The Kitchen Playground

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Here we all are back at Chez KP safe and sound. The Bread Winner and I had a lovely weekend of togetherness in Sydney and the Ankle Biters had a terrific time being spoilt by their grandparents. I’m pleased to report that Son and Heir missed me. It’s nice to feel loved. Lil Miss, on [...]

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I’m not looking forward to the day when my Ankle Biters learn to speak properly. Such a large source of amusement will be gone forever. The Bread Winner took the AB’s out to a cafe this afternoon to guzzle beer catch up with a friend and give me some rest. He’s a man in a [...]

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This is a great way of getting lots of vegies serves into the family with minimum complaints. Good anti-cancer vegetables that practically everyone needs to eat more of too. You could leave the chicken out if you are vegetarian, I’d probably add another leek in that case.

Chicken, broccoli and cauliflower soup
1 free range or organic [...]

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I had intended to a plain old oven baked pumpkin risotto tonight which is yummy and easy to throw together but I needed more flavour in my life. In thinking of what vegetable I had that would combine well with pumpkin, I remembered a recipe I’ve been dying to try for ages and a [...]

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