The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
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 [...]
Posted in Budget, Leftovers, Light Meals, Lunch, Starters & Snacks, thermomix, Vegetarian 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 [...]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Ankle Biter Cooking, Baking, Budget, Carnivorous, Leftovers, Light Meals, Lunch, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Poultry, Salads & Vegetables, Soup, Starters & Snacks, stockpiling, thermomix, Vegetarian on Jan 25th, 2009
We have one more week here until Son and Heir is released into the wilds of the school ground. At the same time, Lil Miss is back at creche and I am back at work. It’s going to be busier than ever for our little family this year. In my usual obsessive way, I am [...]
Posted in Budget, Salads & Vegetables, Vegetarian on Jan 14th, 2009
Dinner invented itself as i was staring at the vegetable tray of the fridge tonight. I saw several summer vegetables that just begged to be chargrilled. I had no meat defrosted or beans soaked so lentils were an obvious choice. I wouldn’t go so far as to say this is an actual recipe. More just [...]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Budget, Garden, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Preserves, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, thermomix, Vegetarian on Jan 3rd, 2009
What could be more satisfying, frustrating, and completely fulfilling as a day spent between vegetable patch and preserving? I’m sure the majority could think of lot’s of things but I’m know I’m not alone in thinking it nigh on the perfect day. From an early trip to the farmer’s market, I launched straight into bottling [...]
Posted in Garden, Vegetarian on Dec 19th, 2008
It’s official. Everyone here at chez KP, including me, is sick to death of silverbeet. It’s going to seed fairly rapidly now. I’ll be cutting the rest down this weekend, blanching and freezing for when we can face it again. I don’t like the way the stalks freeze so they will be chopped up and [...]
Posted in Budget, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Slow cooker/crock pot, Vegetarian on Dec 19th, 2008
Melbourne is a crazy town. Early spring was hot and dry. Early summer, cold and wet. Much as I prefer the heat, it’s much cheerier to embrace what you’ve got rather than pine for what you lack. So I whipped up a comforting, super cheap, super easy slow cooker beans and rice dinner. Hearty and [...]
Posted in Budget, Salads & Vegetables, thermomix, Vegetarian on Dec 15th, 2008
The Bread Winner is one clever due. Now with 100% more images! I actually wrote this post yesterday. I couldn’t post it though because upgrading wordpress almost killed my entire blog. The Bread Winner has managed to get the blog back and I exist as a user once more, which is nice. Now the only [...]
Posted in Budget, Garden, Leftovers, Light Meals, Vegetarian on Dec 10th, 2008
One word. Fritters. Working last weekend thrwe my week into complete havoc. Not being able to get to the farmer’s market meant going to a green grocers on Thursday after the supermarket. Aside from the horridness of the greengrocer when I am used to the greengrocers, I’ve had to stretch my fruit and vegetables further [...]
Posted in Budget, Leftovers, Vegetarian on Dec 3rd, 2008
Good old December knows how to throw her weight aound doesn’t she? Its only the third and my schedule is in complete disarray. So much so in fact that the entire concet of dinner did not enter my mind until after 4pm this afternoon. We generally eat at 5 (Anke Biter time) so this was [...]
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