The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Baking, Budget, Dessert, thermomix on Nov 23rd, 2009
I’m going through one of my frenzies of cleaning out the fridge and pantry. Every now and again I seem to get a build up of obscure ingredients and just before Christmas when I’m trying to save money is a great time to use them all up. Not only does it tidy up the cupboards [...]
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.
I [...]
En route to Son and Heir’s school, we ride past a fence with an overhanging fig tree. Surely we all know by now how much I love figs. It is possible, that enough time has been factored into our morning ride to raid the half of the tree overhanging public space.
As well as gracing our [...]
Posted in Baking, Budget, Carnivorous, Dessert, Salads & Vegetables, thermomix on Sep 30th, 2008
I’m fairly sure mine is different every time I make it. It’s the most wonderful meal in a bowl. The dressing for tonight’s version was inspired by Jane Lawson’s Tossed’. The love affair continues.
As the Bread Winner waltzed out the door tonight he threw a final comment at me, “W’s coming over tonight”. The man [...]
Posted in Dessert on Sep 23rd, 2008
Sometimes, an odd scrap of leftovers leads me in an unusual direction. Today was one of those days. It all began with 6 sheets of leftover spring roll wrapper. I’ll tell you in advance, the gamble paid off. Dessert was delicious.
Strawberry, chocolate and camembert dessert rolls.
makes 4, I only made three because that’s how many [...]
Father’s Day didn’t start so well here at Chez KP. First problem, was of course the absence of the Bread WInner. second problem was Son and Heir destroying my knitting at 5.30am. Which I didn’t discover until 6.30 when I decided to start yelling at the Ankle Biters whilst in the same room as them, [...]
Conjunctivitis has confined us to quarters. I lost my tiny little mind last night and threatened the Ankle Biters with mutilation politely asked the Ankle Biters to clean up their mess. It’s too wet to garden. All in all we’re having a slow and lazy Sunday morning. Which is nice.
We’ve been on a pancake frenzy [...]
Posted in Dessert on Jun 26th, 2008
I found some stewed apple and rhubarb lurking in the freezer, I had half a large punnet of strawberries in the fridge. I had 50g of organic dark chocolate in the pantry. Inspiration struck.
Rhubarb and Strawberry Chocolate Crumble
300g stewed rhubarb and apple (or just rhubarb)
300g sliced strawberries
50g grated fair trade dark chocolate
1/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons [...]
Posted in Ankle Biter Cooking, Dessert, Vegetarian, thermomix on Jun 8th, 2008
Son and Heir loves to cook with me. Best of all, he’s actually old and coordinated enough to be useful these days. He even has his own ‘kiddie kutter’, an Ankle Biter safe knife that he uses with great pride (check the ad on on the side if you’re interested). Lil Miss and the Bread [...]
Posted in Ankle Biter Cooking, Budget, Carnivorous, Dessert, Pasta, Noodles & Rice on May 11th, 2008
When Bob was handing out taste buds and palates and the like, my Dad was curiously absent. Which makes dinner challenging when he comes to visit. It’s a question of balance. Something that Dad will eat and something that won’t make the rest of us actually die of palate induced ennui. That’s a real disease, [...]
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