The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Budget, Garden, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Vegetarian, thermomix on Oct 11th, 2008
I don’t know if I am just uber passionate about my food loves or that I can’t grow enough of anything to give a glut large enough to actually make me sick of certain foods. Or maybe a little of both.
I let the last batch of asparagus run wild rather than eat it with great […]
Posted in Budget, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, Vegetarian, thermomix on Oct 7th, 2008
Dinner tonight was eerily like dinner last night. But not. Last night was steamed vegetables on noodles with haloumi. Tonight was steamed vegetables on noodles with tahini dressing. Despite the ingredients being much the same, the flavour was vastly different. I love the versatility of the simplest vegetarian meals. In fact, had I any tamari, […]
Once the weather warms up, the Ankle Biters consume vast quantities of watermelon. Both in chunks and whizzed up in the thermomix and frozen as icy poles. They can’t get enough of the stuff.
photo by kurisurokku, some rights reserved
Growing up I read and reread the ‘Little House’ books and ‘Farmer Boy’ by Laura Ingalls Wilder. […]
My recent mastery of bread baking has led to an outpouring of pane toscane, pain de campagne, ciabatta and baguettes. Which has of course been lovely but there’s been nary a whole grain in sight. The odd seeded spelt baton notwithstanding. So I decided to fiddle around with my pane toscane recipe this morning and […]
Posted in Budget, Vegetarian, thermomix on Oct 2nd, 2008
I love it when the state of the garden dictates our meal choices. Today simply had to be about silver beet (swiss chard).
photo by MG Shelton, some rights reserved
I rather fancied quesadillas. Much as I love my usual masa harina tortilla recipe, I felt like something more malleable. I still wanted to retain the corn […]
Posted in Baking, Budget, Carnivorous, Dessert, Salads & Vegetables, thermomix on Sep 30th, 2008
I’m fairly sure mine is different every time I make it. It’s the most wonderful meal in a bowl. The dressing for tonight’s version was inspired by Jane Lawson’s Tossed’. The love affair continues.
As the Bread Winner waltzed out the door tonight he threw a final comment at me, “W’s coming over tonight”. The man […]
Posted in Baking, Budget, Light Meals, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Salads & Vegetables, Seafood, Starters & Snacks, Vegetarian, thermomix on Sep 22nd, 2008
I deserted this little bloglet over the weekend in favour of particpating in real life. It happens sometimes.
On Saturday night, I gussied up, deserted Ankle Biter and the Bread Winner and headed out to a friend’s 40th. Fun, fun, fun! Bubbles, red wine, lots of lovely party food and greta conversation. Not to mention the […]
Posted in Budget, Light Meals, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Poultry, Salads & Vegetables, thermomix on Sep 19th, 2008
It’s a proud day at Chez KP. Son and Heir manged to ride his bicycle all the way to (and from) his swimming lesson. Which is of course where I work. So post-school holidays, I won’t have to drive to work on Wednesdays anymore. Because Son and Heir comes with me on Wednesdays.
photo by Edu-Tourist, […]
Father’s Day didn’t start so well here at Chez KP. First problem, was of course the absence of the Bread WInner. second problem was Son and Heir destroying my knitting at 5.30am. Which I didn’t discover until 6.30 when I decided to start yelling at the Ankle Biters whilst in the same room as them, […]
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 […]
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