Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts

Monday, September 7, 2009

Vegetarian Meatloaf

Yes, I see the irony. But this is one of those recipes that I got from sister and I don't know its proper name or where it came from*. But it looks like a meatloaf but it's vegetarian....

Anyway, Steph from MooBear was challenged to share a recipe using one ingredient from the person who challenged her - which she did here - and then she challenged me. So I chose onions and here is a 'Vegetarian Meatloaf' recipe. It's quick and easy (the way I cook) and delicious (what I hope for when I cook).

75g uncooked macaroni pasta
125g brown lentils
2 cups breadcrumbs
1 onion, grated or finely chopped
1 carrot, grated
2 stalks of celery, chopped
60g pine nuts
¼ cup tomato sauce
¼ cup water
2 eggs, beaten
2 Tbls Worcestershire sauce
Pepper

I didn't have celery and only a small carrot when I made this one so I added a grated zucchini instead.

1. Cook pasta
2. Heat oven to 180 C
3. Combine dry ingredients, including cooked pasta and mix well
4. Add remaining ingredients and mix well
5. Cook until browning on top (about 20-30 minutes)

Now because I'm terrible at tagging people, I'll leave this up to you. If you'd like to take up the recipe challenge, choose an ingredient from this recipe and post a recipe using that ingredient on your blog. Otherwise, whip yourself up a Vegetarian Meatloaf..... you wont be disappointed!


*I'm sorry I don't know the source or who to credit for this recipe.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

An apron & some fortune cookies

I made some things for my friend Macca's birthday.....

An apron with the logo from his blog, Common Chefs. Common Chefs has beautiful recipes that are a bit fancier than your stock standard dishes, and have all been cooked by Macca so you know they work. He also gives a little intro to each recipe and the photos by JT will make your mouth-water!

I also whipped up a batch of fortune cookies....

... with personalised messages for the birthday boy. Some serious messages and some silly ones...


I had made these once before and as the receiever lived to sew another day, I thought it was worth trying them again. They are a littel fiddly to make but were definately easier the second time around... and are well worth the effort I think.

Thanks to Tyroga for use of the beautiful photo!

Sunday, June 7, 2009

I think I have "Embroiderer's Fingers"

I've been doing so much embroidery and handsewing lately that I've sustained injuries. I've stabbed myself so many times with the needle that the skin on the end of two of my fingers has split, is tender and just a little bit numb. And it's really sore. Poor me!


If anyone has any suggestions on how to prevent "Embroiderer's Fingers", please let me know. I want to be able to handsew without using bad, bad language and without tears. All advice will be gratefully accepted.

Some good news is that my injured fingers didn't stop me from making one of my husband's favourite dinners tonight... Chicken and Vegetable pie.



It was delicious.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Birthday Cakes

I have great memories of my sisters and I looking through the Women's Weekly Birthday Cake cookbook and deciding which cake we wanted for our birthdays. This wasn't just done in the weeks before the actual birthdate... it was done many times throughout the year. And Mum did an amazing job of creating exactly what we wanted...


So when it came time to think about cakes for my babies' 1st birthday, I wanted to continue the tradition. Because they are not able to tell me what they want yet, we tried to imagine what they'd choose if they could. They have lots of toys but each have a favourite that they take to bed each night.... Horse and Bug...


So the decision was made.

This is Amelie's Horse Cake...


And this is Elliot's Bug cake...


I liked the idea of using the little hard toys so they'll have something to keep from their first birthday cakes.

I wonder what they'll choose next year.....???

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Purse and Slice

It is my gorgeous friend's birthday today. In my new tradition of making gifts, I made her a little coin purse...



And because she loves coconut, some Coconut Jam Slice...


I was very happy to be one of her many friends to spoil her today.