After last night’s disasters, the stuffed mushrooms are back on track. First, make the faux ricotta. Not ricotta as it’s not made of whey. Really just soft cheese curds. Once you’ve tasted this you will never want to eat supermarket ricotta again. Faux Ricotta. 4 lites milk pinch sea salt 1.3 cup white vinegar Heat […]
Mexican is always a big hit around here. Using black beans however requires forethought and planning. Unless of course you use the tinned variety but I prefer to use dried. Semi-Refried Black Bean Tacos 1 cup black beans 1 banana chilli, sliced 1 small red chilli, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 1/2 400g […]
I had intended to a plain old oven baked pumpkin risotto tonight which is yummy and easy to throw together but I needed more flavour in my life. In thinking of what vegetable I had that would combine well with pumpkin, I remembered a recipe I’ve been dying to try for ages and a heap […]
I felt like a meat free night but if that’s not your thing, you could always add some chopped bacon to this. I love a savoury strudel. Word of warning, don’t buy filo from the freezer section, it’s awful muck. Buy in from the fridge section. If you’re butter phobic which I am most definitely […]
It’s Friday again so quick cook night here. Due to a series of small mishaps I didn’t get to gym last night either so I’m determined to go tonight. Although maintaining enough energy for a 7pm trip to gym will be difficult as I’ve been up since 4am courtesy of a nasty bed wetting incident. […]
Some fabulous purple congo potatoes grabbed my eye this week, I simply had to have them. Hopefully I can get one to sprout so I can grow some. Jerusalem artichokes are in season too. I adore Jerusalem artichokes. Both of which were the inspiration for this meal. The meat can be left out for a […]
October 10th, 2007 I’m flying by the seat of my pants in the kitchen. No meal plan which is a definite rarity, just a list on the fridge of what I have in the freezer. Lots of odds and ends in the vegie crisper, looking forward to seeing where I get with it all. So, […]