Aug 21, 2020Day 6: Miso soup and Bat-wing RamenChallenge update: Today was really bat-wing mushroom day. We have a whole packet of them dried and rehydrated a bowl full yesterday, so...
Aug 20, 2020Pumpkin CurryAs mentioned in Day 3 & 4 of The Challenge I love curry. It is one of my favourite foods. Some have heat, others don't. Some curries are...
Aug 20, 2020Day 5: Basil SoupChallenge update: My basil plant has gone completely wild, so I decided it was time for a trim and made basil soup with goat cheese toast...
Aug 19, 2020Days 3 and 4: Pumpkin CurryChallenge update: Day 3 was left-over day, so nothing to write home about. Day 4 we had a pumpkin curry, continuing to explore the uses...
Aug 19, 2020Cornbread LoafAs mentioned in Day 2 of The Challenge I grew up with cornbread. It is a comfort food, a good staple. Usually it was a breakfast food,...
Aug 18, 2020Fenugreek PorridgeAs mentioned in Day 2 of The Challenge A friend got me 1 kg of Fenugreek seeds recently. The seeds have a beautiful, sweet, tangy smell...
Aug 17, 2020Ginger and Soy Savory OatmealAs mentioned in Day 1 of The Challenge I love oats. I start 90% of my days with porridge and have oats at other times too. When I haven't...
Aug 17, 2020Day 2: Fenugreek Porridge and Cornbread LoafChallenge update: For day 2 of the challenge, we started off the day with an experimental fenugreek porridge, which was very tasty but...
Aug 16, 2020Day 1: Ginger and Soy Savory OatmealThe Challenge begins: Having set myself this challenge on Thursday, I then went away to France for the week-end, and was wined and dined...
Aug 16, 2020Easy PaellaPaella is a recent addition to my repertoire. It has a reputation for being complicated, but I was recently shown an easy recipe by my...