We did! It’s true. We ate out for under $8 for the 4 of us tonight. OK, so I’m being a little misleading. I packed dinner into the car fridge and cooked it on the free barbecue at a local park. It’s a beautiful autumn day in Melbourne. Sunny and warm, not too windy. Plus […]
Seafood and yoghurt cheese ravioli with mushroom sauce. 250g good quality marinara mix yoghurt cheese 300g flour 3 eggs 10ml olive oil For the Sauce: 8 or so mushrooms 2 cloves garlic 2 anchovies dob of butter dash cream grated parmesan Combine flour, eggs and oil and knead well. In the thermomix, combine for 5 […]
Lately, on a fortnightly basis, I throw meal planning to the wind with reckless abandon and simply buy up enough seasonal fruit and vegetables to get me through the week. Then, on a daily basis I think of a way of combining the fresh fruit and vegetables with something from the freezer or pantry to […]
But oh so good. Curses be that Pioneer Woman. Her onion strings recipe made this evil concoction pop into my brain. Then it manifested onto my dinner plate. Now I’m going to have to spend forever at the gym tonight removing it from my butt. The only change I made to the onion strings recipe […]
In a word. Versatility. Perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Throw anything you like in and it’s a whole new meal. Always quick and easy, always delicious. Great for using up leftovers, easy on the budget. This morning, breakfast at Chez Kitchen Playground was scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, spring onions, a few drops of […]
Finally the cool change has come. Just in the nick of time too. Lil Miss arose at 3.30 this morning. For the day. We are not amused. I have two seriously whingy Ankle Biters today. But all is well, tonight is cool and we’re eating comfort food, Vietnamese style. Thit Heo Kho to be precise.
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 […]
Sometimes I fear I’m going to end up retyping Into the Vietnamese Kitchen in it’s entirety on this blog. So I will suffice to say thast last night I finally made the pantry staple caramel sauce. Used in savoury dishes in Vietnamese cooking it is a bittersweet condiment. This was used in Caramelised Mince Pork […]
Kinder meeting tonight, work tomorrow morning and night, a trillion jobs to do. No time to cook a time consuming meal. One thing is for sure though, the Bread Winner had a nasty take on last week’s cold and I want the house to have a big vegetable infusion. The result, vegetable curry. Less than […]
It’s uncharacteristically cold and wet here today. Most un-February like. Plus the entire family is suffering from a rotten cold. I loathe summer colds. They’re anachronisms to my mind. Good weather for soup though which is nice as I’m still trying to clear out the freezer. Poor thing is crying out for a defrost. I […]