So it all began a few months ago when I bought Jamie Olivers 15 min meals. Now I love anything that cuts our cooking time right down and delivers quality. Before I had kids, cooking was a joy and I used to try new exotic stuff and we would eat at 8pm! Now, I laugh at that, we eat by 5.30pm and it is a lottery whether my children will eat it or not and what reaction I get. It is hard when you spend so much time lovingly preparing a meal to have it left. Well the dog scores but.... So I was all for 15 min healthy delicious meals. I enjoyed the trying it out, then reporting it on my facebook and the idea of this blog was formed.
The Jamie meals were mostly delicious and I adapted them for the kids a little bit, I did not manage to cook them in 15 mins, even when I had prepared and washed everything, having all food and spices laid out. I think that the average time was 25 mins (which is pretty impressive!) and I was mostly cooking with a baby on my hip. What isn't mentioned in the cookbooks is how messy everything gets, mustard seeds explode out of the pan, coriander gets everywhere, the oven is always splashed!! But the food is good, tasty and worth it. Definately don't use the kitchen timer to time yourself, too much tick tick tick in the background and too much pressure!!
So what has been a testing time for me this week?
What comes to mind is a thermomix party I went to weds. I want one!! It was an all singing all dancing small kitchen machine. The demo lasted about 2 hours and the lovely lady cooked and prepared an amazing array of food, drinks, dips, sorbets, salads, risottos, bread, custard with hardly any effort. I want one and am working out in my head how I will ever come up with the nearly $2000 to get one!! In my dreams but hey...one can dream!! I will have a demo soon.
Another thing I decided to try out today was quinoa. I have heard that it is a super grain and super healthy for you. It actually didn't really taste of anything but I got a Jamie recipe and added a finely chopped blend of chillie, coriander, spinach and spring onions, then mixed it into the quinoa. Squeezed over a lime and drizzled some olive oil. Was nice with a little bite to it! Had it with thai chicken burgers and a salad. Way super healthy for us!! I got great satisfaction walking round the garden and picking my lime off our tree and the chillie off the plant. The most amazing thing was that my son who is 14 months old really enjoyed his thai chicken burger and quinoa (minus the chillie mix) and a happy son is a happy mum!!
Well I have waffled on enough for now. More soon!
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