In my Kitchen February 2015

Hello! How are you all? Hope you’re all doing really well. I missed you all so much. After the crazy hectic month I’ve had its good to be back reading amazing, inspirational stories and recipes. This is just one of the amazing sunsets seen from the kitchen most evenings.

After working 12 hour days for the past two and a half weeks it feels like I’m still running after my tail – I just can’t seem to get back into the swing of things! But last week I recharged my batteries by sleeping in and relaxing on the couch watching daggy 80’s movies with my husband. It’s sooooooo good, let me tell you! What do you do to unwind from the hectic paces of life?

I have been looking forward to In my Kitchen all month, as much as I’ve been busy, keeping in touch with you makes up for the crazy month I’ve had. In my Kitchen is a look into foodies kitchens all over the world, hosted by Celia at Fig Jam & Lime Cordial. We’d love to see all your new gadgets in your kitchen, come join us.

I don’t have much this month to show you, due to work commitments, but I’ve pulled a couple of goodies together to show you. Not too interesting but still yummy.

In my Kitchen . . .

. . . is a freezer full of homemade frozen dinners! Before I went to work I thought I’d cook up some lunches & dinners for my husband so he wouldn’t go hungry or worse, eat Hungry Jacks every night! As you can see, lots of good food that can easily be reheated in the oven or microwave. There was also Spanish-inspired egg muffins and tuna mornay pies, all of which I will share with you very soon J

In my Kitchen . . .

. . . is my tomato passata making (bottled tomato sauce, not ketchup) from the roma tomatoes in my sister and brother-in-law’s vegetable garden. Five kilograms of roma, 3 hours of prep, cooking, bottling and being in my element again, I produced five bottles of passata. Love a good passata for my Bolognese but find most of the store bought ones very sugary or acidic (yukk!) Any ideas on a good passata recipe you’d like to share? I’m always looking for new & exciting recipes or ideas to learn from, especially if you make passata every year, your feedback would be invaluable (and I can only get better.)

In my Kitchen . . .

. . . is my new Spice, roots & fruits reference book, which comes with a couple of recipes (what would my kitchen be without at least one more cookbook!) I haven’t had much a chance to read it yet (I’m still reading about Gordon Ramsay and I wasn’t doing a lot of reading while working!) but I’m really looking forward to sharing some exciting spice tips with you when I get a chance to reading.

In my Kitchen . . .

. . . are the biggest spring onions I’ve ever seen! Have you seen or grown a spring onion this big? Again, they came from the vegetable garden – where everything is going absolutely crazy at the moment! The black cutting board is 40cm in length and the diameter of the spring onions would have been the size of a twenty cent coin! They didn’t have a strong fragrance like spring onions but they were wonderfully flavoursome.

And finally In my Kitchen . . .

. . . some home-grown corn, yes from the vegetable patch. I steamed these in the oven then fried them in a Mexican-inspired seasoning and mayonnaise. I will be experimenting a little more with flavours and cooking times before sharing with you.

Hope your month is as amazing as every sunset you see. Look forward to seeing you next month for IMK x