The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Salads & Vegetables, Soup, Vegetarian on May 20th, 2008
Feel free to point and laugh at the Bread Winner if you see him. Because of course it’s terribly mature to point and laugh at people with the GDP of a medium African nations worth of metal on their teeth. He informed when he got back from signing our retirement away the orthodontist that some [...]
Posted in Soup, Vegetarian on May 17th, 2008
I’m not looking forward to the day when my Ankle Biters learn to speak properly. Such a large source of amusement will be gone forever. The Bread Winner took the AB’s out to a cafe this afternoon to guzzle beer catch up with a friend and give me some rest. He’s a man in a [...]
Posted in Budget, Soup, Vegetarian on Apr 28th, 2008
Did someone say minestrone? Actually Son and Heir has been begging me to make “pasta soup” for a couple of weeks now. This week is the week. I have no intention of us eating it until the end of the week but I like to make it when the vegetables are market fresh. Not [...]
Posted in Baking, Carnivorous, Dessert, Preserves, Soup, thermomix on Apr 26th, 2008
Bulk buying fresh food means lot’s of cooking when you get home. Particularly when the Bread Winner has not made lunch for the Ankle Biters and dinner also needs to be prepared.
So, today the Kitchen Playground produced leftover coriander pesto burger and cheese in sandwiches for lunch. Adzuki bean soup with cheese and thyme scones [...]
Posted in Leftovers, Poultry, Soup, thermomix on Apr 16th, 2008
Left over pho noodles. Mmm, something long soup like. Leftover wonton wrappers. Mmm, something short soup like. Or both together.
That’s pretty much how my brain works. And reckless abandon week seems to be having more than it’s fair share at the moment. Which is cool.
So, fish stock from the freezer, a couple of tablespoons of [...]
How it warms my heart. I practically nailed the stock this weekend too. Not perfect but a 99.5 as judged by the Bread Winner. I blame the lack of licorice root which I couldn’t get for love nor money. Despite wild wind storms and days of lost power, I manged to finally get to the [...]
Posted in Carnivorous, Dessert, Soup, thermomix on Apr 7th, 2008
Today, it’s the Bread Winner and my anniversary. Our wedding anniversary that is. We celebrate both our wedding anniversary and our original anniversary. Because we can and because it seems kind of strange to discount the years we were shacked up before we decided to go all traditional.
Anyway, organising a baby sitter and a night [...]
This is a great way of getting lots of vegies serves into the family with minimum complaints. Good anti-cancer vegetables that practically everyone needs to eat more of too. You could leave the chicken out if you are vegetarian, I’d probably add another leek in that case.
Chicken, broccoli and cauliflower soup
1 free range or organic [...]
It’s uncharacteristically cold and wet here today. Most un-February like. Plus the entire family is suffering from a rotten cold. I loathe summer colds. They’re anachronisms to my mind.
Good weather for soup though which is nice as I’m still trying to clear out the freezer. Poor thing is crying out for a defrost. I lust [...]
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, roughly chopped
1 1/2 cups chickpeas, [...]
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