food for thought

i have been meaning to make these appear, right here, for a little while now.
they are mostly a joint labour of love between the two of us. please, enjoy. we did.



steaming hot syrian chicken with carrot mash - taken from my wedding recipe book from emma schwarcz from karen martini.



lamb shanks with asian rub. fell right off the bone, i'm tellin' ya. courtesy of omg. more on this bible soon.





eggplant cigars, so coined by skov. but you don't smoke them. although they are smokin'. courtesy of me. and nobody else. i like the reflection in the oven dial vicinity. we were very happy at 6.58pm that day.



neon green pea soup goodness. so easy. only one secret ingredient. and no, i won't tell you what. ok i totally will. it's vegetable stock powder (the msg free kind). delicious.


and as far as dessert is concerned...



banana cake, courtesy of my new favourite app, allrecipesau. i went there. and added a few of my own ideas. i like how it kinds looks like a mutant choc-chip cookie. 



decadent chocolate brownie. it's so hard to get it just right on the outers and in the middle. either the outer is overdone or the centre is inedibly molten. this was no exception (as seen by the monster cave in the centre. i believe in that cave, many miles to the south, lived a boy born with fangs in his mouth... too far?)


i would also like to mention at this point, in the spirit of horn-tooting, that i also invented a new cookie, especially for a certain diabetic, and he, after trying my full-fat, full-sugar, full-delicious cookies, said he preferred my sugar-free, carb-free invented variety. i wasn't sure whether to be more proud of the inner-creative chef inventor extraordinaire, or disappointed with donna hay. also, it was hard to think while debbie was yelling at bram for eating the regular cookies. 


anywho. that's it in the land of culinary adventures right now. there are many more, but they are either still on the camera, or on the new computer, or stuck in the vast land of unsorted digitals. now there's some scary virtual real estate. i look forward to sharing them (and to reading all of your many, many comments on them).


i'll let you know when i hear from monash or job potential - whichever one pops up first. while we wait, why not share with me your new or old-time favourite kitchen gadget? (bram, i know what yours is. it's a mandolin. and don't try and argue with me.) just click in the "leave a comment" box and clack-clack-clack until you're done. simple as that.


-- R.