african vanielje on Nov 30 2007 | Filed under: food blogging event, vegetarian
At this time of year I seem to find it more and more difficult to pry myself away from both my duvet and comfort food. I appear to have some sort of inbuilt neolithic urge to stock up on fat to survive the winter. It’s a good thing that whaling is outlawed [...]
african vanielje on Nov 23 2007 | Filed under: 30 second suppers, Pasta, food blogging event, vegetarian
Why are these 3 little words that I never hear from my daughter? She never tires of it, which means that if she can possibly help it we have pasta several times a week. Not a terrible prospect, I agree as there are so many delicious variations out there. So why is [...]
african vanielje on Oct 18 2007 | Filed under: SHF, christmas, vegan, vegetarian
Apple season is in full swing and the apples seem to be dropping faster than we can collect, juice, bake, pie or otherwise transmogrify them into the ultimate autumn comfort foods. The wide variety of trees in the orchard offer up a lottery of ‘cookers’ and ‘eaters’. Some of them are eaters (deliciously sweet and [...]
african vanielje on Sep 07 2007 | Filed under: Veg, vegetarian, vkcb
Wash, peel and slice your potatoes lengthways, so that you have a selection of thickish oval discs
Pat any excess water dry on kitchen towel
Rub the bottom of an oven proof baking dish with garlic butter
Layer the potatoes in the dish, seasoning between layers as you go, and adding a sprig of fresh rosemary to every [...]
african vanielje on Sep 03 2007 | Filed under: risotto, vegetarian, vkcb
Yep, that’s right, this is a baked risotto. That just means I started it off like an ordinary risotto, and finished it off in the oven. It doesn’t mean that it has to be done that way. You can just stick to the basic risotto formula of stand and stir. No problem.
But first, the beetroot.
Trim [...]
