Colour: red
Sweet & Frugal
When there is a spot of sun, the BBQ beckons! It had been a while since we visited the local butcher, but they were eager to sell us anything except rabbit (which wasn’t quite available yet). As we hadn’t eaten sirloin in a while, we figured that should be remedied with a dose of sun […]
Stoplight Sushi
After finishing the old rice and quinoa for dinner, I finally got the opportunity to use the pre-roasted capsicum for an intended dish: stoplight sushi! Though the colours dulled, the natural sweetness and flavour is enhanced with roasting capsicum. The combination smoked mackerel, miso konnyaku, potato salad, peppery rocket, and roast capsicum was definitely an […]
First Perilla
Summer seems more evident with the majority of green produce in the off-license claiming it’s origins from the UK. The strawberries are still fruiting and flowering despite the unusual dry (and sunny!) weather. Unfortunately due to the move the crop of red perilla hadn’t the time in the ground as it should – last year […]
Vegan Jewelbox
An unexpected trip into town meant that I had a bit of time to be a good little consumer. As it is far easier to “stock up while you can” I opted for ‘pantry’ items rather than items needing immediate refrigeration. Although I can make it myself, I still haven’t gotten my kimchi as crisp, […]
Summer Onigiri
Another year, another Bento & Co contest. I have been rather depressed with what seems to be a great deal of effort expended to participate yet I’ve not even gotten into the shortlist. But I guess I’m masochistic – or just stubbornly holding on to the idea that I can win a new lunchbox rather […]
A Lunch of Two Cabbages
With a gloriously sunny weekend the sun summons for Yvan to the BBQ (and generally a home-cooked meal outside), we paid visits to two of our local farm shops for meat and seasonal veg. The extremely local veg, asparagus, was so fresh cut that it was oozing liquid from the ends and we happily took […]
Miso Vegetables and Salmon
I have been putting off my bulk rice order for Yvan to sort out the new kitchen layout, so I have been craving plain white rice for a while. With the pantry and shopping schedules thrown, I requested for carrots and a cabbage since they are rather long lived vegetables. Generously, a pair of small […]
Tortang Talong and Makizushi
Though there is a lack of south-east asian grocery stores here, there is a wonderful selection of (what the English refer to as asian) stores. A minute away I have access to a large array of foodstuffs surprisingly missing from the larger supermarkets in town; the best part is the more ‘exotic’ vegetable selection: small […]
Spring Blossom & Gyoza
After all of the gyoza from the fridge was used up for lunch and evening snacks I felt a little sad to note their absence – they were a rather good batch. So it didn’t take much effort to replenish the pantry with ingredients for gyoza once more, minus the wrappers (they aren’t found around […]
Brinjal Bhaji with Dumplings
I very much like eggplant – it would be one of the only proper vegetables that encourages me to consider being vegetarian (except I like meat too much!) Fried or BBQ’d are my favourite treatments, but as it soaks up oil like a sponge I feel it’s a bit of a ‘naughty’ food. So to […]