The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Carnivorous, Light Meals on Sep 3rd, 2008
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Vietnamese Grilled Beef Banh Mi
how good does that sound? Amazing huh? It was. It really was. Son and Heir practically inhaled his. Even the carroty bits. He usually hates carrot.
Now for the bad news. No recipe. That’s right. I’ve been recipe testing for Jaden’s Steamy Kitchen again. It’s going […]
Posted in Carnivorous, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Salads & Vegetables on Sep 2nd, 2008
Tonight at Chez KP, we feasted. Oh boy did we feast. I was testing some recipes for Jaden of Steamy Kitchen who will soon be releasing her fabulous cookbook, which, based on the recipes I have tested, I highly recommend. Fast, fabulous Asian food. What could be better?
We managed to test three recipes over the […]
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous, stockpiling on Aug 30th, 2008
One would assume, that with the Bread Winner on distant shores, I would purchase less food than is usual this week. Alas that was not to be due to two occurrences.
The first occurrence was running out of butter. A simple little thing you think? Except for the fact that it’s been 12 months since I […]
Posted in Baking, Carnivorous, Christmas, Dessert, Party Food, Poultry, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, Seafood, Soup, Starters & Snacks, Vegetarian, thermomix on Aug 27th, 2008
Its been a while coming but here are the recipes from our recent dinner party.
chorizo in potatoes
I read about these in a Gourmet Traveller whilst sitting in a cafe in Sydney recently. I didn’t copy the recipe but it’s pretty simple so I probably did the same thing as the original recipe specified.
2 chorizo
1 large […]
Posted in Baking, Carnivorous, Dessert, Drinks, Light Meals, Party Food, Poultry, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, Seafood, Soup, Starters & Snacks, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, thermomix on Aug 24th, 2008
I consider myself very lucky to have Ankle Biters with quite adult palates. Well there is both luck and good management involved in that. However, I have lately been overcome by a burning desire to throw a good old fashioned grown up dinner party. The Bread Winner is about to vanish to far away ports […]
Posted in Baking, Budget, Carnivorous on Aug 16th, 2008
However you like to spell it, I love the stuff. You can pretty much shove anything inside a bit of filo and it tastes fantastic and looks good.
What else could you do with 300g mince, one serve leftover kale risotto, 1 small bunch kale, 6 Brussel sprouts, starting to look spotty, 1 small carrot, 1 […]
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous, Salads & Vegetables, thermomix on Aug 13th, 2008
My potato plants all died off. So I went digging about to see what I could see. What I saw were lot’s of very small potatoes. I think the problem is the soil. It’s the second crop of potatoes in that tub in a row and they haven’t had a huge amount of compost. So […]
Posted in Ankle Biter Cooking, Budget, Carnivorous on Aug 6th, 2008
It’s always been my plan to have the Ankle BIters cook a meal a week each as they become old enough. It gives me a break, is a valid sharing of chores and teaches them an invaluable skill. With that end in mind, I’ve been checking out children’s cookbooks pretty much since Son and Heir […]
Posted in Carnivorous on Aug 5th, 2008
‘Twas a long day in the kitchen. Lil Miss, Jacques Pepin and me.
What we made:
tomato soup
tomato balls (boules de tomates)
potatoes Anna (pommes Anna)
broccoli and cauliflower with lemon butter (choux panaches au beurre de citron
stuffed pork chops with sour sauce (cotelettes de proc farcies charcutiere)
and it was nice to break away from the usual more functional […]
Posted in Carnivorous on Jul 27th, 2008
I do wish that didn’t make me think of Nicole and Keith’s baby. Really, did they not test the name out from every angle or did they just not care?
Anyhoo, ‘nough ’bout that. Sunday roast can be a variable thing in our house. No firm favourites, no set tradition. Tonight, it’s roast chook. One thing […]
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