The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Ankle Biter Cooking, Budget, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, thermomix, Vegetarian on Nov 22nd, 2009
Being Sunday, it’s First Born’s turn to cook. Tonight, he has whipped up a broad bean and feta risotto in the thermomix. I can’t say it often enough, the thermomix is absolutely brilliant for teaching children to cook. The risotto was fantastic and First Born was very proud of himself. As well he should be. [...]
Posted in Budget, Light Meals, Salads & Vegetables, Seafood, thermomix on Nov 19th, 2009
The end of spring in Melbourne has been scorchingly hot. Which I am absolutely relishing. I love both the warmth and the complete transformation of our meals into the wonderful world of salads. We’ve had this one twice since I first threw it together a week ago, the second time with the addition of some [...]
Posted in Light Meals, Sauces, Seafood, thermomix on Oct 19th, 2009
The onset of spring has brought about a craving for light but filling meals here at chez KP. As the weather has been relatively cool, salads haven’t made much of an inroad to our table, instead, the varoma has been getting quite the workout. Fish and steamed vegetables, with or without rice has become a [...]
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous, Dessert, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Soup, thermomix on Aug 8th, 2009
At the very start of winter, I made a massive big pot of minestrone, or what passes for it in this house, I don’t stick to a traditional recipe. This week, we finished it. So today I made another pot. When I say massive, I am referring to my industrial size stock pot, the capacity [...]
Posted in Budget, Dessert, Garden, Leftovers, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, Seafood, thermomix, Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2009
Sometimes, the simplest of meals receives the highest accolades. Tonight was one of those nights. Some simple little prawn and potato patties made from $3 of prawns and 3 potatoes with a simple lemon chive sauce and a mound of steamed vegetables. The family feed for just under $6 and the plates licked clean. There [...]
Posted in Budget, Soup, thermomix, Vegetarian on Jul 8th, 2009
This soup is a ‘Nana from the depression era’ soup. Incredibly simple and cheap to make with more flavour than the ingredients would suggest. It’s a good one for fussy kids too. Unless you’ve got one of those spoiled, expensive menfolk who insist on a slab of meat at each meal, this makes a hearty [...]
Posted in Baking, Budget, Soup, thermomix, Vegetarian on Jul 3rd, 2009
It’s school holidays here at the moment. Glorious school holidays. Today, the Ankle Biters had some friends over and I got to enjoy the adult company of their respective mothers. One of the mums has coeliac disease so I took the easy way and made soup for the grown up lunch. The tricky part was [...]
The Bread Winner is a dessert lover. Which is unfortunate for him because I am not much of a dessert maker. Not something I grew up with so not something that often occurs to me to make. On the bright side, he does love a crumble and they are super quick and easy to make. [...]
Posted in Baking, Carnivorous, Dessert, Poultry, Slow cooker/crock pot, thermomix on Jun 14th, 2009
A while back I compiled a document full of slow cooker recipes from a variety of sources. Unfortunately, I didn’t note the original sources. Which was not very bright of me. I think they largely came from cooking forums. Tonight’s meal was an adaptation of one of those recipes and it is absolutely superb. We [...]
Posted in Ankle Biter Cooking, Baking, Carnivorous, Cooking basics, Dessert, Slow cooker/crock pot, Soup, thermomix on Jun 3rd, 2009
Poor old First Born has one of the myriad of lurgies floating around Melbourne and took today off school. He still felt up to his regular cooking night and decided to use the extra time wisely. He made two courses. First on the menu was chicken noodle soup. In true Kitchen Playground fashion, I’m teaching [...]
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