I once got an award at a work Christmas party for something along the lines of "why say something in three words when thirty will do", and while I can be prone to talking about pretty much anything to anyone, I think I managed to use up almost all my words the other day over on that Vegan Butter post. So I'll keep this short, sweet and seriously image heavy... Popsicles are infinitely easier to photograph in winter, especially when the temperature of your living room is hovering … [Read more...]
Vegan Butter (Dairy-Free | Soy-Free | Gluten-Free | Probably Paleo)
Butter and I have a long history -- or perhaps a lack there of... Many decades ago there was a cheeky toddler habit of biting into sticks of butter (and onions apparently), but that quickly passed and turned into years of simply not using butter because it was just tasteless fat spread over toast and what was the point? Then more recently there was the discovery of local hand-made cultured butter. Packed with flavour and spiked with crystals of sea salt it changed my mind about humble … [Read more...]
Roasted Quince with Vanilla & Mandarin
Conversations with RJ... R: Hey, where does bellybutton lint come from? J: I have no idea, I think it just happens. R: Do you get it? J: No, that's your special skill, but did you know that there are whole factories in China that harvest belly-button lint for quilts? R: Bullshit...? J: Hahahahaha aaaahahahahah ahahahah R: You're an idiot J: Can't talk. Laughing.too.hard. Ahahahahahah ahahhahaha. ------ R: I'm going to the shops, I'll see if I can get the Lego Movie. J: Can you also … [Read more...]
Roasted Rainbow Winter Vegetables
A week or two ago inspiration landed on my front step. It came in the form of a simply gorgeous hamper of winter fruit and veggies from the lovely people at Sydney Markets, and it arrived just in time. You see kitchen motivation at that point had been severely lacking -- I'll blame it on winter although winter isn't fully to blame -- but after a day or two of staring at that box of colour a trickle turned into a flood and before I knew it I had ideas spinning around like little tornados … [Read more...]
Romesco – Spanish Roasted Red Pepper & Nut Sauce
It only took one bite and I was smitten. Simple as that. I have no recollection of ever consuming romesco sauce before that evening but there it was, a base for a head of roasted cauliflower and its parmesan veil. The cauliflower itself was stunning -- tender, fragrant and just charred around the edges -- and will inevitably make it here one day but the sauce... oh the sauce. We scraped every last drop from the plate even after the cauliflower was gone but still I couldn't stop … [Read more...]
Green Papaya & Quinoa Salad
Some posts here are planned. Recipes dreamt up, sometimes over days or weeks, inspired by a weekend brunch outing or an overseas trip or a rainbow memory. Primped and polished and put on show as if there were a method to the madness. Others however are a result of a hazy vision -- a quick fix driven by a craving and combined with whatever happens to be languishing the fridge at the very moment I want lunch. This is one of those. You see, at some point back in March I had a papaya … [Read more...]
Beet Greens & Cashew Pesto
Keeping up with my reasonably skewed approach to pretty much everything these days, a few weeks back I bought a bunch of beetroot a with the sole purpose of lopping off the greens for pesto. Once the greens were sorted I proceeded to fish through a jar of mixed nuts for the cashews, eating a pecan and brazil and walnut and macadamia or four as I went. Don't worry, the beets were used a night or two later for dinner, but right now were talking about pesto. Actually this would be pretty … [Read more...]
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