bristastic or bust

Ingredients per person:

Oil
1 onion
1-2 tsp minced garlic
150g fresh rice noodles (check packaging if you need gluten free. some contain wheat starch.)
1-2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
Soy sauce (again check it’s gluten-free if necessary)

Method:

Heat a wok over medium-high heat.
Pour in just enough oil to cover the bottom.
Cut onion into smallish wedges.
Fry onion and garlic until translucent and […]

Well I’ve just started a gluten-free and casein-free diet to try to help a certain health problem. So I shall be posting gluten and dairy free recipes in the future.
Here’s one of my first - a gluten free granola thats so good I had trouble stopping eating it to put into a storage container!
Ingredients

1 C […]

Today, I happened to have some leftover silverside, which needs something bland and starchy to go with it’s salty taste. Normally I’d have potatoes or turn it into a sandwich but the cupboards are a bit empty at the moment so I decided to try it with rice.
I give you… Silverside Sushi:

It didn’t work too […]

I tried freezing tofu for the first time recently. This is the first thing I’ve cooked with the results. At first it didn’t look promising, a runny watery mess full of white tofu bits. But it did cook and turn into a firmish mass. There was still a little bit of liquid but that was […]

Based upon a recipe in “Ken Hom’s Hot Wok” by, surprising enough, Ken Hom. This book is so great, I just realised I’ve got it checked out of the library twice. Either that, or I’m loosing my mind.
On with the recipe!
Ingredients

225g (1/2 lb) onions
1/2 T oil
1 T minced garlic
1/4 t salt
1/2 T soy […]

Another recipe suitable for inclusion in a bento, if you don’t mind adding Chinese foods. Based upon a recipe in the book “Tiny Delights” by Elizabeth Chong.
Ingredients

small piece of dried orange peel
275g minced beef
1 t salt
1 t sugar
1 t cornflour
chopped chives
1 t tahini
1 t soy sauce
1 T oil
3 T hot water

Method

Soak the orange peel […]

Lately, I have become fascinated by bento lunches. I am now searching for a bento box of my very own to take to work with me. In the meantime, I am practising recipes such as Stir Fried Wakame from a wonderful book called “Bento Boxes” by Naomi Kijima. The book has large color photos of […]

Boy doesn’t time fly! I haven’t updated this blog in quite a while so today will be a big update.
First up is a risotto recipe. This is based upon the recipe for “Risotto Alla Milanese” from the book “Risotto” by Christine Ingram.
Ingredients

5 cups chicken stock
good pinch of saffron
4 T oil
1 onion, chopped
1 1/2 C […]

I tried making deep fried wontons on Friday night, very loosely based upon some recipes I found on the net. These were edible, and certainly my two friends finished off the lot of them the next night when they were no longer crisp and crunchy.
The wontons became crispy around the edges but the pouch […]

This recipe is based on one I found in “Japanese Cuisine for Everyone” by Yukiko Moriyama.
Ingredients:
1 Chicken breast
Cornstarch
Oil (I used 3 cups)
Marinade:
2 T Soy Sauce
1 T Sake
1/2 t Ginger Juice
Method:

Cut chicken into bite size pieces
Mix marinade ingredients together and marinate chicken bits for 30 minutes at room temperature if possible.
Drain chicken pieces and coat in […]