The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Budget, Leftovers, Light Meals, Vegetarian on Oct 12th, 2008
Today was 30 degrees. That’s 86 if you speak Farenheit. It’s going to be a long hot summer.
Which prompted me to make a summery meal. Well that and the fact that I had nothing planned, some scraps that needed using, lunches to make, no bread and not a lot of time on my hands. Want […]
Posted in Budget, Garden, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Vegetarian, thermomix on Oct 11th, 2008
I don’t know if I am just uber passionate about my food loves or that I can’t grow enough of anything to give a glut large enough to actually make me sick of certain foods. Or maybe a little of both.
I let the last batch of asparagus run wild rather than eat it with great […]
Posted in Budget, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, Vegetarian, thermomix on Oct 7th, 2008
Dinner tonight was eerily like dinner last night. But not. Last night was steamed vegetables on noodles with haloumi. Tonight was steamed vegetables on noodles with tahini dressing. Despite the ingredients being much the same, the flavour was vastly different. I love the versatility of the simplest vegetarian meals. In fact, had I any tamari, […]
Posted in Budget, Vegetarian, thermomix on Oct 2nd, 2008
I love it when the state of the garden dictates our meal choices. Today simply had to be about silver beet (swiss chard).
photo by MG Shelton, some rights reserved
I rather fancied quesadillas. Much as I love my usual masa harina tortilla recipe, I felt like something more malleable. I still wanted to retain the corn […]
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Vegetarian on Sep 28th, 2008
In my noodlings ’round the net yesterday, I found a picture. I think it was on flickr. It was a breakfast from The Commoner, which I believe is a Melbourne cafe. It tickled my fancy so I thought I’d replicate it for breakfast this morning.
Panfried Gingerbread with Caramelised Banana and Honeyed Yoghurt.
I made the gingerbread […]
Posted in Budget, Salads & Vegetables, Vegetarian on Sep 26th, 2008
We like to mix things up a little round here. So I took a salad, added some grated cheese, sour cream and freshly made corn tortillas. Yum. Although perhaps serving beans for both lunch and dinner was overkill. Maybe we should stay out of the public arena for awhile.
Southwestern Black Bean Salad
from Tossed, Jane Lawson
3/4 […]
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 that […]
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 cup green lentils
2 cups […]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Budget, Vegetarian on Sep 9th, 2008
Its true. Pizza actually saves lives. It’s saved multiple lives at Chez KP today.
First and foremost, it’s saved my life. With the gardening fenzy I embarked on and the destruction frenzy Lil Miss embarked on today, any more dinner preparation than pulling some dough out of the freezer and throwing toppings at it when it […]
Posted in Baking, Carnivorous, Christmas, Dessert, Party Food, Poultry, Salads & Vegetables, Sauces, Seafood, Soup, Starters & Snacks, Vegetarian, thermomix on Aug 27th, 2008
Its been a while coming but here are the recipes from our recent dinner party.
chorizo in potatoes
I read about these in a Gourmet Traveller whilst sitting in a cafe in Sydney recently. I didn’t copy the recipe but it’s pretty simple so I probably did the same thing as the original recipe specified.
2 chorizo
1 large […]
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