Ever Tried Black Garlic?

You know you’ve got a cooking problem when you see some new random ingredient in the supermarket and you just have to have it! I came across this the other day whilst looking for fennel seeds (keep an eye out for an excellent soup recipe coming soon) and I just couldn’t resist. It’s garlic that’s [...]

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Cooking, stretching and kicking ass!!

I’m a little bit spacey at the moment as I’ve just got back from my yoga class and I’m a little ‘stretched out’ if you know what I mean, so you’ll have to bear with me. Made this pizza the other day and it came out real nice. I used my basic pizza recipe but [...]

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Saag Aloo

A surprisingly quick and simple recipe that I think you’ll enjoy. 4 potatoes, chopped 2-3 handfuls of spinach, washed 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated/chopped 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp ground coriander 1/2 tsp turmeric 1/2 tsp red chillies, chopped 2 cardamom pods, crushed 1/4 tsp salt [...]

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Cottage Pie

This is a tasty little winter warmer (I know, it’s the middle of summer!) that’s great served up with some greens. Also damn good for you, what with all the veggies and lentils. An all round treat. 1 onion, chopped 2 carrots, peeled and sliced 3 mushrooms, sliced 50g peas (approx 2 tbsp) 1/2 cup [...]

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Kiki’s 3 orange soup

Bit of a misnomer this one, as there’s not actually 3 oranges in it. The name actually refers to the 3 orange ingredients involved – carrots, sweet potato and oranges. I was going to try and squeeze the juice of 3 oranges in there (no pun intended) but I think that might have been overkill, [...]

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Week 18: In which our hero makes some significant advances towards a Brand New Life (or, Movies, mash and meditation)

My but what an ‘interesting’ week it’s been. Mostly I was working, five days out of seven getting up at 5am, but I still managed to squeeze in some newness; new thought, new action, and new intention. And a recipe, which was nice. First the food; Mustard Mash It’s probably a bit cheeky to describe [...]

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Potato and Tomato Dahl

Hi all. Here’s a little something I’ve come up with. But first, a small qualification: Contrary to the recipe below I made the dahl pictured with a tin of chopped tomatoes and a teaspoon of ground coriander, coz I’ve got no money so had to make something up with what was in the cupboard, but [...]

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Week 13: Exercise and egos (& Suzette Rice)

Right, I’m well late for this ‘report’ but that’s ok, coz I’m going to chill out a bit about this whole blogging thing (hence the fact that it’s not a report anymore). Last week I was too busy with cat sitting, work, and everything else to even get online, never mind do things, so I [...]

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Week 11′s recipes – Spicy Potato Wedges & Kiki’s Simple Salsa

A little late, but here’s a couple of spicy recipes to keep you going. Both have chilli in them, yet both are very different. Spicy Potato Wedges 2 potatoes, cut into wedges (skin on) 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp cumin 3/4 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp ground coriander 1/2 tsp salt 1/8 tsp chilli powder [...]

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Kiki’s scrambled tofu & Butternut squash and mixed bean stew

Got a couple of tasty and interesting recipes for you this week. One’s a re-imagining of a favourite of mine, and the other’s something to keep you warm until spring finally makes an appearance. Kiki’s scrambled tofu Those lovely ladies Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer have done such a great job of coming up with [...]

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