The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in 10 minute meals, Baking, Budget, Carnivorous, Garden, Leftovers, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, thermomix on Nov 4th, 2008
I love Cup Day. There is nothing as ludicrous as a public holiday for a horse race and I love it. We totally dropped the ball on organising anything this year but fortunately we have friends who are just as slack. So an impromptu BBQ was planned at 8.30 this morning.
I had defrosted some wonderful […]
Posted in Budget, Garden, Leftovers, Light Meals, Salads & Vegetables, Starters & Snacks, thermomix on Nov 2nd, 2008
Broad Beans would be so tiresome if they were in season all year round. Removing the pods, cooking, skinning. It’s a fair bit of work. Something I’m more than happy to do in spring when they’re in season to experience their fleeting deliciousness.
Joy of joy, despite my poor broad bean plants this year (almost certainly […]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Budget, Carnivorous, Leftovers, Light Meals, Salads & Vegetables on Oct 27th, 2008
After the weekend’s birthday celebrations, one thing I did not feel like doing today was cooking. Rare but true. Even so, it’s only just occurred to me as I type this that take away is the common option for nights such as tonight. It’s just not something that occurs to me more than once in […]
Posted in Budget, Leftovers, Light Meals, Vegetarian on Oct 12th, 2008
Today was 30 degrees. That’s 86 if you speak Farenheit. It’s going to be a long hot summer.
Which prompted me to make a summery meal. Well that and the fact that I had nothing planned, some scraps that needed using, lunches to make, no bread and not a lot of time on my hands. Want […]
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous, Leftovers, Pasta, Noodles & Rice on Jul 11th, 2008
Of course.
Posted in Budget, Leftovers, Pasta, Noodles & Rice on Jul 9th, 2008
I absolutely had to finish that colcannon tonight. I don’t like the way potato freezes. Plus I have a strange aversion to serving up leftovers in their original state. So I needed an idea that would work well with a potato mash, bearing in mind I made a potato dough with some yesterday.
That left either […]
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous, Leftovers, Vegetarian on Jul 8th, 2008
No idea what is going on at Chez KP at the moment but I have odds and ends of leftovers everywhere. If not strictly leftovers, it’s bits and pieces that need using urgently so as to be wasted. So creativity is required.
Last night I decided to finish some leftover cooked sausages, leftover colcannon, some mushrooms […]
Posted in Carnivorous, Leftovers on Jul 7th, 2008
Lordy me 4.3kg of meat goes a looonngg way. So far we’ve had the original dinner, two lunches and dinner again tonight. We still have lots to get through. That’s OK, the trick is being creative. Tonight was a master stroke of genius.
One thing the Bread Winner can eat is truly frightening proportions is nachos. […]
Posted in Carnivorous, Dessert, Leftovers, Salads & Vegetables, thermomix on Jul 5th, 2008
It was three degrees here this morning and I’m a summer person. So the last thing I felt like doing at 8am was heading out to the farmer’s market. Yet what is more appealing in cold weather than food? Hearty, warming comfort food. Does one stay home in the warm, or venture out and procure […]
Seriously, at least 4kg. I’m sure that’s the weight of the stress I was carrying in regards to finding a school for Son and Heir. I found out that he definitely has a place at a school I’m happy with. Which is not to say that is where he will go, it will depend on […]
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