Posted in Ankle Biter Cooking, Budget, Carnivorous, Food Challenge, Leftovers, Light Meals, Lunch, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, Seafood, Soup, thermomix on Jan 31st, 2010
Ahh Vietnamese food. It never fails to delight. Never. Every dish was hungrily gobbled and loudly praised this evening.
The soup was magical. My love for pho is not unknown but I simply did not have the time to make the stock. I’ve found my quick substitute soup. The beef and Vietnamese coriander soup is light, [...]
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Posted in Budget, Carnivorous, thermomix on Jul 18th, 2008
Whilst conducting some research for tonight’s dinner, I discovered that one should NEVER check the meaning of steaming sausage in urban dictionary. Really. Never. Just trust me on this one OK?
Friday night I don’t dig cooking. Friday is cleaning day at Chez KP and often supermarket day as well. Plus swimming lesson day just to [...]
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Posted in Budget, Leftovers on Dec 18th, 2007
OK so we know that Vietnamese food is my favourite. Real, authentic Vietnamese food. Tonight though, I have proven the incredible perfection of Vietnamese flavour combinations. I threw a few things together and ended up writhing in culinary ecstasy. How does one cuisine manage to get it so damn right? Admittedly the Ankle Biters were [...]
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Posted in Sauces, Seafood on Nov 27th, 2007
OK, maybe not the exact, precise, traditional beurre blanc but it’s the way I threw it together and served it over lovely firm white fish fillets with a green salad. Lovely hot night dinner.
Thermomix Beurre Blanc Style Sauce Over Fish
4 firm white fish fillets.
40g butter
2 cloves garlic
2 shallots
1/3 cup fish stock
1/2 cup wine (I used [...]
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