I absolutely love muesli – granola as well as the unsweetened variety. I have been known to have a bowl of muesli as a midnight snack and can happily have a few bowls a day, swimming with nuts and seeds and coconut and fruit and doused with ice-cold milk. Heaven. The leftover milk at the [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Nutty Granola Muesli
Posted in Recipe on April 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A Raw Deal
Posted in Diary entry on April 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Currently reading Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, and roughly in the middle now, where the protagonist Pi, castaway on a survival raft with a man-eating Bengal tiger, describes at length and in vivid detail the killing and wild devouring of sea life – sea turtles, sharks, flying fish, algae, birds, mostly raw and unseasoned (well [...]
Pesto and Chilli Chicken with Cauliflower au Gratin
Posted in Diary entry, Recipe on April 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Chicken is almost a stable in our hacienda. While we often end up making similar kinds of things for weekday dinners, finding two chicken breasts lurking about in the fridge, I was determined to try something different yet make it as quick and painless as possible.
There was a half-used jar of green pesto from earlier [...]
A rant about meat
Posted in Diary entry on April 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Unlike some members of my family, and hoards of folk who are more devout followers of their respective faiths, I attach no religious significance to what goes into my belly. I was brought up to respect the cow and not eat the pig. But what did the lamb and goat and sheep and chicken do [...]
Feeling Blue
Posted in Diary entry, Recipe on April 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There are times in London when I miss my family and friends that used to live in London but have since moved back to SA or gone to live in other parts of the UK and the world. This makes me want to eat or cook or bake, or do all three at once.
Claire, a South [...]
The Big Cheese
Posted in Diary entry on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was watching a re-run of a cheese episode of Nigel Slater’s Real Food last night where he described ricotta as being the new black. That was in 1998. If I had to answer that question now, I’d say goat’s is the big cheese and that since 1998, blue veined cheeses have had their moments [...]
Seedy Cheese Scones
Posted in Recipe on April 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
While my other half and I are partial to sweet scones, but as part of some kind of ‘afternoon tea’, we are not that fond of the sweetness in breakfast scones, so I use this recipe from Rachel Allen, adapting slightly, by adding cheese (parmesan or a strong cheddar), and preferring poppy and sunflower seeds [...]
Chapati chips
Posted in Recipe on April 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There were three chapatis left over from dinner tonight. I made about 12 paper thin ones which, now cool, have gone all crispy. So I’ve broken them up into segments and store these in an air tight container. These will make fabulous crunchy chips, ready for a delicious dip.
Making chapatis is so easy, especially if [...]
Muffins for Health Nuts
Posted in Recipe on April 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How can I be a passionate lover of food and a health nut at the same time?!! It pains me when I have to limit my intake of gorgeous morsels of all the tastiest things in the world. Actually, all the tastiest things in the world are not always the wisest health choices – cheese, [...]
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