tabasco, a […]

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I made a baked risotto with pumpkin, cauliflower and fennel the other night. I found the leftovers this morning. Which was fortunate because I needed to leave lunch for Lil Miss and the Bread Winner. Son and Heir and I were off to a birthday party.
Press mounds of risotto firmly in to a greased muffin […]

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the mouse is making fruity salad.
The Bread Winner is off winning bread interstate this week. So on one hand that means that I don’t have to worry too much about food as long as the kids will eat it. And let’s face it, my kids eat any old swill you throw at them. On […]

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Do you know what I love about not being typically Western in the way we eat meat? I love that 3 lonely lamb chops that didn’t get cooked at a barbecue the other day will easily make a meal for 4 of us.
I also have half a dish of leftover vegetable gratin and some large […]

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Every time I open the fridge lately I see more leftovers dictating my life. I thought I’d cleared it this morning but a half eaten tin of baked beans just waved at me. I have no idea where that came from. Hmm, must be the Bread Winner at work.
All’s well that doesn’t get wasted […]

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Which is always a pain when you’ve been at a picnic all day and you’re tired and have cut lunches to make. A few minutes staring slack jawed into the pantry provided a decent solution. Lucky the Lil Miss isn’t fussy though. I did run out of the avocado and crab mixture so she got […]

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My planned Vietnamese crab and shrimp rice noodle soup totally morphed. It ended up being a seafood soup of a more French style served with a freshly baked loaf of semi-rye bread. It worked a treat. I’m very happy there is enough left for lunch tomorrow….if I bake another loaf of bread of course.
In case […]

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My Father in Law is in town for a month. That’s a good thing in case you were wondering. It does mean lots of impromptu family gatherings. Which is also a good thing. A little difficult to manage on a Sunday night though. Difficult because I have one extra, maybe three. I won’t know how […]

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