Seriously, seriously yummy. Yes…this is a newy and an instant favourite. It doesn’t look sexy, but it tastes fantastic. Never would I have thought that the humble lentil/sausage combination could be so good. Apparently this is a very common dish in France. The lentils I use are called bondi lentils (also known as puy lentils)….
I think lice aren’t rather nice
The other weekend I was sitting on the train with my family (something we rarely get to do) after a trip into the city to buy a tea pot (I am sure another blog will surface about tea when I get around to it). Anyway…it was a pleasant morning, and I was thinking about the…
Experimental with the lentil
Sure, I have eaten lentils before, and sure, if you know how to accompany them with the right spices, they can taste amazing. However, I don’t. So…I thought I would experiment with the humble lentil this year, and expand our food repertoire a little from the rice/pasta/mash bases to include this pulse. My memories of…
Lentil salad
This recipe comes from the recipe book Cool food. There a whole series of these books which I have (including Bowl food, Hot food, Sweet food) that are really very good. With the exception of only one of two recipes that haven’t turned out so well, I think most I have made or tasted from…
Reusemoose makes the news
I am a big fan of ReuseMoose, mostly because I was there for his birth (after totally loving the whole Freecycle concept, but complaining to my geek husband and his geek friend Vincent that it wasn’t the nicest interface and there were about 500 million rules). Today they noticed the traffic going mad on it,…
Butter cookies (aka Boterkoek)
It’s time for another freaky deaky Dutch delight. Sunday, our friend Vincent (another Dutchie) came over to cook some hearty Dutch food (Zuurkool met worst). Let’s just say, it’s nothing fancy, but it is great winter food. After we had feasted on lots of mash, sauerkraut and rookworst, then naturally, one’s mind shifts to something…
Pizza toppings
Here are my favourite pizza toppings. I have mostly looked at what my favourite pizza places do and copy them. Why not. I don’t have photo’s for all of them, because sadly, they usually don’t sit around long enough to have a photo shoot (especially if Dad’s around – you have to be in quick…
Pizza pizza
One can’t be the owner of a woodfired oven and not have attempted pizza! Once you go woodfired, I am afraid it firmly cements you into the mold of official pizza snob. No more Domino’s or Pizza Hut for you ever again! We used to frequent a pizza/pasta place near our house, but no more….
Controversial blog – meat comes from animals
Please don’t read this blog if you don’t really want to know where meat comes from. Shock horror….did you realise that meat actually comes from an animal that used to be alive? I never realised this. I thought it came from Woolworths, and actually just grew in the plastic packet with the little absorbent pad underneath…
Tiramisu
I don’t normally like coffee flavoured desserts, but this is the one and only exception. Of course, you will find a million and one recipes for Tiramisu, but this one I like because it isn’t very sweet. The best thing about Tiramisu – you can make it the day before. It actually tastes better if…
Michelle’s Pumpkin & Chickpea salad
My friend Michelle told me this salad was good. She said it always gets cleaned up if she takes it somewhere. I test drove the recipe the other night, and didn’t even get time to take a photo. It was devoured. So, if you are into your salads, then add this one to your list….
Fried rice
Another working mother survival style boring dinner – an oldie but a goodie. This is the sort of meal I often make to tied us over for a few nights. We don’t serve it at dinner parties, unless all of our bogun friends are coming over. But you shouldn’t knock it back just because it…
Getting re-rooted 