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Posted in Salads, Vegetarian meals on Mar 24th, 2011
As we come to the end of the season for tomatoes in Australia, I thought that this recipe from Ottolenghi’s Plenty would be a lovely way to show them off. This salad also ticked a few more boxes, including Saskia’s beloved theory of ‘combining for protein‘. It was also a nice, substantial salad which we [...]
Posted in Recipes, Salads, Vegetarian meals on Feb 7th, 2011
The other weekend Mr M suggested that we go on a picnic. I was thrilled at the idea – a picnic is really just eating and lounging, two of my favourite things! But I was less enthused when I realised we didn’t particularly have any picnic-friendly food on hand. So I did a ‘surprise chef’. I [...]
Posted in Recipe: savoury, Recipes, Salads on Mar 22nd, 2010
A little while ago we had a reader request for some ideas on how to cook quinoa, the super healthy, alternative grain. Following on from my quinoa porridge, I decided to experiment with a quinoa salad. Keeping in mind Saskia’s crusade on combining for protein, I added chickpeas and veggies to the quinoa. I had [...]
Posted in Recipe: savoury, Recipes, Salads, Vegetarian meals on Feb 3rd, 2010
We have really enjoyed Melbourne’s lovely weather of late. The other weekend, Mr M and I decided to go on a picnic to relax and soak up the sun. We headed to Yarrabend Park on a Saturday afternoon and found ourselves a lovely little spot by the river, underneath a huge gum tree. We whipped [...]
