The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Cooking basics, Other, thermomix on Jul 4th, 2011
Part one introduces my thoughts on why only whole spices should grace your pantry and parts two, three and four feature the beginnings of my essential spice list.
Part 5 concludes the Kitchen Playground essential spice list.
Saffron threads
At the Kitchen Playground, saffron is used a lot in Spanish cooking as well as appearing in Middle [...]
Posted in Cooking basics, Other on Jul 1st, 2011
Part one introduces my thoughts on why only whole spices should grace your pantry and parts two and three feature the beginnings of my essential spice list.
Part 4, is more spicy goodness. You will notice I have included galangal and ginger which are technically rhizomes so neither herb nor spice and also lemon grass. I [...]
Posted in Cooking basics, Other, thermomix on Jun 29th, 2011
Part one of this discussion introduces my thoughts on why only whole spices should grace your pantry and part two features the beginning of my essential spice list.
Part three is a continuation of the Kitchen Playground essential spice list.
from top, left to right, cloves, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, garlic
Cloves
Powerful little beast clove. They [...]
Posted in Cooking basics, Other on Jun 28th, 2011
So, we agreed in part one of my spice ramblings that whole spices are the key to increasing the flavour of our food. They are no more expensive, difficult to access or use. The only question remaining is which spices to keep on hand.
Now for the Kitchen Playground must have spice list:
from the top, left [...]
Posted in Budget, Cooking basics, Other, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces on May 28th, 2011
I love chilli and garlic oil. It’s brilliant to add a kick to cooking, dipping for dumplings, drizzling for soups. So many things taste better for a splash, drizzle or dunk of it.
Like so many things it’s also a breeze to make in the thermomix and even though I use it a lot, one batch [...]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Easter, Other on Apr 16th, 2009
The chez KP gang have just returned from our annual Easter camping trip. The preparation and the long drive always make me wonder if it is going to be worth the effort and yet it always is. The trick is, in my opinion, to do all the work before hand to allow for full scale [...]
I love this soap becuse it was primarily made from the fat of the Christmas ham we were given. The rest of the fats were other assorted leftover cooking fats. So frugal. Makes me happy.
Posted in Other on Jan 17th, 2009
Despite having a delicious, simple, budget friendly meal last night, I did not manage to blog. Instead, I accomplished something that has been lurking on my project list for quite some time. I made bunting, just in time for Lil Miss’ teddy bear’s picnic.
I came across the idea somewhere internety many moons ago and [...]
It’s only a month now until my baby first born leaves me to spend the majority of his waking hours at school. Yes I will bawl like a mama cow separated from her calf. I have pre-emptive separation anxiety. Son and Heir however, is bursting with excitement and already counting the sleeps, whilst telling anyone [...]
Posted in Other on Oct 13th, 2008
Son and Heir has been invited to a costume party. It’s his first real cstume party. Fairies and wizards don’t really count do they? The theme is to come dressed as your favourite TV or movie character.
Now Son and Heir does have a cheap Mexican knock-off Spiderman outfit in the dress up box but he’s [...]
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