Posted by kathryn in Blogging and An Honest Kitchen

Last week I recorded a Q & A session with Shauna and Carla from Two Fit Chicks and a Microphone. The podcast is now available online and it’s all about Food Glorious Food. We talk about Vitamin D, the importance of eating a variety of foods, grapeseed oil, whey powder and a whole lot of other things. For details about how to download see the Two Fit Chicks website. h3. An Honest Kitchen on Flickr and Twitter Lucy and I …

Read more 2 comments 23 February, 2010

Posted by kathryn in Miscellanea

• Five ingredients: Jules from Stonesoup has started a new weekly series of recipes which can be prepared in under 10 minutess and use no more than five ingredients. She kicks-off with a a lovely zucchini pasta recipe. * Saturated fats: There has been a lot of talk about saturated fats in the last week, following the release of a new study by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Here’s Leslie Becks summary and thoughts on the research. * *Kashmiri …

Read more 5 comments 18 February, 2010

Posted by kathryn in Vegetables, Breakfast, Eggs and Summer

This is my current favourite breakfast – Indian-style scrambled eggs on toast. It’s something I’ve gradually adapted from a Madhur Jaffrey recipe. Step-by-step making it a little easier and a little more suited to my tastes. If I get up early to exercise, this is what I have when I get back. It fills me up, keeps me going until lunch-time, while also providing lots of good, dense nutrition. The original recipe has a few more processes and ingredients, …

Read more 14 comments 16 February, 2010

Posted by kathryn in Miscellanea

• Recipe formulas: Piece from Michelle of Find Your Balance on recipe formulas. It’s about taking the structure of a recipe and then changing it to suit what you have in the fridge and pantry. I find this a useful way of approaching meals in my house. * Food labels: An article from the NY Times on how the US is encouraging food manufacturers to include nutritional information for real serving sizes on their packets. Discusses some of the …

Read more 8 comments 11 February, 2010

Posted by kathryn in Vegetables and Easier eating

In January I started a series on the ingredients I use regularly. I wrote about Flavour Boosters and two of my favourite Easy Vegetables. Today I’m continuing the Easy Vegetables theme. I’m a big fan of fresh vegetables. The range, the smell and taste, the possibilities that are opened up when you have fresh produce, are all characteristics that give me pleasure and excitement. Despite this I don’t eat fresh all the time. Sometimes I don’t have time or energy …

Read more 6 comments 10 February, 2010

Posted by kathryn in Miscellanea

• Wonderful stuffed capsicums: I made this recipe twice last week, both times for picnics. It’s Ganga from A Life (Time) of Cooking’s adaptation of a Nigel Slater recipe for capsicums stuffed with tomatoes. It’s good. I mean really, really, really good. * Becoming a Selectarian: Great piece from the Redefining Diets blog on avoiding those calls from the kitchen cupboard of chocolate/chips/biscuits saying “eat me”. * Noodles with walnuts: A gorgeous looking recipe from Ottolenghi for "Udon Noodles with …

Read more 7 comments 04 February, 2010

Posted by kathryn in Fats & oils

There’s a piece in this week’s GI News on ways to reduce the fat in your meals. It’s written by dietician Kaye Foster-Powell, who says: bq. Fat provides more calories per gram (9 cals or 37 kJ) than protein or carbs (4 cals per gram each), which is why fat is a good place to start when giving your recipes a healthy makeover. It’s not just the quantity you have to think about, it’s the quality – the type of …

Read more 17 comments 02 February, 2010