The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Budget, Soup, Vegetarian, thermomix 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, Vegetarian, thermomix 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 [...]
Posted in Budget, Soup, Vegetarian, thermomix on Jun 1st, 2009
So much for swine flu, there’s a head cold doing the rounds of Melbourne which is intensely irritating. It’s swept though chez KP leaving a trail of snot and grumpiness behind it. I decided to chase it away tonight with a very vegetable soup. I made it in the thermomix but it could easily be [...]
Posted in Budget, Dessert, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Vegetarian, thermomix on May 24th, 2009
A few people have asked me lately if I’ve quit blogging. Which is a fair question. No I haven’t. I just lost my blogging mojo, got out of the routine and have struggled to slot it back into my daily tasks. In fact daily is really just asking too much these days but I would [...]
Posted in Budget, Vegetarian, thermomix on Mar 4th, 2009
By the end of every season, the food and flavours of the incoming season are so appealing. Some cooler days in Melbourne have given way to Autumnal flavours. Last night, we had a cauliflower and date curry served on a Tunisian pilaf. Recipe from the thermomix blog. Delicious, budget friendy quick and easy. All boxes [...]
Posted in Budget, Vegetarian on Feb 23rd, 2009
Maybe it’s end of season ennui or perhaps an effect of the strange summer we have had down here in Victoria on growing, but I just couldn’t wrap my mind around what vegetables to buy this week. I managed to make a decision after a full lap and a half of the market and returned [...]
Posted in Budget, Salads & Vegetables, Vegetarian on Feb 13th, 2009
There is a blood red sun setting over Melbourne this evening. The day has been smoky and the light eerie. Running this evening made me feel like an emphysema sufferer, the smoke haze is thick enough to be worrisome for those with respiratory diseases.
On a more cheerful note, we had another great dish for using [...]
Posted in Budget, Vegetarian on Feb 12th, 2009
Temperatures have been more than 20 degrees cooler this week in Melbourne than it was on Saturday. Which has brought about some difference in meals. We rely did get a little tired of salad variations. Yesterday I decided to soak some beans in preparation for tonight. Kidney beans were first to hand, bringing with them [...]
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized, Vegetarian on Jan 25th, 2009
This week’s slow food market yielded a lovely little collection of eggplants. A handful of different varieties and colours that I simply could not walk past. Nor could I wait to eat them. They were required market evening eating.
I had been eyeing off a recipe for eggplant and red miso for some time. It was [...]
Posted in Budget, Leftovers, Light Meals, Lunch, Starters & Snacks, Vegetarian, thermomix on Jan 25th, 2009
I’m sick of boston baked beans, nice though they are and the whole ham hock thing presents problems of ethical procurement that I just can’t be bothered dealing with. So imagine my delight at the concept of ham hockless Greek style baked beans. I used this recipe as my base and fiddled the amounts which [...]
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