The Cheap Vegetable Gardener
The post Quick Refrigerator Pickles from Your Cucumber Glut appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. My cucumber plants this July have exactly two modes: nothing, and way too many. Quick refrigerator pickles are my go-to fix. Last week I picked seven cucumbers in one day. My daughters...
Kristin Berkey-Abbott
Yesterday was the start of Music Week at Lutheridge. This year, unlike last year, I can be around for more of it. I plan to go to the choral group (adult choir) rehearsals, so that if my Dad needs anything, I'll be there to help. Plus, I don't mind being there when rehearsing is happening; in...
Dan
I recently experimented with making some dishes inspired by the Greek food to be had in Oakleigh. However I never closely follow recipes so this meal is a Greekish thing of my own. I imagined this food selection arrayed as share plates but I'm only me so made and ate them over three separate...
Joy the Baker
The best snickerdoodle recipe, upgraded! Dough balls rolled in buttery cinnamon streusel AND cinnamon sugar for crackly, bakery-tall cookies. Make them once, love them always – trust me on this one! Friends, hi! After nearly two decades of putting recipes on this site, I’ve made a lot of cookies....
Joy the Baker
An easy no-bake Eton Mess sundae made with strawberries, vanilla bean whipped cream, and crunchy (store-bought!) meringue. This easy Mother’s Day dessert is simple, fresh, strawberry sweet, and perfectly messy in the best way! FRIENDS, HI!! I’m popping in from maternity leave (I know… I haven’t...
Joy the Baker
These big buttermilk biscuits bake up tall and flaky with a sweet jam center that turns glossy and caramelized in the oven! Breakfast never felt so bakery-worthy (especially since the bakery is literally in my backyard). We opened The Bakehouse Texas (my monthly backyard bakery pop-up here in...
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This Kurdish lentil soup is lovely and smooth. Simple but nicely balanced. A handful of rice balances the lentil flavour nicely and the whole thing becomes very smooth (even without blending it). Thanks to the Asylum seekers' and Refugees Support Group, Nelson, UK, for writing this down, and...
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Oven-roasted fennel is great - it's roasty, and yet still fresh and fragrant. This simple dish makes the most of it. We made this in 2019 and remembered it today! And it's as lovely as it is easy. Serves 2. Takes 35 minutes. 1 bulb of fennel 1 packet (250g) of …
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We’ve all heard the standard health advice a million times: “Eat your whole grains,” “finish your spinach,” and “avoid white rice.” But if you are managing Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) or just trying to protect your kidney health, that standard advice isn’t just wrong—it could be dangerous....
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Did you know that cranberries and rice are the 2 crops that can be grown on fully-saturated (i.e. damp) land? I learnt that this week from a colleague who studies how Dutch "polder" land can be farmed to absorb the most carbon. So I decided to try making a …
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"Cobbler" is a British kind of casserole made with a topping that looks like cobblestones. It can be savoury or sweet. I grew up with savoury cobbler as a school dinner. And the topping, is, basically... scones! Stew and scones, what's not to like? Here's my vegan version, a delicious …
Andrew Cove
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Dan
In a local fantasy game I made passing reference to a three course feed served to a large group of adventurers that suddenly burst in on the small inn of a tiny village. It was a fixed menu so that surprised staff would cope and drew on basic ingredients the village could provide at short...
Andrew Cove
How a warm bowl of delicious rice porridge felt like an act of self-care.Read the full post →
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It's rhubarb season. Rhubarb is IMPORTANT. You need to know how to make stewed rhubarb, because (a) it's lovely (b) it's simple, BUT (c) there are some basic mistakes that people make. Here's my expert guide. Come with me! The key things you need to know are: Don't add too …
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The man in the little Turkish shop got excited when I bought a tin of coconut milk and a fennel. "Oh, are you making fennel soup?" "...No?" But then he persuaded me, telling me how he used coconut milk to make it creamy and rich. What I love is that …
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"Stamppot" is the Dutch way of making a big hearty mashed-potato dish for the autumn/winter months. It's good to serve it with something savoury and "meaty" like a sausage, which contrasts against the texture and flavour of the mash -- but of course we want a veggie version. I invented …
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Porridge is great for breakfast, especially now as the days get shorter here in the northern hemisphere. I don't usually favour Felicity Cloake's so-called "perfect" recipes but for once with the porridge, she gets it right. So here's my slightly tweaked (veganised) version, with a couple of...
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Only recently, we discovered that you can make tasty flatbreads quickly -- and shockingly easily! This recipe is great for any time you realise you haven't got flatbreads/wraps/pittas/roti/tortilla in the house, but thought you did... So, this is the "emergency flatbread" recipe. Keep it simple....
andrew
I was inspired to cook this for a recent recipe club dinner on the theme of “in pieces”. It is based on a non-gluten-free recipe from the Woolworths site. However, since I had to tweak it a little, and others may also be interested, I’m putting my version here. Ingredients 200 mL of milk...
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This simple millet and pulse dish is adapted from the recipe "chana dal pulav" by Vijaya Venkatesh. It's a delighfully fragrant fluffy indian dish, which can be a simple one-pot meal or can be an accompaniment for a nice fragrant curry (e.g. a korma, or kofte with sauce). It's …
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This dhal has good flavours from spinach, fennel seed, and coconut oil. I based it on a recipe by Rafi Fernandez, but then completely re-worked it trying to use Krish Ashok's recommendations from his "Masala Lab" book for maximum flavour! Serves 2, with chapati and sides. Takes 25 minutes, plus …
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A very simple loaf, good for a tea break - it's easy, only a handful of ingredients, and vegan too! I am told that it's a classic wartime recipe. I only used one tbsp of sugar, to keep it on the un-sweet side, so you can have a slice of this …
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This lovely cake is a nice moist vegan cake, made with plenty of zest and juice from a bunch of mandarins. It went down well with our neighbours! You can use oranges instead, or any orangey fruit, I'm sure. Serves 12, takes about 90 minutes. Ingredients: 4 tbsp chia seeds …
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Here's my vegetarian haggis recipe. Inspired by this and this. I've only made this twice, so consider it a work in progress. But it came out well: Serves 4--6 people. You can do most of it one day in advance, too. 75g pinhead or steel-cut oats 50g pearl barley 150g …
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The Spruce Eats website has a guide on what to do with witlof (aka Belgian endive) with some really tempting suggestions. They're not giving full recipes, just ideas. So when I saw this suggestion: "Bake a witlof tarte tatin prepared with date syrup, aceto balsamico (balsamic vinegar), and...
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Kapsalon is a famous kebab-shop meal in the Netherlands. We've had a really nice vegan version where the kebab meat is replaced by braised celeriac, so here's our home made version! Very nice for a Friday night dinner. Takes 40 minutes, serves 2. 600g celeriac (it's one small, or half …
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Orange roast celeriac - a good centrepiece for a roast dinner. Perhaps even a bit Christmassy with the caramelly orange flavours. (I was inspired by this veg space recipe which is similar but no orange.) Serves 2, takes 65 minutes. 1 small celeriac, or half a large one 1 orange (you'll …
michaelwtwitty
GROUNDNUT WINGSPreheat oven to 375. You need: 2.5 pounds of chicken wings, drumettes separated from wing portion and tip if possible 2 tablespoons of West African wet seasoning 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, Demerara sugar, turbinado sugar, coconut sugar or palm sugar.1 tablespoon of...