I have a plastic tub of jam in the fridge, left over from the summer’s jam-making. I didn’t have enough jars, so some of it got set aside and I thought I’d make jam tarts at some future date.
Well, last night I started on my jam tart experiments, and I just wanted to record [...]
Crossposted from here.
When sjkasabi and I were up at the Grampians a couple of weeks ago, there was a party of older women also staying at the YHA hostel. On their last night, one of them offered around some treats she’d baked, which hadn’t been eaten and which she didn’t want to carry home with [...]
Crossposted from this old LJ post.
To make four serves:
1 smoked trout
2 bulbs of fennel
3 oranges
4 handfuls of mixed salad leaves
olive oil
salt and pepper
Take off the outer layer of the fennel, quarter the bulb, and slice thinly. Saute in a little olive oil until translucent. Flake the trout into sort of bite-sized pieces. Peel two oranges [...]
Crossposted from this old LJ post. This is one of the posts where I break down the cost of a meal I cooked.
1/2 large pumpkin, 30c (dad says the whole pumpkin cost 59c)
2 tins chickpeas, $1.98
1 huge bunch spinach, $2
1 large tin (800g) tomatoes ($1.45)
1 sachet tomato paste (4 for $1.75, therefore 46c)
2 onions [...]
Crossposted from this old LJ post. I’m trying to get all my recipes (well, at least the good ones) in one place.
1 chicken breast, cooked (mine was left over from a chook I roasted last weekend)
1 mango, cubed
double handful bean shoots
double handful mixed lettuce leaves
half a bunch of watercress (mostly just leaves, remove the [...]
Crossposted from this old LJ post.
1 cup dry couscous
1 cup and a smidge of boiling water
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
1 cup walnuts
balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup dried cranberries
juice of 1 lemon
Chuck couscous in a bowl and pour boiling water over. Cover and set aside.
In a dry (no oil) frying pan or wok, stir the [...]
The cauliflower cheese of my childhood had the florets drowning in a bucketful of cheesey sauce, made with a roux of flour and butter, then milk, then cheese. Yum, and yet — a pain in the arse. Especially when there’s no fresh milk in the house (let’s not talk about the state of [...]
Here’s my recipe for pickled beetroot/beets. In Australia we call it beetroot, and in the US they say beets, but it’s the same thing.
1 bunch beets (about 3 medium sized ones)
about 750mL apple cider vinegar
about 1/2 cup sugar
a couple of teaspoons of salt
1 bay leaf, broken in half
a few allspice berries
Peel and slice the [...]
This is my recipe for what I call “minestrone”, even though I suspect purists would take issue with it.
1 cup dry white beans (eg cannelini, navy beans, etc)
1 onion, diced
3-4 rashers bacon, cut into thin slices or diced
slosh of olive oil
3+ cloves garlic, minced
beef stock
1 large tin crushed tomatoes
soup vegies (today I used celery and [...]