The preparation for this dish is reasonably time consuming with all the chopping and browning but it is well worth it. Particularly as it makes a truly mammoth amount of soup. We get up to five family meals from one batch. Ideally, I would do this in my mammoth stock pot but as I’m lazy […]
Just a quick one from me tonight. Tired. Busy. It’s been a crazy weekend here. Saturday was an early am dash to the farmers market followed by a full day at school. Today I worked a double shift with a quick break in the middle to pedal to the library to return books, the supermarket, […]
We have one more week here until Son and Heir is released into the wilds of the school ground. At the same time, Lil Miss is back at creche and I am back at work. It’s going to be busier than ever for our little family this year. In my usual obsessive way, I am […]
Market day makes me want to stuff as much of that freshly picked vegetable goodness into my gob as humanly possible in one day. As each day of the week passes by, they are that little bit less fresh, that little bit less nutritious. Always good until the end though. This morning, I got caught […]
This makes a ton. I have kept some noodles and egg uncooked and will cook them tomorrow and serve them with some of the soup for lunch. Indonesian Chicken Soup serves 6 – 8 slightly altered from One Course Meals by Charmaine Solomon. 1 chicken, jointed 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns 12 sprigs […]
Its been a while coming but here are the recipes from our recent dinner party. chorizo in potatoes I read about these in a Gourmet Traveller whilst sitting in a cafe in Sydney recently. I didn’t copy the recipe but it’s pretty simple so I probably did the same thing as the original recipe specified. […]
I consider myself very lucky to have Ankle Biters with quite adult palates. Well there is both luck and good management involved in that. However, I have lately been overcome by a burning desire to throw a good old fashioned grown up dinner party. The Bread Winner is about to vanish to far away ports […]
One of my favourite things about soup is how the simplest combination of garnishes can dress it up so much both in flavour and appearance. I used a new combination this time and found the combination of textures and flavours to be perfectly complimentary. Pumpkin and Bacon Soup serves 6 – 8 1 kent pumpkin […]
Without a doubt it’s a winter thing. But nothing beats a good root. Vegetable. Personally, I love parsnips. So I got all excited when Brazen mentioned this parsnip soup. I got even more excited at the market today when I found a box of gorgeous little local parsnips. Here’s a hint. Don’t buy big parsnips. […]
I’ve been looking forward to tonight’s dinner. Lot’s of lovely aromatics which are mostly fresh from my garden. Something that always warms the cockles of my grumpy heart. Thai Style Beef and Mushroom soup adapted from Super Food Ideas, April 2004 2 cups chicken stock 1 cup water 1 stick lemongrass, white part only, chopped […]