Category: Food
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Tenderheart Cook #26 and #27
I’m cooking my way through the Tenderheart cookbook. Everything Bread Soup The photo is from the second time I made this because I was absolutely starving the first time and gobbled it down before I remembered to take a photo. This is a carb fest, so we had it a few times when we were…
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Noosa Weekend—A Post Mainly About Food
I’ve just returned from our annual Noosa weekend for the Runaway Bay Marathon Festival. We’ve been running at this event since 2015 (apart from 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic). We flew up Thursday morning, but our early afternoon arrival was pushed back by a flight detour. We had just passed Brisbane when the…
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Tenderheart Cook #23, #24 and #25
Miso-maple sugar snap, turnip and strawberry salad There were no turnips in the shops when I made this, so we omitted them, which I was not sad about. This a lovely, salad. The Quick Lowdown: Fennel and gnocchi salad with fennel frond pesto I made this one day for myself, making the fennel frond pesto…
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Tenderheart Cook #5
I’m cooking my way through the Tenderheart cookbook but realised in my post numbering I missed #5, so here we are. Smushy spiced peas with any roasted vegetables Hmmm … this is a very unappetising photo, but this was good. Cooked frozen peas are lightly blended with garlic, ground cardamon, ground cumin, a chilli, herbs…
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Good Things Friday
I was stuck largely at home over the weekend and until Wednesday morning with a cold. It was good to finally get out and about a bit—to the gym and a meeting at church on Wednesday and some errands on my bike on Thursday—but I’m taking it slowly. Here are some homey good things from…
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A Couple of Savoury Breakfasts
I’ve mentioned several times that, in response to Dr. Stacy Sims’s book Next Level, I’ve been trying to increase my protein intake. My dinners are usually fine, so I’ve been concentrating on getting between 25 and 30 grams of protein for breakfast and lunch. It’s been a bit of trial and error—this whole process would…
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Tenderheart Cook #20, #21 and #22
Roasted Carrots with black-eyed peas and basil green goddess The Quick Lowdown: Tumeric Roasted Broccoli The Quick Lowdown: Eggplant, “char siu” style The Quick Lowdown:
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Tenderheart Cook #18 and #19
Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Soy-butter Bok Choy Pasta The Quick Lowdown: Longtime Broccoli Ignore the look of this—it tastes good. It’s a little like a confit, with the broccoli cooked slowly in an oil bath. The Quick Lowdown: How to: In a large saucepan over medium heat, put 1 head of broccoli cut…
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Tenderheart Cook #16 and #17
Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Creamy Whole roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Lentil Sauce The Quick Lowdown: Butternut Pumpkin Lasagne The Quick Lowdown:
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List #3: Foods I ate Christmas Day
Getting together with family and the food are my favourite parts of Christmas Day celebrations. The presents … I could take or leave them. This year we had lunch with my family and dinner with my husbands. My family usually eats the same food every time we have Christmas lunch, with the occasional addition. One…