What Kim Ate

This calzone was the second course for a dinner we hosted last week. Thomas had a day off work so he did all the cooking!
The calzone was made and assembled before-hand so all we had to do was pop it in the oven, which meant no running in and out of the kitchen and more [...]

You might have seen my earlier post about the problems I have with cooking mushrooms. Things had improved, but I knew there was room to do better…and today I found it (with the help of a little pointer from a magazine).

For this technique you need:

mushrooms (say 20 brown caps)
a good non-stick frying pan
a little [...]

A vegetarian hash stack is a great Sunday brunch idea, especially when you’re trying to find the middle ground between fruit salad and a full on heart attack producing traditional big breakfast.
Hash Stack

Ingredients (per person)

1 large egg, fried
2 large patties, fried (see Potato, Kidney bean, Carrot, Corn and Leek Patty)
Roasted red onion.
Roasted capsicum.
Roasted [...]

My parents were disappointed when I overcame my childhood aversion to eating mushrooms . It wasn’t that they had something against the consumption of fungus by young people – it’s just that they’d have to share.

Now I live with Kim and we both like mushrooms on pizza and in hamburgers, but I can’t get her [...]

Damn that was a good pizza. I really like the pizzas that Thomas and I cook now, and they’re simple, tasty and cheap. We tend to alternate between mushroom and broccoli pizzas. The lemon works surprisingly well.

Simple Pizza
Ingredients

Plain commercial pizza bases (brand: Romanos)
Pesto (brand: Genovese)
Mozzarella cheese (about a grated handful)
Mild or tasty cheddar cheese [...]