Foodie stuff
Oct. 15th, 2005 12:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_ladylarkI haven't made a proper update in ages, and it's not that I haven't been doing stuff, just that I haven't been writing about it.
But i'm not going to write about that now.
Commenting on someone elses post, I realised that I never write much about my cooking (at least in this journal), and cooking is one of my favourite relaxation activites. I enjoy reading about other people's interesting meals and inventions, so I should probably mention mine sometime! I think i'll start keeping a note in here about stuff I make.
Tonight I made stuffed aubergines and sauteed potatoes with leeks and red pepper.
The (organic) aubergines were hollowed out, and the flesh cooked with green lentils, tinned chopped tomatoes, fried garlic and onion, and lots of basil. They were then re-stuffed, covered with good quality mature cheddar, and baked in the oven.
I cubed some organic desiree potatoes, and half an organic butternut squash, and sauteed them with a little onion and some cabbage that needed using up, in olive oil. In a separate pan I lightly cooked some (again, organic) leek and some leftover red pepper.
You may note an abundance of organic foodstuffs: This is because following the recommendation of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tiggsybabes we've started ordering our fresh produce weekly from Abel and Cole, who now provide us every wednesday with a varied box of lovely fresh organic fruit and vegetables. We've worked out it's actually going to be cheaper for us than getting bog-standard produce from sainsburys, as this way we won't be tempted to go 'oh, that looks nice' and pick up random things, we'll have to use what we're given. The box costs £20, we normally spend between £15 and £30 a week on fresh produce, and it seems a similar amount. So definately a good deal. Thanks tiggsybabes!
Later in the evening I had a craving for some sort of chocolatey pudding/dessert. I wanted to make a steamed chocolate pudding, but didn't really think starting something at 11.30pm that took an hour and a half to make was sensible! So instead, I baked some double chocolate chip muffins, made with lindt 70% dark chocolate. Yummy. I'm eating one now, warm out the oven...
Yeah, I like cooking. And eating is good too.
But i'm not going to write about that now.
Commenting on someone elses post, I realised that I never write much about my cooking (at least in this journal), and cooking is one of my favourite relaxation activites. I enjoy reading about other people's interesting meals and inventions, so I should probably mention mine sometime! I think i'll start keeping a note in here about stuff I make.
Tonight I made stuffed aubergines and sauteed potatoes with leeks and red pepper.
The (organic) aubergines were hollowed out, and the flesh cooked with green lentils, tinned chopped tomatoes, fried garlic and onion, and lots of basil. They were then re-stuffed, covered with good quality mature cheddar, and baked in the oven.
I cubed some organic desiree potatoes, and half an organic butternut squash, and sauteed them with a little onion and some cabbage that needed using up, in olive oil. In a separate pan I lightly cooked some (again, organic) leek and some leftover red pepper.
You may note an abundance of organic foodstuffs: This is because following the recommendation of
tiggsybabes we've started ordering our fresh produce weekly from Abel and Cole, who now provide us every wednesday with a varied box of lovely fresh organic fruit and vegetables. We've worked out it's actually going to be cheaper for us than getting bog-standard produce from sainsburys, as this way we won't be tempted to go 'oh, that looks nice' and pick up random things, we'll have to use what we're given. The box costs £20, we normally spend between £15 and £30 a week on fresh produce, and it seems a similar amount. So definately a good deal. Thanks tiggsybabes!Later in the evening I had a craving for some sort of chocolatey pudding/dessert. I wanted to make a steamed chocolate pudding, but didn't really think starting something at 11.30pm that took an hour and a half to make was sensible! So instead, I baked some double chocolate chip muffins, made with lindt 70% dark chocolate. Yummy. I'm eating one now, warm out the oven...
Yeah, I like cooking. And eating is good too.
