I have a word document which is a series of urls. Recipes and crafty ideas that have taken my fancy and that I’ve not gotten around to as yet. It’s a wonderful source of inspiration when I’m out of ideas. Today was one of those days. The end result was fantastic. The aroma of the […]
Perhaps it would be wise to decide on the cook book challenge book before doig the shopping. Step by step Thai Cooking, published by Bay Books, is a world of temptation. Unfortunately, I am lacking vital ingredients for the most tempting dishes. I suspect this book will be by my side when writing my next […]
This Last week’s book has been patiently sitting in the kitchen waiting for my attention all week. My attention, however, has been elsewhere. In terms of my food planning, the week has actually finished but unfinished business bothers me, so I will use Food To Go from the AWWs home library tonight whilst perusing this […]
Glorious rain kept me from my planned tasks this afternoon. Instead, I opted for fun with food. I stumbled upon this idea a few nights ago and it tickled my fancy. I didn’t follow the recipe, I just made a meatloaf mix of a little beef, a little lamb, breadcrumbs, an egg, onion, garlic, a […]
This week’s selection, grabbed from the shelf at random, was Women’s Weekly Country Cooking. It’s cook book that usually only gets considered in the colder months although it has recipes for all seasons. Today however, was virtually a winter’s day. It was freezing this morning when we went to the farmers market and I went […]
It was apt that I started my cook book challenge with Women’s Weekly Dinner Party Cook Book No. 3 as we had dinner guests last night. As it was a mid-week affair, I forwent the full degustation catastrophe and settled for appetisers, sorbet, main meal and dessert. The main meal was the featured cook book […]
After the weekend’s birthday celebrations, one thing I did not feel like doing today was cooking. Rare but true. Even so, it’s only just occurred to me as I type this that take away is the common option for nights such as tonight. It’s just not something that occurs to me more than once in […]
It’s Abbotsford Convent Slow Food Farmer’s Market week this week. The Ankle Biters and I arrived just before 8am and filled our trolley to overflowing with locally grown spring goodness. The seemingly endless hues of green at a spring market make my heart sing. In addition to this cornucopia of spring vegetation, I also treated […]
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 […]
Salad Fever continues at Chez KP with ongoing inspiration from ‘Tossed‘. Warm potato and sausage salad 8 small potatoes, unpeeled olive oil sea salt 6 sausages (I used Cornish, spicy would work well too) rocket (arugula) 300g semi dried cherry tomatoes Dressing 1 head garlic, cloves separated but unpeeled 1 tablespoon dijon mustard 2 tablespoons […]