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.
This is a nice, easy, budget friendly change from sandwiches. I just can’t speak kindly of sandwiches, I need to move past that. Pumpkin & Feta Fritters with Avocado 350g peeled and diced pumpkin 30g water 4 eggs 1 1/2 cups self raising flour 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 200g feta, crumbled oil and butter […]
This would easily serve 6 – 8. The accompaniments are essential, the rice and lentils alone would be far too bland. Besides, lots of little dishes on the table to help yourself from is always fun. Whilst there are lots of ingredients, it’s quite quick and easy to throw together. Adapted from a Charmaine Solomon […]
The weekday standard breakfast at the Kitchen Playground is a simple little concoction. I throw everything together in the evening, pop it in the fridge overnight and then just dish it out in the morning. If I’m being fancy schmancy, I put the fresh fruit on in the morning so it looks prettier and I […]
These are an old favourite at the Kitchen Playground and frankly I’m surprised I haven’t blogged them before. They work equally well with chicken, pork or turkey mince. Steamed Curry Cakes 500g chicken, pork or turkey mince 250ml coconut cream 1/3 cup red, green or yellow curry paste* 1 egg 1/4 cup fish sauce 2 […]
The Kitchen Playground method of surviving the school term with a working mother is to use school holidays to do some bulk cooking. The idea is that I will end up wit lots of baked goods for lunches and enough precooked meals to get me through the nights that we get home late. These school […]
This afternoon, I discovered a glut of pears needing to be used in the fruit bowl. I also needed an after school, pre-swimming snack for tomorrow. That is how this pear slice was born. It would be easy enough to make without the thermomix, just soften the butter first for easy reaming with the sugar […]
A batch of biscuits that can be mixed in five minutes and baked in the time it takes to shower and dress for an impromptu trip to the park is a blessing. The following mixes fit into that category and have been the perfect addition to many a gathering of Ankle Biters. I make them […]
It’s true. According to the Ankle Biters, Korean pancakes are as much fun as tacos. I can see their point. Lots of little bowls of ingredients all waiting to be stuffed inside a pancake, food made to be eaten with the fingers and best of all, a bowl of sauce specially for dipping. Feastalicious! You […]
School holidays are upon us and I am taking great delight in being home long enough to play in the kitchen. There simply isn’t enough time for that during term anymore. Part of the fun is my annual cookbook and recipe cull. As I am hoping that a move will be on the cards within […]
Part one introduces my thoughts on why only whole spices should grace your pantry and parts two, three and four feature the beginnings of my essential spice list. Part 5 concludes the Kitchen Playground essential spice list. Saffron threads At the Kitchen Playground, saffron is used a lot in Spanish cooking as well as appearing […]