Salad from my head

Red bell pepper hommus

is soooo good- and I put it with a salad tonight this is what was in it:

rocket
baby spinnach
chat potatoe's
grape tomato's
Avacado
mushroom's
rost pumkin and
roast sweetpotatoe
and a boiled egg

chuck some salt on the top then the hommus.

twas quite good

Tasty Pasta

I just made this:

Equal amounts of raw cashews and fresh tomatoes. Don;t be skimpy on the tomoatoes, you've got to get good ones.

Whizz the cashews first until they are all smooth.
Add the tomatoes (chopped) and whizz.
Fry up some garlic (as much as you like) and put it in. Whizz.
Add salt and pepper, maybe a little bit of oil.
You can add tomato paste as well if you like but I usually don't.

Have it on pasta.

I am currently eating mine with avocado and I have had it with cheese before.
I think I might try ot with sundried tomatoes one time. And maybe some raw garlic as well.

Enjoy.

Obsessive Compulsive Risotto

THIS is my current obsesion!

roast or fry up pumkin, garlic, sweet potatoe, olive oil, rosemary, some herbamare and nutmeg

in another pot fry up more garlic and shallots then add some risotto rice, fry for a bit then add dash of white wine- reduce
add veggie stock- reduce

do this a few times then mash and add the pumkin mix.

add some nutritional yeast

serve on a bed of rocket- this is a must!

OH MY GOD! did you just orgasm over that? because I do! its so amazing!

Laksa Wego style

Laksa Paist:
lemon grass
galangal
tumeric
ginger
chillie
shallots

wizz all up o food processor with olive oil

cook the paist till aromatic (this is what Ive been told) then add coconut cream!!!!
as well as what vegies you desire- I suggest:

broccoli
snow peas
carrot
bok choi
(all to be added last)

potatoe
eggplant
(to be fried with paist first

and dont forget the noodles!!!

I cant believe I havent put Haloumi up here yet!

.... My comfort food is as follows:

Bunch of asparagus steamed

Halloumi fried till golden brown

Bed of baby spinnach

Topping:
Olive oil
Wholegrain mustard
Lemmon juice....


....so.....
...good.....

thats all I have to say.

Woah yum gnocci from house mate!

Twina made this reaaaly reaaaaaly yummy dish tonight- from an actual food website- I think its http://www.taste.com.au just to reference correctly.

The only thing she did differently with it is put in a can of chick pea's.. if you ask me I think that Hallumi would go splendid in this!


Ingredients (serves 4)

* 500g fresh potato gnocchi
* 1 cup light thickened cream
* 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato pesto
* 150g chargrilled capsicum, finely chopped
* 150g baby spinach
* 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Method

1. Cook gnocchi in a large saucepan of boiling, salted water, following packet directions, until tender. Drain. Preheat grill on medium-high.
2. Meanwhile, heat a frying pan over medium heat. Add cream and pesto. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 4 minutes or until slightly thickened. Add capsicum and spinach. Cook for 1 minute or until spinach has just wilted.
3. Add gnocchi to cream mixture. Toss to combine. Transfer to a greased 6cm-deep, 8 cup-capacity baking dish. Top with cheese. Cook under grill for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and golden.

Remember Quiche!!??

I do,
exept it was salmon quiche when I was young, so here's what I did:

6 eggs (I only used 4 but it seems that that wasnt enough)
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup nuttalex
spinnach finley chopped
a tomatoe
(I think maccadamia's would go really well in it)
capsicum...I cant remember...
(beans- though I didnt like the taist of them in this)
2 tsp vanilla essence (supprising I know)

the base is crushed up jatz, yum!

so its like any other quiche, wizz the eggs up then add everything else and stir till all good and pit in quiche tin and cook till golden brown....you know how to make a quiche!

then voila!
mmmmm

Mmmm Satay

I keep forgetting to put this recipe up, Its a 'Bitsa' meal... meaning I made it with what I had

Ingredience:
hard tofu (could be satay if you want)
beetroot
pumkin
broccoli
basil
peanut butter (I use the one from the health food store where its just crushed peanuts)

ahhg Ill have to finish this post latter

Pesto

Fresh Basil
Pine nuts
Garlic
Olive Oil
(Sun dried Tomato is also good in this)

Wizz up.... yum yum

Oh My God Pasta!

Fresh Pasta! Sssooooo ggggoooodddd!!!! AND super easy!

100grams of (Tipo OO- very fine) flour : 1 egg

mix together with hands- till its a dough- cant be sticky!
roll out on a floured board- really really thin!

in the filling I put feta and spinnach (chopped up really finely!)

Boil for 3-4 min
put pesto on top

.... voila!

Pasties!

Im going through a roasting phase at the moment it seems, where everything I eat is pretty much... at some point or another in the cooking process- roasted!

Pasties pretty much follow this rule.... at the moment,

My mum when she makes these chucks it all on without cooking any of the veggies first- but yeah... i chucked them in the oven first!

Pumkin
Sweet Potatoe
Potatoe
Carrot
Yam

then layo out puff pastry sheets, chuck this inside along with some broccoli and green beans (also cheese is good in this)

then pull the puff pastry sides together and pinch them so they stay- and cook till golden brown...

cha ching!

Notes on Beans

I found out the other day when you cook with beans its handy (for your integestion) to ad a dash of bicarb of soda... helps with stomach ailments. yes...good good

Yummy Veggie Lasagna

Made Lasagna last night with Trina, and I think it was the best Lasagna that we've made yet!

Roast:
Pumkin
decent size Beetroot
1/2 Yam
vouple of Carrots

make sure there all quite finely chopped up-
couple of handfulls of finely chopped up silver Beet

Mix the above in a big big bowl-

Layer tomatoe pure first then lasagna sheets then the above mixture, lasagna sheet mixture then tomatoe pure then last sheets of lasagna.

Make up a white sauce with cheese- spread ontop, then cheese.... cook till cheese is golden brown (about maybe 200degree's)

horrah!

Notes on Exciting Cous Cous

yes, 1:1 for cous cous. Don't add too much water though otherwise your cous cous will FAIL! (as Trina found out the other day...)
And for best results with the dressing add a little honey to it. Honey = happiness.
And get nice fetta, there is no point getting cheap stuff if you want it to taste good. My favorite is South Cape, sooooo tasty (and rennet-free!).

Exciting Cous Cous

So this was a favorite of yourse and mine yes? lemme know if I've left anything out!

so pretty much you get/ prepare
Roast Pumkin
Fried Mushrooms (If you like them)
Sun dried tomatoes
Kalamata Olives
Fetta
Baby Spinach

Cous cous- boiling water and cous cous mixed together (some veggie stock is nice with it too) is it a ratio of 1:1?


Topping
Whole grain mustard
Lemon Juice
Olive oil
(chuck it in a small container and shake)

and chuck it all together...in a bowl.... and try to fit it all in your stomach.... welly good yes yes

African Sauce and Quinoa

Its not actuallt "African Sauce" as much- more so just the original reciepe I ripped this from was called "African Beans" which I made- but discovered that the beans gave me a HUGE stomach ache! woo! so I appropriated this....

Pretty much you chop up lots of veggies I like
Carrots
Pumkin
Potatoe
Sweet Potatoe
Garlic (few cloves thrown in there)

and chuck this all in the oven to roast for a bit- roasting is amazing and the food always tasts 1000% better!

then put all this in a pot with an onion you have fried up earlier (and some tempe for protine... cant forget that stuff)

chuck in some herbs- I like
BBQ Paprika (the BEST spice in the world)
Herbimare
Oregano
Basil (fresh or otherwise)

and fry for a bit- not too long.

THEN chuck in a can of coconut cream and a medium size jar of (good) tomatoe paist

(there are differences in tomatoe paists! not many people realise this and purchase the cheepy stuff- but they no tast good see! so go the leggos or something worth it- OH and NEVER get salt reduced tomatoe paist... it is the devil)

so then you have to simmer it for a bit- and yes it does need to simmer for all the flavors to infuse etc....mmmmm

Usually I have it with Quinoa- I like red and its cooked fairly similar to rice- chuck one cup of Quinoa and 1.5 cups of water on the stove and boil. usually its ready when the Quinoa sprout little things, tis good.

oh and its probably good to chuck in some fresh baby spinach or something- cause its always good for people's

HaHa!

See Ek, I told you we'd do this!.... yes

SO! Recipe's and stuff eh? I thought we could put up our fav recipe's and stuff we know about food and general sharing and caring becuase we dont live together any more- Ill start with a few that I can think of- and general ramblings etc. huzzah!