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joyyamdaisy
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Melbourne Australia
Member since
12th Apr 2009
About
I live with my teenage daughter in a friendly block of 8 flats in inner NE Melbourne. We have a garden in pots at the front door and two compost bins that I count as pets!
What a pleasure it is to come here and talk food!
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For Abdullacohn
Wed 17 Mar 2010GENERAL BLOG
This is from my calendar by the well loved Australian cartoonist Leunig.
I thought you would like it.
In case it is hard to read:
Experiments In Renewable Energy
"Finally we were able to harness father's feelings about the Prime Minister and after plugging in to him, we managed to boil the kettle in just three minutes."
Yummy Fried Rice for Lunch!
Wed 17 Mar 2010GENERAL BLOG
I had to get up from eating this and come and take a photo because it was SO delicious!
It is a basic fried rice, but what made it a bit special was the Pepper and Coriander Paste on the eggplant.
I made the paste when I had a bunch of coriander I wasn't using up quickly enough. I popped it in the freezer. Yesterday I knew I had to do something with the two beautiful eggplants my sister brought me from her farm. So I chopped them up and marinated them in the thawed C and P Paste and then braised them in a little oil.
Today I added them to the red pepper, corn, beet leaves and garlic, chopped peanuts and ofcourse the rice. Plus a little szichuan pepper and salt! It was SO yum!
Here is the recipe (from Meera Blackley)
PEPPER AND CORIANDER PASTE
1 tbsp chopped garlic crushed to a paste with
2 tsp salt
2 tbsp whole black pepper corns roasted and coarsely crushed
2 cups of clean finely chopped coriander, including roots
2 tbsp lemon juice
Mix all together. My notes say it lasts for 3 -4 months in a clean dry jar in the fridge, but I froze it in a couple of portions.
Note: if making in a blender (spice grinder) reduce the pepper to 1 tbsp as it is hotter when finely ground than when coarsely crushed.
Pirogies
Mon 08 Mar 2010GENERAL BLOG
I made them!
I did plan to make them today (about three weeks after they were our Weekly Cooking Challenge). I bought the ricotta yesterday. I re watched the video http://video.about.com/easteuropeanfood … ierogi.htm and divided the process into small steps noticing whether I could take a long rest in between or not (life with a chronic illness).
I used my food processor to make the dough (and it took an extra 1/2 cup of flour to come together well) and my pasta machine to roll the dough out.
This photo does show that I burnt the butter they were fried in (luckily paper towel got a lot of the black off!
) And maybe I didn't quite boil them enough first.
But they were a real treat!
So much so that an hour later I went and cooked another batch, AND this time I got them so perfect! Cooked beautifully and they tasted magic.
I am so full now!
And I have another eight for tomorrow (breakfast maybe!
)
I wish I could have taken a photo of the perfect ones, but the photo here was the last before the batteries died.
They were an absolute mid way between Chinese pot stickers and some lovely ravioli.
I will make them again!
Pasta and Pesto
Sat 06 Mar 2010GENERAL BLOG
Just the things when there is basil in the garden and a pestle and mortar in the kitchen! To add to the delight: my friend had given me garlic she grew, and some are very small, with the cloves the perfect size for one serve of pesto.
Plus a few of my cherry tomatoes to top it off!
Stuffed Baked Potatoes for Supper
Mon 01 Mar 2010GENERAL BLOG
Stuffed with fresh corn kernels, finely grated carrot, finely sliced celery, a bit of milk and butter and plenty of seasoning. Grated cheese on top. Yum. Crispy skins.
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