Fennel quickles A quick pickling recipe for fennel. The Quick Lowdown: Pickled fennel nicoise The Quick Lowdown: Miso-Roasted Pumpkin and Chickpeas with Kale The pumpkin and chickpeas are coated in a miso glaze and then roasted in the oven. This is served on a bed of kale massaged with olive oil, sea salt and lemon.…

I did not do a menu plan last week. Early Sunday afternoon, I turned my mind to what to eat for dinner. We go to night church at 5 p.m., so it needs to be something that is quick to cook or can be made ahead of time. For this reason, we often have soup.…

I’m cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Lo Bak Gao This is not something I would have cooked if not for this challenge, plus the fact that I had a daikon in my veggie box. The Quick Lowdown: Cabbage and Kimchi Okonomiyaki A confession: I don’t really like kimchi much so I left it…

I’m cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Sesame-infused kale salad This is a quick and tasty kale side dish—no cooking required. The kale leaves are massaged with oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and avocado, which forms a creamy coating over them. The massaging breaks down the kale leaves and makes them easier to eat…

Fennel and lentil avgolemono soup I’m sure I’ve mentioned here that I love fennel so this soup was one I was keen to try. It is thickened by adding beaten eggs carefully at the end which gives it a yummy creamy feel without any cream. The Quick Lowdown: Olive oil-braised carrots and chickpeas I had…

Torn lasagne with kale and kimchi Full recipe here. The Quick Lowdown: Cauliflower Manchurian G doesn’t like cauliflower, so I made this one lunchtime when my daughter was over. We both liked it a lot … I mean who doesn’t like fried cauliflower? The sauce is made by cooking up finely diced celery, capsicum and…

Huck’s broccoli and lettuce salad with an accidental ranch I often have lettuce and broccoli in my fridge so this is a really good salad option for those times. The Quick Lowdown: Cashew Celery I don’t love celery, but this was really good. I switched out the tofu for chicken thighs because G will not…

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…

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…

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…