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.
Like so many things, soy milk can be made quickly and easily in the thermomix. Yes, a little forethought is required as the soy beans need to be soaked overnight but very little effort is otherwise required. In terms of cost, I priced 1 litre of organic soy milk at $3.95. At the same store, […]
Once a week I like to gather any scraps of food that have accumulated throughout the week to cook into something else to avoid wastage. All that today’s clean yielded was half a cup of corn and carrot salad, 1/3 cup grated cheese and 3 egg whites. Just enough to make lunch for two or three […]
Yes, yes, once again I’m adapting from Adam Liaw’s Two Asian Kitchens to the thermomix. Any guesses what my favourite cook book du jour is? Little wonder, Liaw has harnessed most of my favourite flavours in one book and the majority of the recipes are quite time efficient, even more so once I convert them […]
Once again adapted from Adam Liaw’s Two Asian Kitchens with Nasi Lemak in mind. Sambal Assam makes about 1 1/2 cups 5 shallots, peeled 3 garlic cloves, peeled 5 red chillies 50ml rice bran oil 1 teaspoon tamarind concentrate 30g coconut or palm sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup water 1/2 teaspoon belacan 1. Place […]
Now that both First Born and Lil Miss are at school, I am working close to full time. Which means that I am making packed lunches for the whole family five days a week, no more nicking home at lunch time for a few crackers, cheese and tomato for me! The main problem with this […]
I love this menu. A classic example of why you should be very careful when writing menus. People are lazy readers and handwriting on a blackboard can have legibility issues. We chose to settle for cocktails and ate at home.
I love chilli and garlic oil. It’s brilliant to add a kick to cooking, dipping for dumplings, drizzling for soups. So many things taste better for a splash, drizzle or dunk of it. Like so many things it’s also a breeze to make in the thermomix and even though I use it a lot, one […]
I love this dish. It is utter simplicity and tastes like spring. Lamb steaks, grilled until just pink topped with 1kg broad beans, cooked, shelled and mixed with 250g Danish feta. That’s it. Dinner in a flash.
What a cheek! She doesn’t update her blog for six months and then just jumps in with a cake. Oh well, it happens to the best of us I’m sure. I’m not even going to bother offering excuses, reasons or trying to make deals with myself as to how often I’ll be blogging from here […]
February is the new December. Busy, busy, busy. Not to mention often too hot to cook. This little meal is not only versatile in the time of day that it suits but it’s delicious and can be made in 10 minutes from start to finish. What more could you possibly want? Poached salmon, egg and […]