Yay for chocolate!!
Well anyone reading this before 1230 on Wednesday, feel free to join us at the QVB for lunch and chocolate at DJ's. Preferably people or animals we know please. Although stalkers are welcome to stalk, as long as you pay for lunch too. And the chocolate.
Eep, I spent the afternoon chargrilling zucchini and eggplant. Got the kitchen filled with smoke. And now I smell slightly of antipasti, which really isn't all that bad. Someone remind me to buy a pastry brush with real bristles, not the dodgy plastic type. Got slightly singed on the chargrill pan. Seriously considering buying a George Foreman grill (knocks out fat!). Not that I'd use it save for chargrilling vegies, fish, chicken, steak... hmm...
New Kate Rusby album out in the UK, The Girl Who Couldn't Fly. Gonna buy it on ebay, considerably cheaper even with the postage and handling.
Had dinner at Titanic Restaurant in Btown on Monday. Great woodfire oven pizzas, surprisingly good. Must pull you guys out this way if I can. And a great place for coffee and Leb desserts. You can also smoke argilas aka hooka (tradititonal Arab pipe, many different flavours like apple, mixed berries, orange, although the most interesting sounding in the Titanic Special) although it has been linked with a higher risk of diabetes.
So anyone wanna have a Alice in Wonderland party there and someone can be the Caterpillar smoking a hooka??
Spiced couscous
Bring 500ml chicken stock to the boil. Cover and remove from heat.
Heat 2tbsp olive oil and 75g of butter in a small saucepan. Add 1 small onion, finely chopped, and cook unitl softened. Add 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped and cook for another 30sec. Add 1tsp each of ground cumin, ground coriander and turmeric, 1/2tsp of paprika. Cook stirring for 1min or until spices are fragrant. Add the hot stock. Place 2cups of couscous in a heatproof bowl, pour over stock and allow to stand for 5min covered. Use a fork to fluff up couscous. Stir in 1/2cup sultanas, 1/2cup toasted pine nuts and 1/3cup coarsely chopped coriander (or mint). Can add a tbsp or 2 of lemon juice if wanted. Then serve.
Eep, I spent the afternoon chargrilling zucchini and eggplant. Got the kitchen filled with smoke. And now I smell slightly of antipasti, which really isn't all that bad. Someone remind me to buy a pastry brush with real bristles, not the dodgy plastic type. Got slightly singed on the chargrill pan. Seriously considering buying a George Foreman grill (knocks out fat!). Not that I'd use it save for chargrilling vegies, fish, chicken, steak... hmm...
New Kate Rusby album out in the UK, The Girl Who Couldn't Fly. Gonna buy it on ebay, considerably cheaper even with the postage and handling.
Had dinner at Titanic Restaurant in Btown on Monday. Great woodfire oven pizzas, surprisingly good. Must pull you guys out this way if I can. And a great place for coffee and Leb desserts. You can also smoke argilas aka hooka (tradititonal Arab pipe, many different flavours like apple, mixed berries, orange, although the most interesting sounding in the Titanic Special) although it has been linked with a higher risk of diabetes.
So anyone wanna have a Alice in Wonderland party there and someone can be the Caterpillar smoking a hooka??
Spiced couscous
Bring 500ml chicken stock to the boil. Cover and remove from heat.
Heat 2tbsp olive oil and 75g of butter in a small saucepan. Add 1 small onion, finely chopped, and cook unitl softened. Add 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped and cook for another 30sec. Add 1tsp each of ground cumin, ground coriander and turmeric, 1/2tsp of paprika. Cook stirring for 1min or until spices are fragrant. Add the hot stock. Place 2cups of couscous in a heatproof bowl, pour over stock and allow to stand for 5min covered. Use a fork to fluff up couscous. Stir in 1/2cup sultanas, 1/2cup toasted pine nuts and 1/3cup coarsely chopped coriander (or mint). Can add a tbsp or 2 of lemon juice if wanted. Then serve.
posted by Minerva @ 22:42
3 witty remarks:
At 00:14,
Catie said…
mmm... gotta love chocolate. and i do. but i don't know the song, at least i thihk i do, but can't be bothered trying to figure out what it is right now.
hooka = high risk of diabetes? how does that work? i wuld think high risk of cancer, but there you go.
was nice seeing you today (that goes for all who came) and finally finding the David Jones food hall.
At 16:50,
Ang said…
tobacco? noo! we did this in abnormal yesterday: so incredibly bad for you. bad pun! *smacks*
and thanks for the couscous recipe.
At 17:50,
Catie said…
more addictive than anything, as we concluded on wednesday. i wonder if tobacco + sugar = more addictive even than normal tobacco? because everybody loves sugar.
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