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Sparse Cupboard Sesame Noodles

12:11 PM, May 18, 2016 |

There are days when you think the cupboard is bare and you just, for the life of you cannot make it out to forage for more. If what you need is a swift stop-gap to keep the wobbles away, then skip straight to the recipe at the bottom.

This is a dish for those sorts of days. It’s for when you’re poorly, but know in your heart of hearts that you’ll feel a little better when you eat something. It’s for when you’re stranded at home waiting for a trades person who gave you a six hour window of potential appearance- and hasn’t arrived by hour 5 and three quarters. It’s …

Chicken, Leek, Porcini and Poppyseed Pie

11:09 AM, May 9, 2016 |

baking, chicken, pies

This is an excellent chicken pie. It’s what I made for Mother’s Day in some muted moments of contemplation in the kitchen. If you swiftly need a pie that takes inspiration from the cosseting chicken casseroles of the deep south (poppyseeds and all), but isn’t topped with broken Jatz/Ritz crackers and chubby with cans of cream of chicken soup (I’m deadly serious), skip straight to the photos and recipe at the bottom.

But first, a little prattling. Mother’s Day this year gave me a brief period of intense navel gazing. Here we are, nearly three years on from when I first took my own tottering steps into this role. It’s an …

Vegan/Paleo Chai Tagine

12:53 PM, April 29, 2016 |

chickpeas, dairy free, feeding a crowd, gluten free, In the kitchen, Moroccan, paleo, side dishes, slow carb, sweet potato, tea

Do you need another make ahead, vegetarian/vegan friendly/ Paleo friendly/ meal in your arsenal for when those folks drop in that isn’t a curry or bowl of pumpkin and coconut soup? If so, skip straight to the recipe at the bottom. This aromatic, slovenly easy vegetarian tagine is possibly what you’re looking for.

Again, if you have time for nattering, read on.

There are things that I do when The Hungry One goes away (short trip this time within Australia, but still absent for the lion’s share of the week).

I make a batch of microwave quinoa and buy a large bunch of Tuscan kale. I eat swift renditions of bowl-food, cross legged …