I think I’ve mentioned before that I’m not a cakey person. Nor am I a fluffy sweet snack person. So when the urge to bake racked my head, heart and right-hand pinky today, I decided some wholesome breakfast loaf bakery was in order. I had my heart set on a spicy, moist carrot and zucchini [...]
Also tagged bakingA creature of habit, I am easily discombobulated by upsets to my routine. My morning processes were chucked out the door this morning due to a pre-breakfast doctor’s appointment — this interruption clearly bewildered me, because when I got home, I decided that brown rice and nori rolls were an excellent breakfast idea. It’s [...]
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Pause for brief meander down a tangent: my Mumini tried to get us kidinis to eat brown rice, wholegrain pasta and brown bread when we were growing up and nearly caused a coup. Universal face-pulling followed by a demands for another round of deep-fried sugar and tomato sauce sandwiches. Now [...]
For someone who doesn’t go for brown much, there’s a lot of brown in my life right now. The bananas in the fruit bowl have even turned brown, mocking me, discarding their traditional yellow garb to fall into step with all the brown in my life. Some browns are bad:
Despite that tasty-looking gentle golden-brownness, this [...]
While I was poking my latest attempt at homemade yoghurt — bouncing the back of a teaspoon on the skin cautiously, trying not to break the surface, all the while making the kind of face you see caricatures make in political cartoons — M asked me how I would know for certain it was yoghurt. [...]
Also taggedI can make bread! Who said I couldn’t?
Tortillas? Pita pockets? No sweat.
Soft and fluffy herb and cheese bread? You got it. Hot cross buns? No problemo.
Scrolls stuffed with spicy pear and ginger?
Roast capsicum and feta pull-apart? You got it.
Slow-rise crusty bread, oh-so-perfect for dipping in fresh olive oil from the press at the farmer’s market? [...]
Our oven is being fixed in an awesomely effort-free (for me) fashion! My Dadini came, saw, conquered, and will reappear later in the week on a chariot led by a fire-breathing lion with bat wings because that’s the only beast awesome enough to bear him, and will replace the element. He’s also fixed our wobbly [...]
Also tagged kersplode, oven-free endeavoursI always knew I was a hippy at heart. I guess it was just a matter of time until it became apparent to those that surrounded me.
Evidence!
(a) brown rice.
My parentinis, not hippies, used to say “Peace, Love, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Brown rice and Incense”. I knew I loved peace, love and rock ‘n’ roll from a [...]
Today saw the climax of my biscuit-baking spree, taken to its glorious peak. It was AWESOME.
Behold:
Macarons. They’re imperfect: they’re a little on the slim side, definitely amateurish, and I kind of made up the fillings as I went along, but my God they are delicious. The shells are perfectly light and crispy, which I attribute [...]
Also tagged awesomeI continued with my spree of stress-related cookery today. If you’re ever having a rough time, or feeling overwhelmed, I strongly recommend an afternoon of talking with my Nana while baking by instinct. Rather than following recipes, I decided to follow instinct and my understanding of cookery to make a batch of scones and lemon [...]
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