I am writing this down RIGHT NOW because while I realise that everyone else in the entire world already knows how to make a stir fry, my previous efforts in this line have been highly unsuccessful, not to mention that…
Category: everyday cooking
Recipe: Carrot, Zucchini and Haloumi Fritters in Pita
Hello! I hope you are all doing well out there. It turns out that for me the post-Easter slump applies even if Easter is spent on a massive online church crawl rather than by singing in person at every church…
Recipe: Carrot, Tomato and Chickpea Tagine with Saffron and Ras El Hanout
I was asked to organise a farewell lunch for one of my scientists at the local pub, which means organising pre-orders. They have a new menu this month, and one of the offerings caught my attention – heirloom carrot and…
Recipe: Lazy Overnight Pizza, and a Nearly-New-Years-Resolution
Hello! It’s been a long time again, hasn’t it? It isn’t that I haven’t been cooking (says she who baked mumble-several-hundred biscuits for Christmas this year and also co-hosted Christmas dinner with her brother, who was under the adorable delusion…
Recipe: Romanian polenta and Sicilian Cauliflower
Oh, my poor neglected food blog! Which is about to be even more neglected, as with an election approaching (timed, by the look of it, to clash most vilely with the grant application high season at work), and more than…
Recipe: Vegetable Pikelets
I visited my best friend in Darwin last week. It wasn’t the most successful visit we’ve had – my friend has a toddler, and he was sick, and then he gave his lurgy to his dad, and then his mum.…
Recipe: Jacket Sweet Potatoes with Vegetarian Chilli and Guacamole
I have no idea when I will escape this food blog hiatus! Even when I make and photograph food, there never seems to be time to write about it – and most of the food I’ve been making this year…
Recipe: Lamb and Chickpea Stew with Tomato, Lemon, Chilli and Oregano
I keep popping my head up for air and then making big promises of a return to regular blogging. And then I get swallowed up by work again, or come down with the plague, or both, and I disappear underwater…
Pantry pantry pantry pantry pantry! And a challenge!
Oh God, that pantry. I really have to do this whole pantry sorting thing more often, because the shelves are wide and deep and all sorts of things lurk up the back. It’s scary. And big. And, currently, empty and…
Recipe: Tired One-Pot Pasta with Lentils and Sausages
So it’s Saturday evening, the day before Farmers’ Market day, and the fridge is a bit bare. Also, you were out all day and are now somewhat exhausted. You really don’t want to go to the supermarket. And the dishes…