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.
It was a coldish and wet day yesterday. Comfort food day. We’ve been having so many salads lately I really wanted a good old vegetable fest. Vegetable Gratin 2 carrots, thinly sliced 1 sweet potato, thinly sliced big chunk pumpkin, thinly sliced 3 potatoes, thinly sliced bunch asparagus, woody ends removed and cut into 1 […]
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 Nine in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning. Today is all about cleaning out the fridge, using everything up and making sure we have snacks for the car. We’re leaving early tomorrow morning to drive home. I miss my dog, my thermomix and my sewing machine but with the exception of Bronte, […]
Day Eight in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning. Australia Day! Happy Australia Day Australians. I hope you all find a lovely way to celebrate. We’re thinking of trotting off to Darling Harbour. Meal Plan Day Eight Breakfast – toast, eggs and bacon Lunch – seafood BBQ and salad Dinner – dinner at […]
Day Seven in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning. It;s day trip to Lake Macquarie day today. I packed lunch and snacks last night so we can head off and play early. All quite boring in the food department really. Meal Plan Day Seven Breakfast – crumpets Lunch – ham, cheese and salad […]
Day Six in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning. OK, we’re out of food. Some planning and proper shopping is required today. Ho hum. I wish we were squillionaires to I could have a holiday from cooking for the last few days. Anyway, can’t be bothered going through it all but I bought […]
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 Four in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning. We actually had a meal today that I didn’t cook so don’t expect a recipe for lunch! It was delicious. Probably a tad to much chilli though. I like it hot but it killed the actual flavour of the laksa. We ate in the […]
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 […]