Vegetables & Vegetarian
The other day I was in the supermarket and saw these miniature bell peppers and was so taken with their tiny size that I decided to buy them.
However, one small problem - I have no idea what to do with them! They’re about the same size as a large roma tomato and so a bit [...]
Sometimes I get into a mindset where I cannot be bothered doing anything - forget cooking, forget washing the dishes, you can even forget about me changing out of my jam-jams! All I want to do is read/watch movies, or if the weather is fine, swing in my hammock and watch the clouds roll over [...]
“Urrrgh” I grunted as I carried the multiple shopping bags back into the house. My mother had been pestering me to try making Okonomiyaki for a few days, and I thought that today, with it’s 39 degree C heat would be the perfect day to stand over a hot stove and fry up one after [...]
Buckwheat is one of those foodstuffs which is sorely unappreciated. It doesn’t appear on too many menus or as a featured ingredient, and most people mistakenly think of it as just another grain. In terms of the botanical, buckwheat is actually a fruit though often referred to as a ‘pseudograin’ because of it’s grain-like qualities. [...]
When Jenjen of Milk & Cookies announced the theme for Hey Hey It’s Donna Hay #6 - F is for Fritter, I took it as a sign that yes, I had to take part! I love fritters of many kinds (except the deep fried mars bars as found at a certain fish’n'chip shop in Yarraville [...]
