The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in 10 minute meals, Budget, Dessert, Light Meals, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Soup, Vegetarian, thermomix on Nov 1st, 2008
Market day makes me want to stuff as much of that freshly picked vegetable goodness into my gob as humanly possible in one day. As each day of the week passes by, they are that little bit less fresh, that little bit less nutritious. Always good until the end though.
This morning, I got caught up [...]
Posted in Carnivorous, Dessert, Leftovers, Salads & Vegetables, thermomix on Jul 5th, 2008
It was three degrees here this morning and I’m a summer person. So the last thing I felt like doing at 8am was heading out to the farmer’s market. Yet what is more appealing in cold weather than food? Hearty, warming comfort food. Does one stay home in the warm, or venture out and procure [...]
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 [...]
I have identified another luxury item in last week’s shopping that could have been avoided and saved me another $4. Rhubarb. But I’m glad I splurged. Because I made Rhubarb Champagne.
I used cider vinegar instead of white vinegar. Instead of sugar, I used 2 cups of dark muscavado and 1.5 cups of light muscavado. It [...]
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