The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Baking, Budget, Light Meals, Salads & Vegetables, Uncategorized, Vegetarian on Aug 21st, 2008
Every night this week I’ve had all the good posting intentions in the world. Life keeps getting in the way though in one form or another. Today has been no different. I will however assuage my non-posting guilt with a series of random images of things we have been eating this week.
Son and Heir has […]
Posted in Pasta, Noodles & Rice on Jun 30th, 2008
Oh my heavens I love cheese. Bugger chocolate (nice though it can be), I’ll take cheese any day. So for a cold winter evening, I made this combination of cheeses with some pasta, pumpkin and sage thrown in to flesh it out.
Tortellini with Pumpkin, sage and three cheese sauce
adapted from yet another Super Food Ideas […]
Seriously, at least 4kg. I’m sure that’s the weight of the stress I was carrying in regards to finding a school for Son and Heir. I found out that he definitely has a place at a school I’m happy with. Which is not to say that is where he will go, it will depend on […]
Posted in Budget, Light Meals, Vegetarian on Jun 5th, 2008
Admittedly it wasn’t such a hit with the Ankle Biters this time but my friend Cath and I were mightily impressed. I roasted the pumpkin the day before when I was cooking dinner which made them really quick and easy to whip up too. Budget too, perfect!
Pumpkin, Walnut and Feta Scrolls
adapted from Super Food Ideas
1.2kg […]
Posted in Budget, Vegetarian on Jun 1st, 2008
Of course I always find pumpkin appetising but Son and Heir and the Bread Winner tend to disagree. Not tonight it seems. I fancied a bit of a Sunday roast tonight but didn’t feel like the whole meat thing. So I went with this little nut roast number which was a huge success. Great budget […]
Posted in Lunch, Salads & Vegetables, Vegetarian on Jan 10th, 2008
Yesterday I knew two things about today. Firstly that I was going to Mt Martha which is an hour and a half drive each way. Secondly that it was going to be 41 degrees. Both of those things meant that I was not going to have the time to cook and that it would be […]
Posted in Budget, Salads & Vegetables on Dec 13th, 2007
This is not a salad to eat if you are on a diet!
Pumpkin, Bacon and Blue Cheese Salad with Hazelnuts
1 large piece of pumpkin cut into small cubes
150g Danish blue cheese, cut into small cubes
4 rashers free range bacon
1/4 cup hazelnuts
baby spinach leaves
olive oil
white balsamic vinegar
1 clove garlic finely chopped
Oven roast pumpkin, drizzled with olive […]
Posted in Vegetarian on Nov 5th, 2007
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 […]
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous, Leftovers, Pasta, Noodles & Rice on Oct 12th, 2007
I’m starting to get some order into the freezer. I can actually see the back of the top shelf! I found some leftover leftover roast lamb soup lurking in there. That’s a fabulous recipe from Nourishing Traditions. One of those dishes that isn’t massive on flavour but extreme on hearty. Anyway, it was an odd […]
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