A quick and unfussy soup of sweet tomato and capsicum (bell/sweet pepper), chickpeas (garbanzo beans) and smoked paprika. Requires little more than pantry staples. Half an hour (tops) and you’ll be slurping down a bright red bowl of goodness.
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caponata style beans
6 April 2011 1 Comment
Two recipes in one: a warm, chunky caponata-style salad of eggplant, zucchini, tomato, red onion, olives and fresh herbs; and a chilli bean dish with caponata-style vegies. Take one or both and you’ve got a peasant’s feast in no time at all. Serve the salad as a side or the beans as a main. Warming autumnal fare.
roo bolognese
20 February 2011 3 Comments
A lean and chunky bolognese sauce made with kangaroo (with a few facts about this high-quality protein thrown in for good measure). Tomato + basil make this a perfect summer pasta sauce. Prep to sit-down in 20 minutes.
a couple of christmas salads
19 December 2010 5 Comments
A couple of healthy salads for summer days: sweet potato with roasted capsicum and basil, and a cumin-spiced couscous salad with parsley, mint, red onion, lemon and fresh dates. Plus lots of ideas to tweak these with what’s in your fridge.
roasted baby capsicums w. fettucine
4 December 2010 2 Comments
A chunky, rustic pasta sauce of roasted baby capsicums, garlic + olives. Sweet with a hint of burnt-caramelly goodness. Simple, one-handed weeknight cooking, with minimal knife work. The roasted capsicums make a killer accompaniment to sourdough, in salads or as an antipasto.
summer bruschetta
20 January 2010 Leave a Comment
Late last year we spent a long weekend in Sydney to see Ben Folds, who, even alone at a piano, is a master showman. That weekend was a kind of difficult time for us. We did a lot of walking on beaches. Late one chilly afternoon we found an empty little cafe somewhere past Bronte [...]
