A new cook at Chez KP
Son and Heir made his own lunch for kinder tomorrow. He even cut the cucumber himself. Sometimes I burst with pride.
Recipes
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Welcome to The Kitchen Playground. Cooking can bring great joy and great despair. I hope that the recipes you find here, many of which are very quick to make with the weeknight in mind, help you to experience more joy than despair. Many recipes have instructions for the Thermomix 31 as well as traditional instructions. The emphasis is on real, fresh food that combines flavour, texture and scent to delight the senses.
A biscuit post for Kathy
Plain cracker style biscuits get eaten at a very rapid rate in our house. Making them ourselves is good on so many levels. It’s cheap, they’re free of additives and best of all, it keeps the kids amused for ages. Their jobs are cutting and glazing and they’re getting pretty good at it. Plain Biscuits […]
What a crock!
That crock pot fiend has done it again. Her Spanish rice casserole is totally brilliant comfort food. I upped the rice quantity (and pre-soaked it overnight). Instead of Italian seasoning, I just ripped some oregano and basil out of the garden and threw that in. To make it appear like I had gone to some […]
Stuffed
Me and the tofu. Totally stuffed. My craving for stuffed tofu and yet more green vegetables has led to a very messy kitchen today. Which is kind of depressing as I just knew it wasn’t going to taste as good as I wanted it to. I think I left my cooking mojo in the bottom […]
Winter stir fry
I know that the inhabitants of Chez KP, with the exception of myself, are not fans of cabbage and similar beasts. Today, I ceased to care. If I have to inhale germs from other people’s ankle biters, I will stuff myself full of green goodness if I choose. As no one else at Chez KP […]
Speaking of comfort food
Did someone say minestrone? Actually Son and Heir has been begging me to make “pasta soup” for a couple of weeks now. This week is the week. I have no intention of us eating it until the end of the week but I like to make it when the vegetables are market fresh. Not only […]
Oh my it’s getting chilly…let’s make comfort food!
For the last couple of weeks, the pool heater at work has been broken. Fortunately it was fixed today but the air temperature was cold. So after two and a half hours in the water, I was very glad to be finished work and in a hot shower today. Swim teaching in terms two and […]
Not Slimming
Sunday night at Chez KP featured the Bread Winner’s favourite cuisine, Mexican. Chimichangas to be precise, courtesy of A Year in CrockPotting. The Bread Winner was muchly pleased. I used about half the meat and one 400g tin of tomatoes and it was enough for the four of us. I made my own tortillas with […]
Market day cooking frenzy
Bulk buying fresh food means lot’s of cooking when you get home. Particularly when the Bread Winner has not made lunch for the Ankle Biters and dinner also needs to be prepared. So, today the Kitchen Playground produced leftover coriander pesto burger and cheese in sandwiches for lunch. Adzuki bean soup with cheese and thyme […]
Warning…this recipe contains deliciousness
I have identified another luxury item in last week’s shopping that could have been avoided and saved me another $4. Rhubarb. But I’m glad I splurged. Because I made Rhubarb Champagne. I used cider vinegar instead of white vinegar. Instead of sugar, I used 2 cups of dark muscavado and 1.5 cups of light muscavado. […]