Category: vege
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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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Corn casserole and a really serious lack of corny jokes
This one was absolutely inspired by the corn casserole at Smokin’ Hot and Saucy BBQ joint in Newcastle. They make a very nice corn casserole down there. It kinda reminds me of a wet cornbread licked with a little chilli warmth and happiness and possibly a mother’s smile, so that is what I set out…
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Chilli cucumber salad
This is a story about a little cucumber and chilli salad I have been making of late. This salad prompted more than 1 person to question its origins and even tentatively ask me to jot down a recipe for them. Firstly, I’m sorry but this is not a very good story. Secondly, if you would…
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Grilled corn ribs with herb salt and pecorino
This is not a recipe for grilled ribs that have come from an animal, no sirree. This is a recipe for corn that is halved and then quartered through the middle of the cob and then grilled, and somehow this corn comes out on the other side of this process with the name “grilled corn…
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Korean mung bean sprout salad (Sukjul namul muchim)
I first tried this salad at the Korean food stall at the local market and I was instantly impressed. Not only was this stall run by the nicest bloody Korean couple that you are ever likely to meet, but the food they make is all delicious. Everything from the fried chicken to the rice to…
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