Special tip – When baking assemble all of your ingredients in the relevant measurements, before you begin, eggs and butter unless otherwise stated are best at room temperature. This will welcome flow into your kitchen, and make the whole experience more calming, timings are usually more accurate too.
Month: October 2010
Sesame Street
Sometimes I get lost; I loose my bearings, even with a map. And then, I decide to put the map away and follow my nose, my gut, my instincts, whatever you want to call them, and hey presto, more often than not, I find a way.
Me sitting outside a cafe, enjoying afternoon tea in autumn! |
Sometimes I meditate, whilst looking at a rose! |
Feeling Good Everyday
Feeling hungry? How hungry? Often what we eat is dictated to us by habit and convenience – what’s available? At best we choose seasonal produce, at the other end of the spectrum we accept fast food or whatever’s in the fridge.
Stacks are in many ways a blank canvas for your taste buds, follow the basic recipe and have fun stacking your favourite flavours – vary the cheeses, play with herb combinations, see what else you come up with, most of all enjoy and nourish well. I use Merchant Gourmet Puy lentils for simplicity, they’re delicious and come in different flavours and are available from most shops, though if you have time to cook your own, great!
I like to serve these stacks alongside a fresh green salad, depending on hunger, some baked sweet potatoes too is a lovely addition. Here’s to Feeling good on Friday!
Three little Ginger Pigs went to the market . . .
I feel strongly about animal welfare and am interested in Free-range farming, so jumped at the chance to take part in a Butchery workshop at The Ginger Pig.
I’ve mentioned Gubbeen before and in the same breath I’ll mention The Ginger Pig, both share a passion and care for their animals, which is admirable. I choose free-range pork every time and urge you to do the same, it truly tastes better and is a win win for everyone, animals and humans alike. Our friendly Butcher explained the difference between stressed meat and good meat, stressed pork is very pale in colour or dark with red specks, which are capillaries dotting through the meat. Try to avoid these cuts. Three key points to share –
Now, I’ve had a special request from a lovely lady for a one-pot wonder. This recipe I’d like to share is one of my absolute favourites and coincidentally involves Pork accompanied by Prawns! Sea and land come together for a gastronomic taste explosion, that will warm you up on the coldest of days. |
olive oil, 1tbs
Simply Salmon
This recipe includes alfalfa sprouts, relative of the gorgeous green legume Dynasty. You can sprout your own in only seven days and now because of their rich nutritional abundance producers have cottoned on and conveniently they’re available in most supermarkets. These threads of green goodness help lower blood pressure, inhibit inflammation, reduce short sightedness and help boost our immunity. Feeling good has never been so easy with Alfalfa!