The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Leftovers, Lunch, Soup, Vegetarian on Jan 15th, 2008
Absolute serendipity once again. A beautifully harmonious blend of things left in the fridge. Made in the thermomix. Could be made almost as quickly using a food processor to chopa nd a saucepan to cook. Messier though. Love my thermomix. Carrot, Chickpea and Ginger Soup 1 salad onion 1 shallot 3 cloves garlic 6 carrots, [...]
Posted in Lunch, Salads & Vegetables, Vegetarian on Jan 10th, 2008
Yesterday I knew two things about today. Firstly that I was going to Mt Martha which is an hour and a half drive each way. Secondly that it was going to be 41 degrees. Both of those things meant that I was not going to have the time to cook and that it would be [...]
Posted in Carnivorous, Lunch on Jan 8th, 2008
Doesn’t that sound good? Cos it was. Steak and Haloumi Sandwich 1 rump steak (I used the one steak for 2 adults) 1 piece of haloumi cut into 1 cm wide strips 1 tomato, sliced juice 1 lemon 2 red onions, sliced lettuce leaves bread (I used homemade spelt and wheat) Slowly pan fry onions [...]
A simple meal tonight by request of First Born. Baked potatoes. I popped a bunch of desirees in the oven (180 degrees) before wandering off to a friend’s for a cuppa. Pricked them with a fork and sprayed them with olive oil first. When we got home I sliced some free range bacon and mushrooms [...]
My cooking mojo is curiously absent at the moment so apologies for the low level of new content. It happens from time to time. But if anyone has seen my mojo, please send it back, I hate it when cooking is a drag, I have to do too much of it to not enjoy it. [...]
Posted in Budget, Leftovers, Lunch, Seafood on Dec 5th, 2007
I vaguely remember doing something similar to this last summer and really enjoying it. So I recreated as best I could remember. It’s a lovely summer meal served with a salad and leftovers are perfect for lunch boxes. Tuna & Cream Cheese Rolls. 485g tin tuna in springwater 250g block cream cheese 1/2 red onion, [...]
Posted in Lunch, Salads & Vegetables, Seafood on Nov 29th, 2007
A divine big steak of yellow fin tuna caught my roving eye at the market this morning. Fresh in off the boat too. I had dreams of it being good enough to make a carpaccio. I brought it home and froze it for half an hour so as to slice it more easily, sliced off [...]
I made a curd and dill loaf today from World Breads but I decided to get decorative and cut it into an epi. Stupidly I took a photo of it upside down so stand on your head to get the proper picture of wheat into your mind. Pretty isn’t it? Delicious too, we had ours [...]
Posted in Budget, Lunch, Salads & Vegetables on Nov 12th, 2007
I adore brown lentil salad, particularly with lamb cutlets. It’s a little meal of mine I haven’t shared with you as yet. We had a variation on it tonight. Lentil, Pea, Broad Bean & Chicken Salad 1 cup brown lentils, soaked over night (or use tinned if you must) 6 – 8 pods of broad [...]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Carnivorous, Leftovers, Lunch, Salads & Vegetables on Nov 10th, 2007
It’s a beautiful warm day in Melbourne today and we spent the better part of it over in Ferntree Gully at a kids party. By the time we got home I had a scant hour to go for a run before dinner. So I threw a piece of topside in the oven before I left [...]
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