What Kim Ate

Watermelon shake
Take a watermelon. Remove pips. Put in blender with a tray of ice. Blend. 
OMG yum. 
One watermelon normally makes two blenders full. 
Hint: How to get pips out of watermelons
Use two bowls and a sieve. Scoop out the watermelon flesh into one of the bowls, then use your hands to grab out bits of flesh. [...]

I’m addicted to the green leaves of baby spinach.
Baby spinach, capsicum, tomato, egg and emmental cheese with balsamic vinaigrette.

Baby spinach, feta, sundried tomatoes and tuna with balsamic vinaigrette

We got silverbeet in our organic veggie box delivery this week. I’m not a fan, I’d much rather have spinach…
However, I made a Silverbeet and Potato soup and it was nom (maybe even nom nom). So if you already like Silverbeet it may even be nom nom nom.
Enjoy. (Thanks to Martha at NZ Lifestyle)

Silverbeet [...]

We had a fudge making session. What an awesome idea! The fudge that really stood out was the Russian Fudge made by Michelle and Catherine.

Image by dragonflyblue
Russian Fudge
3 1/2 cups White Sugar
125 g butter
3 tablespoons Golden Syrup
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
200 g sweetened condensed milk (half a standard tin)
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
Method
Place all the [...]

I made these Stained Glass Biscuits for a pot luck dinner we hosted last night.
They’re a little bit gimmicky but very fun to make. The recipe below is from OHbaby.
Lollies smashed up

See through biscuits!

My hints:
1. To smash lollies put them inside a plastic bag and hit them with a rolling pin. [...]

It seems crazy to post about sorbet on one of the coldest days we’ve had in a while. Oh well, save this great recipe from the Mediterranean Food Warehouse for a nice sunny day!
The peach flavour is amazingly intense. The man at the Food Warehouse swears it’s because of the quality of the Spanish [...]

We successfully hunted paua.
Paua Sandwiches
You will need
* Two paua per person (legal size of course!)
* Lemon
* Herbs and flavourings of choice (lemon thyme, sage and garlic worked well)
* Butter
* Two slices of bread per person
[...]

I made Berry Tarts from the Nov 2008 Taste magazine. The Tarts were nice but not nice enough to bother making again. The pastry cream that the tarts used was very, very good. I made another batch of it the next day and Thomas and I ate it without the Tarts.

Pastry Cream
- 250 ml [...]

This dip is a classic and so simple to make.

- 1 small cucumber, peeled and grated
- 300g of natural Greek yoghurt
- 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh parsley
- 3 cloves of garlic
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
1. Place cucumber, yoghurt, parsely, garlic and black pepper in a bowl and mix to combine.
2. Cover and [...]

Much easier to make than I’d always supposed and much harder to photograph :-)
This lovely recipe bought to you from: How Stuff Works
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 500 grams fresh spinach leaves
- 1/4cup butter
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup milk
- [...]