Posts tagged with ‘Budget’

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Cheap and cheerful vegetarian feast

by Dani

This would easily serve 6 – 8. The accompaniments are essential, the rice and lentils alone would be far too bland. Besides, lots of little dishes on the table to help yourself from is always fun. Whilst there are lots of ingredients, it’s quite quick and easy to throw together. Adapted from a Charmaine Solomon […]

Chinese style lamb and tofu stew

by Dani

The old saying says that necessity is the mother of invention. Tonight at the Kitchen Playground, it was necessary to use up some leftover (homemade) tofu and some leftover roast lamb. The result was a simple and tasty little dish that would work just as well with uncooked lamb, just increase the cooking time slightly […]

Vegetable, Herb and Feta Cannelloni

by Dani

I’m such a creature of habit in my old age. Changes to my routine, particularly where food is concerned tend leave me a little disoriented. Having to complete a 24 hour training course at work in 2 days and one evening last weekend thoroughly discombobulated me. No farmers market! Fortunately I had stocked up as […]

Cut lunch from she is who too lazy to bake.

by Dani

When the Ankle Biters insist on rising at 4.30am and I have to spend three hours of the morning in the pool, I tend to run a little short of energy in the afternoon. Even more so when I cut the tip off my finger and bleed like a stuck pig for hours on end. […]

Eating out for under $8

by Dani

We did! It’s true. We ate out for under $8 for the 4 of us tonight. OK, so I’m being a little misleading. I packed dinner into the car fridge and cooked it on the free barbecue at a local park. It’s a beautiful autumn day in Melbourne. Sunny and warm, not too windy. Plus […]

Cheesy Eggplant Bake

by Dani

Kris of Cheap Healthy Good suggests that Cheesy Eggplant Bake is not a name that does the dish justice. I disagree. It’s a name that screams scrumptious, filling comfort food to me. I don’t need fancy names to be excited by a recipe. A promise of cheesy goodness will never fail. My variations to the […]

Warm vegetable salad with basil dressing

by Dani

Lately, on a fortnightly basis, I throw meal planning to the wind with reckless abandon and simply buy up enough seasonal fruit and vegetables to get me through the week. Then, on a daily basis I think of a way of combining the fresh fruit and vegetables with something from the freezer or pantry to […]

Pasties from leftovers

by Dani

Do you know what I love about not being typically Western in the way we eat meat? I love that 3 lonely lamb chops that didn’t get cooked at a barbecue the other day will easily make a meal for 4 of us. I also have half a dish of leftover vegetable gratin and some […]

Vegetable Gratin

by Dani

It was a coldish and wet day yesterday. Comfort food day. We’ve been having so many salads lately I really wanted a good old vegetable fest. Vegetable Gratin 2 carrots, thinly sliced 1 sweet potato, thinly sliced big chunk pumpkin, thinly sliced 3 potatoes, thinly sliced bunch asparagus, woody ends removed and cut into 1 […]

Holiday Day Nine

by Dani

Day Nine in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning. Today is all about cleaning out the fridge, using everything up and making sure we have snacks for the car. We’re leaving early tomorrow morning to drive home. I miss my dog, my thermomix and my sewing machine but with the exception of Bronte, […]