Category: vege
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Grilled asparagus (kinda like elote)
So yeah. We were getting about the idea of making something for dinner and we decided it was going to be Mexican themed. There was asparagus to be used and my mind was thinking about elote (Mexican grilled corn), so asparagus elote (sort of) it was. Cooking the asparagus quickly allows the flavour to come…
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Garlicky pickled jalapeños
Home made pickled jalapenos are pretty much infinitely better than what you’ll buy at the supermarket. Sure, if you have a back-alley jalapeno dealer who is dishing out an artisan product from old potato sack in his or her shopping trolley, then yeah, you are probably going to be getting a pretty solid product. That…
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Smoked pumpkin, tahini dressing, zhoug
There is something special about a pumpkin that has been slowly roasted whole in a smoker or in the coals of a fire. Slightly smoky, roasty, sweet and soft deliciousness. This is a recipe for people who think they don’t like pumpkin. Also, it is pretty much all about the pumpkin so you really gotta…
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Green bean salad with onion vinaigrette
Good salad. Make it. Could add crispy bacon and/or croutons if you need help getting the green stuff past your mouth’s vegetable defences. GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH ONION VINAIGRETTE (serves 4 – 6 as a part of a banquette) 300 g green beans, trimmed and cut into 2 cm (1 in) pieces1 baby cos lettuce,…
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Okra with tomato and spices
I dare say you either love or hate okra. Everyone I know either loves it or hates it, and that is enough of a focus group based experiment for me to deduce that you will be in one of these categories too. Either way is fine by me – I’m always going to want you…
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Asian Mexican grilled corn salad
I’m a big fan of corn. But who isn’t, I guess. I’m also a big fan of the Mexican sweet corn salad, esquites. But everyone loves that one too. This recipe is just me concocting a different incarnation of said Mexican corn salad so I don’t overconsume and then fall out of love with the…
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Bread & butter pickles
I love a good garden pickle. At any given time, our kitchen bench will be home to numerous pickles and/or ferments using the produce from Jennee’s garden. NB for any inexperienced players out there; Jennee is my wife and she’s a heck of a good gardener. Grow something, pickle it and be truly impressed with…
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Big ol’ kale and cheese pie
Sauteed kale, onion, garlic, herbs and cheese mixed with enough egg and cream to hold it together, put to bed under a blanket of puff pastry and then cooked in the oven for 45 minutes or so until it’s golden and delicious. This is the kind of thing that can be an easy healthy lunch…
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Easy peasy mac and cheesy
This is a version of macaroni and cheese that is bloody quick and easy. It is simply cooked macaroni in one pot and cheese sauce in another pot and then you get to use your evolved dexterity to pour the cheese sauce over the macaroni and mix it together. That is the simple version. You…
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Kale stalk “capers”, or kalpers if you prefer
This recipe was very heavily inspired by Sean Brock’s “South”. I know you probably don’t even like kale. It probably makes you angry when people talk about it too. I feel bad for kale. Kale is a victim of circumstance. Very unfortunate circumstance. When it was adopted as the world-wide mascot for team hipster, its…
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