Mushroom and Brown Rice Casserole Adapted from Family Circle Fast Vegetarian, Murdoch Books, NSW 1998 3 – 4 slices bread olive oil 1 onions, chopped 325g mushrooms, chopped 440g can tomatoes 2 teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon marjoram 1 teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoon sage ½ teaspoon muscovado 2 cups cooked brown rice 1/3 cup chicken or […]
When Bob was handing out taste buds and palates and the like, my Dad was curiously absent. Which makes dinner challenging when he comes to visit. It’s a question of balance. Something that Dad will eat and something that won’t make the rest of us actually die of palate induced ennui. That’s a real disease, […]
Eggplant, Zucchini and Rice Bake 1 eggplant, sliced 1 zucchini, sliced lengthways olive oil 1 1/2 cups cooked rice 400g tin tomatoes and sliced olives thinly sliced or grated cheese. Sprinkle eggplant with salt. Leave for 10 minutes. Wash and pat dry. Char grill eggplant and zucchini slices. Grease a casserole dish and layer the […]
I whipped these up this afternoon when I realised I still had a lot of carrots left and no baked goods in the freezer. The Ankle Biters proclaim them to be delicious. Rat Girl AKA Lil Miss has made little finger holes in several of them. Bummer she can reach the kitchen bench now. Carrot […]
A conversation. Me: You know you’re dying of nothing more than patheticness don’t you? BW: Don’t cry for me, I’m already dead. Yep, man flu. It’s highly symptomatic, lingering, debilitating and potentially fatal. Or so the Bread Winner would have you believe. Me, I like to call it a well deserved head cold developed after […]
I know that the inhabitants of Chez KP, with the exception of myself, are not fans of cabbage and similar beasts. Today, I ceased to care. If I have to inhale germs from other people’s ankle biters, I will stuff myself full of green goodness if I choose. As no one else at Chez KP […]
Did someone say minestrone? Actually Son and Heir has been begging me to make “pasta soup” for a couple of weeks now. This week is the week. I have no intention of us eating it until the end of the week but I like to make it when the vegetables are market fresh. Not only […]
Sunday night at Chez KP featured the Bread Winner’s favourite cuisine, Mexican. Chimichangas to be precise, courtesy of A Year in CrockPotting. The Bread Winner was muchly pleased. I used about half the meat and one 400g tin of tomatoes and it was enough for the four of us. I made my own tortillas with […]
Tonight we are eating Hainan chicken and rice. I made all three sauces to go with it. Sadly I have no cilantro, nor do I have enough cucumber left to garnish. Steamed broccoli with a dash of oyster sauce will do nicely as a side dish. The cost of tonight’s meal? I bought the chicken […]
It really helps the budget when you get free food sent to you. Tonight’s meal featured a 150g packet of hazelnut meal that I was sent (along with a couple of others) as a ‘gesture of good will’ as I had emailed the company who sells it to report that a packet I had bought […]