Posts by Dani

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A summer’s day in mid-spring and a spring vegetable quiche

by Dani

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.  […]

Cooking with Son and Heir’s Peeps…silverbeet and cheese scones

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One of the many things I love about Son and Heir’s kinder is the little vegie patch. Over the school holidays, the silverbeet grew to maturity. So this afternoon, Lil Miss and I joined the kinder kids to harvest and cook some of it. Each of the children picked a leaf and then we headed […]

In which pasta and tahini befriend one another

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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, […]

Waste not want not…watermelon rind pickles

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Once the weather warms up, the Ankle Biters consume vast quantities of watermelon. Both in chunks and whizzed up in the thermomix and frozen as icy poles. They can’t get enough of the stuff. photo by kurisurokku, some rights reserved Growing up I read and reread the ‘Little House’ books and ‘Farmer Boy’ by Laura […]

Pane toscane turns spelt

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My recent mastery of bread baking has led to an outpouring of pane toscane, pain de campagne, ciabatta and baguettes. Which has of course been lovely but there’s been nary a whole grain in sight. The odd seeded spelt baton notwithstanding. So I decided to fiddle around with my pane toscane recipe this morning and […]

Silverbeet and cheese quesadillas. Home grown goodness.

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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 […]

Mayonnaise and fish

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Pan fried snapper was on the menu at Chez KP tonight. I love fish. I could eat a lot more fish than we actually do…and we generally eat it at least twice a week. I rather fancied a mayonnaise sauce with it but not as heavy as my mayonnaise. I came up with a lighter, […]

How many variations can we have on a Thai beef salad?

by Dani

I’m fairly sure mine is different every time I make it. It’s the most wonderful meal in a bowl. The dressing for tonight’s version was inspired by Jane Lawson’s Tossed’. The love affair continues. As the Bread Winner waltzed out the door tonight he threw a final comment at me, “W’s coming over tonight”. The […]