Showing posts with label homemade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homemade. Show all posts

Sunday, 5 October 2014

BIRTHDAY WISHES & KISSES

 



 









Hip-hip-hooray, happy birthday to my darling friend. Last week we celebrated her birthday, we all met at her place with a home made dish in hand. Seema was in full swing making her Grandmother's special curry and a delicious fish curry when I entered her busy kitchen, the smells coming from the stovetop were dreamy. By dusk we were all working together to fill our plates, passing dishes and bowls at the makeshift buffet table of home made dishes, the theme of the night was curries; bean and lentil curries, fish curries, buttered chicken, rogan josh, tandoori chicken, yoghurts, mango chutney, rice, naans.....I had two full platefuls of food and my tummy was greedily bursting by the time she blew the candles on her little cakes. There was not much room for dessert, but somehow I managed to fit in a sweet slice of everything. Lemon meringue pie, brown butter and salted honey pie, NYC cheesecake and a raw cheesecake.....I was pigging. The best way to celebrate is with your friends and with food, and to have both of them together is a treat for all, thank you for a delicious evening. Happy Birthday beautiful lady, I hope that your wishes come true. xo

p.s. (How amazing is her loungeroom, big envy over her style. I drool!)

Images taken using Canon 5D Markiii//50mm 1.4
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Friday, 29 August 2014

ROASTED TOMATO & CAPSICUM SOUP



What do you do when you have lots of tomatoes and a handful of capsicum?

A couple of days ago I sought the answer from one of my cookbooks. I settled on making a batch of Colm's Soup, from What Katie Ate. It was just the answer to warm up the recent succession of soggy days and the chilli added a nice slow heat to each spoonful. My five year old son enjoyed a whole bowl full and he was happy with the heat so long as he had a glass of water nearby. I topped each bowl with a couple of slices of grilled goats cheese spread ontop of some slices of rye bread.

Images taken using Canon 5D Markiii//50mm 1.4
Please do not use my images without permission.