May 28, 2:30 PM Cooking
After finding the geocache I went across the street to a Shoppers Drug Mart where I bought a cookbook on quinoa:
- "The Quintessential Quinoa Cookbook" (2011) by Wendy Polisi.
May 12, 6:00 PM Cooking
Dinner was our first attempt at replicating our dinner (seafood linguini) that we prepared while with friends in Australia. The big difference this time was that the seafood was all frozen rather than fresh. Nonetheless, it turned out rather well. This is a team effort!
We used a paella pan to make the seafood linguine and then found one bowl that would hold it all.
Cooking the veggies
Adding the seafood (prawns, mussels, scallops, tilapia)
Ready for eating
May 7, 7:00 PM Cooking
I had made a quick trip to the grocery store earlier this afternoon to buy a few spices, some lemons and some limes. The goal was to try 2 recipes from Annabel Langbein's "The Free Range Cook". Anyway, that was the original idea. The two recipes were Baked Lemon Grass and Chilli Chicken [p. 136] and Spicy Chickpea and Pepper Stirfry [p. 140].
But there was also a recipe for a Spicy Rub on page 140 and I ended up making that first. This turned out okay but it is more like a marinade than a rub. Maybe the words have different meanings in New Zealand. Then I was running out of time and decided to simply add some of the Spicy Rub to the chicken, put it in the oven, and see what happens. I did manage to follow the recipe for the Spicy Chickpea and Pepper Stirfry. Everything turned out fine. It was a good meal.
I still have a way to go to take photos as good as those in her book.