Saturday, November 28, 2009

Fish Wraps from Janella Purcell


This comes from Good Chef Bad Chef a really great cooking program on Lifestyle Food.

Steam 4 Flathead fillets cool.
Cook 1 cup of quinoa cool.

Mix 2 tbls of Miso paste
1/3 cup tahini
Juice of half a lemon
Flake in fish and mix well

Lay 1 piece of mountain bread (or any flat bread)
Cover with a sheet of Nori (seaweed for making sushi)
Place fish mix and some quinoa on nori and roll the whole lot up.

This is very nice when toasted under a sandwich press.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

The Foodie Handbook


This wonderful book is written by Pim Techamuanvivit of Chez Pim. Its not exactly a recipe book, but it has many recipes. I guess more than anything its a collection of material that has grown out of Pim's blog. The book is divided into four sections which look at eating, cooking, drinking and enjoying life. More than anything else the joy that food brings to life is at the heart of this book.

There are tips on how to dine out and get the most from the experience, how to match wine to food particularly if your on a budget. Also though hints for roasting the perfect chicken or preparing the ultimate pad Thai.

In short a huge selection of the sort of things that Pim has been writing about for ages. If you would like to check out her blog just click on the link in the right margin. This book is well worth buying and is a lot of fun.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Pork and salad


This recipe is adapted from Delicious magazine November 2009

Pork

Take lean Pork steaks and coat with ground pepper, fennel and salt pan fry.

Salad
1 jar marinated artichoke hearts drained
400gm can of lentils drained
120gms baby spinach
150gms crumbled fetta

Dressing
1tbs red wine vinegar
2tbs olive oil
1 crushed garlic clove

Saturday, November 14, 2009

The Amazing Makerel Pudding Plan



This book is great fun, it appears while helping her parents clean out their basement Wendy McClure came across a collection of Weight Watchers recipe cards from the 1970's. The recipes and photos are very funny made even better by the authors comments on the contents and appearance of many of the dishes.

I should stress the actual card photos are shown but the recipes themselves. The is a really humorous look at how people used to diet. Some of my favourites are the healthy drink combinations perhaps combining coffee with diet orange soft drink, or to tempt the palate we could combine water, sherry extract and two beef cubes. The food is equally funny like the frankfurter crown roast which I am sure you would love to serve at your next family meal.

The book is great fun and would make a great Christmas gift.