I was sent a jar of 'Nutter Butter' by The Chilli Shop and was asked to create a recipe for them. Peanut butter should be a staple and is perf for breakfast - as we all know nuts keep you fuller for longer because of the fat content (good fat) and the high fibre content. Having some of this stuff for breakfast is only for the big-bollocked, 'cos it's hot as f***. However it would be delicious with honey and banana on toast as those guys are pretty chilled and would calm the whole situation down.
The Boy decided we should make dinner using only reduced ingredients. Challenge accepted and it was delicious! Foraging for city folk - but not skipping! we're not going that far - yet.
November 27, 2014
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Let's set the scene. Venice Beach, Los Angeles. Skaters paradise, surfers paradise. Palm trees and blue skies. It's December, you're wearing shorts and t-shirts sitting on the beach eating ice cream.
You're walking up and down the boardwalk marvelling at the fact there's an ACTUAL freak show (WTF) and muscle maniacs from muscle beach just down the road. You hire a skateboard, get drunk skate up and down and then discover a food vendor to die for. "Poke.Poke - The surfer's sashimi". Those two words together? surfing and sashimi? It couldn't be more appealing.
You're walking up and down the boardwalk marvelling at the fact there's an ACTUAL freak show (WTF) and muscle maniacs from muscle beach just down the road. You hire a skateboard, get drunk skate up and down and then discover a food vendor to die for. "Poke.Poke - The surfer's sashimi". Those two words together? surfing and sashimi? It couldn't be more appealing.
November 17, 2014
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Tasty, light, fresh and raw
We all know that refined white rice is the devil right? well if you don't, here's Graham with a quick reminder: A) it's a carb, meaning that if you don't do LOADS of excersise you will simply convert it into glucose and store it as fat. Want that? didn't think so. B) Brown rice, due to its low GI rate, releases energy a lot slower, so if you are eating carbs (Brown basmati rice is BUFF) and you have the means to burn them off, your body will use it over a longer period of time and you won't feel hungry so quickly.
November 10, 2014
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Palmeira Square, the beautiful area firmly across the Hove border with big Regency style buildings and the old church with a flower stall outside - know where I mean? Good. Go there because there you will find a DIAMOND eatery, The Crumpetty Tree.
November 06, 2014
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First things first, Get the crew together.
Stick the grill on 200 degrees. Chop the onion. Do not shed a single tear. No one likes a cry baby.
tearing up like a massive wet lettuce |
Behead the pumpkin with a sharp knife and resist the urge to carve it into a weirdo. Instead using your best hand, scoop all the brains out. Hands are just better than spoons.
Don't throw the seeds away yet. Chop the deseeded pumpkin into bite size pieces of equal size and toss into the pot after the onions and garlic have had their private party. Let 'em all sweat out together.
Make your stock. Two vegetable cubes (organic if you can, this is Hove darling) and a pint of water. Pour it in and simmer.
Get your seeds and separate the dryest ones from the slimiest ones. Pumpkin interior is some sticky shit.
Get them all on a tray and give 'em a pep talk. Then when they think they're ready give 'em the salt, cumin, pepper and cayenne, all over their faces. Rub it all over them, they love it.
I know it looks a bit mental but trust. |
Grill the seedy guys on a high heat for about 10 mins and keep an eye on them. We don't wanna lose these guys.
See how the big boy is doing on the simmer. Pumpkin soft yet? When it is soft - and no later -blend it. Taste and season, it will need a good amount of seasoning so don't be shy. Real important that you season it at the end and not before because it will be a waste.
When the seeds are done they will be slightly golden and a little puffed out, crispy, crunchy and buff.
Slop it into a bowl, swirl in some creme fraiche and then sprinkle with the spicy seeds. Bread's optional depending on how fat you already are.
For another easy, healthy, cheap & tasty beast: do the same as above but replace the pumpkin with 4 small beetroots and one sweet potato. Top with crumbled goat's cheese instead of the seeds.
November 04, 2014
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"Berlin ist arm, aber sexy" (poor but sexy)
As soon as you arrive in Berlin there is the option to get sausage from the train station. LOL. Unbelievable. A range of weiners stare out at you (save the one-eyed jokes) from behind a glass counter where a buxom middle-aged woman wraps them up in tissues for you. Can't decide to have which one? have 'em all; they're so cheap!
The above quote proves itself to be true through the apparent lack of fatties, which is remarkable given how delicious their traditional cuisine is. In Munich, the sheer amount of people using bikes to get around and exercising- and not just your standard joggers - but those in parks; on slacklines, in outdoor gyms, which are free to use, was something to be inspired by and yet this can't be the only reason the people of Berlin are so fit. Fit-fit or hot-fit?
November 01, 2014
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