Son and Heir is feeling pasta deprived. Or so he says. My freezer is bereft of bolognaise. I did find yet another small chunk of topside though. So tonight we will have pasta with a simple ragu. I’m waiting for the Lil Miss to wake so we can go food shopping so vegetables will be […]
There is something akin to meditation in finely hand chopping lots of lovely fresh ingredients, laying them out in little bowls and then cooking them really quickly. When I make a dish like that I rarely use the thermomix. I like to do it all by hand, even mincing meat where necessary. It is a […]
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 […]
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 Five in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning. Meal Plan Day Five Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with coriander on toast Lunch – BLT Dinner – steak bernaise, chips and salad Steak Bernaise, Chips and Salad 3 sirloin steak (the ankle biters will share one between them) 2 tablespoons tarragon vinegar 1 shallot […]
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. […]
Day Two in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning Meal Plan Day Two Breakfast – bacon, poached eggs and toast Lunch – ham/salami/salad sandwiches Dinner – BBQ’d rissoles on lentil salad Poached Eggs It seems that there are many methods for making perfect poached eggs. I thought I’d share mine. I use a […]
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 […]
Well that was either a quiick hiatus or a premature announcement. Actually I just found a scrap of paper with a curry on it that I made the other night and forgot to post. I made this entirely in the thermomix, then removed it, cooked the rice in the thermomix and reheated the curry in […]
Doesn’t that sound good? Cos it was. Steak and Haloumi Sandwich 1 rump steak (I used the one steak for 2 adults) 1 piece of haloumi cut into 1 cm wide strips 1 tomato, sliced juice 1 lemon 2 red onions, sliced lettuce leaves bread (I used homemade spelt and wheat) Slowly pan fry onions […]