One of Mister C’s favourite foods is pasta with tomato sauce. Of course, when my high-alert new mummy radar saw how much salt was in tinned tomatoes, I flipped out. Seriously? Ever since then I’ve been buying the ‘no salt added’ and much more expensive tin or making my own sauce. This is one of…
Category: Vegetable Dishes
Kiri Kos (young jackfruit) Curry
Disclaimer: I have never cooked fresh young jackfruit. I’ve eaten it. I’ve enjoyed it but this isn’t a recipe for fresh jackfruit because up here in the Pacific North-West it’s not something we get very often. Instead, we enjoy the fried chips cooked in a curry at least until we can get back to…
Spinach Curry
Sometimes all you have in your house are frozen and canned vegetables, and sometimes I like to pretend we’re in a zombie apocalypse and cook as if all we have are frozen vegetables. This is a curry my mum used to cook all the time. It’s full of goodness and flavour and super easy to…
Sweet and Spicy Eggplant
The other night Mr Firehouse and I were having leftover Chinese take-away for dinner. As carefree as I often am with what Mr C eats, I thought it too early to introduce him to MSG. So I cooked a simple vegetarian stirfry with some home-made plum sauce that I knew he liked. You see,…
No-knead bread
A few years ago now, hubby and I decided to visit our good friend Matthew in Paris. It was an epic trip but the highlight for me was the bread. Is there anything better than French bread straight out of the hot oven of the local Boulangerie? I think not. I remember sleeping in till…
Leek and Beetroot Tart
We’re doing Vegetarian again and I’ve committed to using the last of our farmer’s market haul in the bottom of the fridge. We’ve been left with beetroot and leeks which thankfully go well together. This is actually a really simple recipe, but I made it complicated for myself by making my own “rough puff pastry”….
Masala Vadai
I’ve posted a similar recipe before; Dhal Wade, this is just an update on the recipe and some more detailed photos of the “how to” process. I’ve also decided that there is no agreed upon spelling for “Vadai” and have decided to go with a different spelling today. Yield: This quantity made about 60 medium sizes…
Polos (Jackfruit) Curry
Polos is one of my favourite vegetable curries. In Sri Lanka, the cooking of this dish is kind of a sacred art. The best jackfruit trees are well known and highly prized. When they yield their fruit it’s picked and prepared with a prodigious amount of care. It’s cooked low and slow over a wood…
Pol (Coconut) Roti and Lunu Miris
POL ROTI Sri Lankan food can often be time consuming and labour intensive. It’s well worth the effort but sometimes it’s difficult to find the time on a busy weeknight. Pol Roti is an exception. Easy, quick and tasty, it’s something we often eat during the week when the need for curry hits us and…
Roast Vegetable Quiche
Mr Firehouse gave me a challenge this week. When I accused him of being not very keen on vegetarian cooking, he asked for a vegetarian dinner. This is a vegetarian quiche with cream cheese pastry, so really, double the cheese! It’s delicious, nutritious and colourful! I’ve always loved the Exclusively food version of quiche and this…
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