Monday 15 July 2013

Experiments in the kitchen

In recent weeks I have been experimenting in the kitchen.

I'm working on a bean burger recipe and haven't quite cracked it yet - the flavour is good but the texture isn't right.

I made a mushroom stew which has a lovely flavour but is  a bit too delicate.  It needs a bit more oomph.

Today I am cooking up a storm, creating an aubergine and mozarella tomato bake. It's about 30 degrees outside and this is a very wintry dish, but I felt in need of comfort food!

I found a US website dedicated to unprocessed food and daily recipes. It's really inspiring to find a fellow non-processed foodie out there. The blog is called 100daysofrealfood and is much bigger and slicker than mine. The recipes rely on US ingredients but are worth checking out. There is some good information on there about what constitutes a whole grain, for example.

I have changed my cheesy leek bake recipe which I will update on here as well as a crunchier flapjack which I am very pleased with.

So there's lots going on but nothing solid to post yet. My blog is a collection of good recipes, and not all the steps I take along the way so bear with me whilst my experiments continue :)