An Honest Kitchen

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What I'm eating

  • Saturday. Iku lunch today: tofu burger w/ steamed veg, pickled red cabbage & beetroot, & chickpea w/ beetroot. Plus they're amazing dressing
  • Thurs late lunch: Pad Thai with tofu and double the vegetables.
  • Hungry all morning & knew lunch was going to be late. Had half a tin of white beans, a banana, a peach & square of Beetrotinger cake.
  • Thurs breakfast: rye and pumpkin seed toast again. One w/ white bean paste / dip & t'other w/ marmalade. Plus some pineapple.
  • Made kind of polenta pie for Tues dinner. Polenta top & bottom, w/ filling of lentils & silverbeet cooked in tomato.Topped w/ cheese & baked

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Quicklinks

Posted by kathryn in Vegan, Vegetables, Salads and Ethics & Sustainablity

It’s been a while since I’ve done a Quicklinks post, but here’s what I’ve been reading over the last couple of weeks * Making a great salad: Lovely piece from Tea and Cookies about how to make a tasty and interesting salad. Piece has the gorgeous title of Pep talk for wilted salad makers. Tea is also collecting salad pictures and recipes on her Flickr page. * Vegan calcium sources: I think I got this one from Sophie?. It’s a …

Read more 5 comments 16 July, 2010

Fennel salad with sardines, capers and mint

Posted by kathryn in Fish, Vegetables, Salads, Winter and Recipes

I’ve been surrounded by fennel recently. I’ve been buying fennel, cooking with it and eating it. But also clients and friends have been asking me for tips on using the stuff. I’ve included fennel recipes in recent cooking classes. It’s appeared in my weekly vegetable box. And I keep on spotting amazing fennel recipes. While I love cooked fennel, one of my favourite uses is in a simple salad. This dish is easy and yet packs a superb flavour …

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Read more 6 comments 14 July, 2010

Is middle-aged weight gain inevitable?

Posted by kathryn in Myths

There’s a great piece on the ABC’s website about middle-aged weight gain. A lot of people think it’s inevitable. There seems to be a widely held belief that as you age there’s a dramatic slowing of the metabolism, which means no matter how hard you try weight gain is going to happen. But this is not really true. There is a slowing of the metabolism as people age, but it’s relatively slight. What’s more significant in the development of middle-aged …

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Read more 3 comments 08 July, 2010