The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Carnivorous, Pasta, Noodles & Rice on Mar 9th, 2009
Due to ongoing time constraints, its another quick linky post from me tonight. I adapted this recipe with the only changes being oyster sauce for bean paste and beef mince for pork. Simply because that was what we had in the house. Served over steamed rice it was a tasty treat.
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, Light Meals, Salads & Vegetables, Vegetarian on Sep 25th, 2008
Parental brag first. So and Heir rode over 10km today in two separate stetches. LIttle champ. I bet he sleeps well tonight. The way home was harder than the way there but he made it! Now that’s out of the way, let’s move on to food shall we? You may not be surprised to hear [...]
Posted in Budget, Salads & Vegetables, Vegetarian on Sep 18th, 2008
It may not be as warm as I would like just yet but salads can still be just right. They just need a bit of warmth to them. I served this with freshly baked pain de campagne. A perfect combination. Eggplant and Lentil Salad adapted from Tossed by Jane Lawson 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 [...]
Posted in Budget, Vegetarian on May 8th, 2008
The themes of today. Lingering man flu. The Bread Winner dragged his carcass through the front door tonight requesting a special cup of tea for a very, super, extremely, stingy sore throat. Poor baby. I dosed him up on a mixture of mint, peppermint, ginger, lemon and honey. That shut him up soothed him. Loitering [...]
Posted in Vegetarian on Apr 17th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in thermomix, Vegetarian on Apr 9th, 2008
I was just loving the thought of this afternoon. Lot’s of kitchen pottering to do. Dinner to make, lunches to prepare for tomorrow, yoghurt cheese, goats milk yoghurt to make, bread to bake, kombucha to brew. So much fun to be had. One thing I didn’t factor in though…fighting Ankle Biters. I swear the little [...]
Posted in Carnivorous on Nov 18th, 2007
This is a lovely spring dish but it would be lovely in winter too. I used the lovely long thin asian eggplants. I find they don’t have the bitterness of the big egg shaped eggplants so don’t need to be salted before cooking. I was considering making a straight eggplant and olive caponata to go [...]
The Kitchen Playground
The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
563 Posts and 1,592 Comments.
