Spicy asian greens with tofu
One of the things that’s been driving me crazy since I left home is that I miss the Asian groceries and Asian food I was surrounded by there. Australia’s really close to south-east Asia, especially Indonesia, and Indonesian and Malaysian food are as readily available where I come from as Central American food is where...
Hummus bi tahina
What we call “hummus” is generally the tahini-enhanced kind; in the middle east, apparently, all chickpea purees are called that, and they name them more specifically based on the additional ingredients. Anyway, as part of my resolution to cook from every one of my cookbooks this year, I made the “Hummus bi tahina” recipe from...
Pantry clearing: Lentils with chorizo and kale
I’m trying to clear out a few jars from the pantry for the new year. Things I don’t eat so often, and should probably stop buying. This finishes the brown lentils (which I seldom eat), and makes the jar available for dried figs (which I use all the time in my muesli). olive oil 1...
Hot salsa
Invented recipe, with inspiration from Rancho Gordo. 6-10 de Arbol chillis (RG sells them), stems removed 4 cloves garlic, skin on 1 can tomatoes (I used Muir Glen fire roasted tomatoes with chipotle) slosh of vinegar Toast chillis and garlic in a skillet. Remove skin from garlic then blend everything together in a food processor....
Recovering from my childhood baked beans trauma
At some point in my life I started to hate baked beans. I ate them as a small kid, but somewhere along the line I started to dislike mushy, bland food, and tinned baked beans had that horrible mushy tastelessness that made me want to barf. It’s not that I had any objection to beans...
Thanksgiving leftover soup with turkey, kale, and beans
My first US thanksgiving, and I managed to snag a handful of turkey leftovers from our very generous hosts. So I get to make a post about my first ever thanksgiving leftover efforts. Turkey, kale, and bean soup One onion, diced Slurp of oil Generous pinch of chili flakes 1/2 to 1L chicken stock about...
A pastry note
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...
Rosemary raisin slice
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...
Smoked trout, fennel, and orange salad
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...
Chickpea, pumpkin, and spinach curry
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...
Asian chicken and mango salad
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...
Nutty couscous
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...
