Wednesday, June 9th

Now reading Jesus the Man by Barbara Thiering. Interesting take on the New Testament.

Saw Sex and the City yesterday. Fabulous clothes as always.

Vegetable Pasta

500g Pasta, cook as per packet instructions, use lemon salt, leave in colander

250ml Cream, put in empty pasta pot on low heat
150g Gorgonzola, cubed, add to cream and stir until melted
3ml Tasty Paste, add
150g Asparagus tips, cooked
150g Broccoli, cooked
300g Cauliflower, cooked, cut into florets

Mix well, add pasta to pot, stir through, grate some nutmeg over dish.

Tuesday, June 8th

Fruit Salad

1 Pear, crispy, cubed
2 Granadillas
1 Small bunch of grapes, halved
15ml Cacao nibs
A perfect breakfast salad for one.

Monday, June 7th

There was some mention in the introduction of The Odyssey to the huge number of meals described in the book, but what struck me even more was the number of tears cried. Eish!

Sundried Tomato Pesto

200-300g Sundried Tomatoes, drained, wet weight. (Soak in hot water if dessicated.)

30g Garlic
30g Nuts
50g Pecorino or Asiago
50ml Lemon juice
150-250ml Olive oil

Puree together. Use only as much olive oil as needed. Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator.

Friday, June 4th

Saw new Coen brothers movie yesterday, A Serious Man. Weird, interesting. Still reading The Odyssey.

Chocolate cookies

250g Butter, melted
250g Sugar
100g Cocoa powder
300g Flour
15ml Whiskey

Mix together and press into shallow, lined baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes at 180C. Cut into small squares as soon as you remove it from the oven. Delicious with fruit.

Thursday, June 3rd

Cheesy Asparagus Tart

100g Butter, melted
170g Red Leicester or similar (reserve a handful)
150g Flour
Mix together and press into square Pyrex. Set aside.

500g Asparagus, cooked and chopped
100g Onion, grated
400g Feta, chopped or crumbled
20g Basil
Put half the asparagus in Pyrex, top with half onion, half feta & half Basil. Repeat. Press down.

125ml Cream
2 Free Range eggs
3ml Mustard powder
1ml Cayenne pepper
Whisk together and pour over feta and asparagus. Top with reserved handful of cheese. Bake at 180C for 1 hour.

I tried this recently without eggs, I used an extra 125ml cream with 45ml tapioca flour.

Wednesday, June 2nd

Saw Met Opera's HTC movie, Armida last night. Loved it. Was horrified to realise once again how we are constantly indoctrinated to find fat ugly. Two non-singing parts (Love & Vengeance) were filled by actors with less than beautiful bodies. I was severely irritated and offended by having to look at their ugly bits on display.


Ricotta Risoni

500g Risoni, cooked according to packet instructions (use lemon salt) and drained

150g Ricotta, drained
150g Gorgonzola, grated
Stir cheeses in hot pasta pot, when mixed well, add risoni and stir through. Layer in loaf Pyrex, sprayed with olive oil, with:

large handful Basil leaves
410g Tomato & onion mix, canned
Top with:

200g Cheddar

Bake at 180C for 40 minutes .

Tuesday, June 1st

Tasty Paste

Use this to flavour any savoury dish. You could also use 50ml of this paste with 200ml water as stock.

3 parts Salted lemon
1 part Garlic
2 parts Fresh ginger
1/2 part Fresh chili (optional)

Puree together. Keep in glass jar in refrigerator.