I made a baked risotto with pumpkin, cauliflower and fennel the other night. I found the leftovers this morning. Which was fortunate because I needed to leave lunch for Lil Miss and the Bread Winner. Son and Heir and I were off to a birthday party. Press mounds of risotto firmly in to a greased […]
Do you know what I love about not being typically Western in the way we eat meat? I love that 3 lonely lamb chops that didn’t get cooked at a barbecue the other day will easily make a meal for 4 of us. I also have half a dish of leftover vegetable gratin and some […]
Every time I open the fridge lately I see more leftovers dictating my life. I thought I’d cleared it this morning but a half eaten tin of baked beans just waved at me. I have no idea where that came from. Hmm, must be the Bread Winner at work. All’s well that doesn’t get wasted […]
I adapted this one from a recipe in the Australian Gourmet Traveller Annual Cook book that snuck it’s way into my shopping trolley recently. Leave yourself about an 1 1/2 hours to whip this little number up. Gosh it was good. Double Baked Leftover Roast Vegetable Souffle 100g butter plus more for greasing 1 small […]
Or kinder, or work, or creche, or whatever else requires you to start wracking your brains about packing lunches. Lunch is my least liked meal of the day. I don’t heart thinking about it. I try and avoid thinking about it by having a checklist of ideas floating around the kitchen. I thought I’d share […]
Day Four in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning. We actually had a meal today that I didn’t cook so don’t expect a recipe for lunch! It was delicious. Probably a tad to much chilli though. I like it hot but it killed the actual flavour of the laksa. We ate in the […]
Day Three in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning. I had to do a small shopping top up last night, I bought more bread, eggs, rocket and a massive bunch of coriander. Most of which is already gone. I’m going to have to hit the supermarket again in the next day or so. […]
The fridge is starting to look really bare now. The vegetable bins are actually empty. Gosh, that was possibly premature, I still have 1 or 2 more dinners to cook. Oh well, surely I have something in the freezer, that’s still pretty full. This one is Vietnamese by inspiration and was a genuine 10 minute […]
Absolute serendipity once again. A beautifully harmonious blend of things left in the fridge. Made in the thermomix. Could be made almost as quickly using a food processor to chopa nd a saucepan to cook. Messier though. Love my thermomix. Carrot, Chickpea and Ginger Soup 1 salad onion 1 shallot 3 cloves garlic 6 carrots, […]
A simple meal tonight by request of First Born. Baked potatoes. I popped a bunch of desirees in the oven (180 degrees) before wandering off to a friend’s for a cuppa. Pricked them with a fork and sprayed them with olive oil first. When we got home I sliced some free range bacon and mushrooms […]