Recipes

As hard as I try to put balance in my day, I find myself in the kitchen for hours.  First, breakfast prep, then dinner prep, then snack prep, then dishes...just seems endless.  Some days I love it, other days not so much.I sliced up some carrots and bell peppers for my husband's lunch/snack, and realized he may want a dip.  Then I found myself making hummus, and more dishes to wash.During our weekend shopping trip, we could not find borax.  We had to go to two stores to find ground pork.  It's beginning to look like more shortages or lack...

Rest and Recharge!  The last word of each theme answer are things may need or have a rest. 18-Across. *   Traditional Thanksgiving entree: ROAST TURKEY.  This answer confused me a bit, but apparently a roast turkey needs to rest a bit before being carved.  This gives the turkey time to reabsorb the juices so that the meat will be nice and juicy. 24-Across. *   Feature of anxiety, often: RACING MIND. 35-Across. *   The "order" part of a "Law & Order" episode: COURT CASE. 47-Across. *   Piano lesson pages: SHEET MUSIC.  The musicians a Rests is a musical notation sign that indicates the absence of a sound.  Each...

I have always loved the idea of jazzing up classics or things you can buy at the grocery store and turning them into something extra delicious and with loads of Insta-cute appeal. My new dip recipe is perfect for that, and I think finger foods can sometimes be the best kind of dinner.For this dip, I mixed up store-bought hummus (I love getting Mediterranean Hummus from Trader Joe’s) with roasted eggplants. It’s a baba ghanoush-hummus mash-up of sorts that’s super creamy and tasty. I like eggplant dip, but sometimes find it a bit too goopy, so mixing it with hummus...

Had this delicious Fava bean hummus at Nomad restaurant in Surry Hills in Sydney last night. The hummus is served with vivid green parsley oil and crispy split and fried Fava beans on top. It is a visually spectacular dish filled with flavour and texture. Fava bean hummus at Nomad Restaurant, Surry Hills Sydney Making it at home would indeed be a “labour of love“ as Stephanie Mary says in her blog on My Tiny Laguna Kitchen. Her recipe looks great but the double peeling of the Fava beans is the time consuming part. But it would make for a...

By making their nutritious bread taste like normal white loaves, scientists aim to help disadvantagedIt’s creamy-white in colour with a deep brown crust. It has a mild floury taste but with a moreish salty tang. It crisps up nicely in a toaster, and it’s the perfect accompaniment to butter, jam or hummus.This is bread – but not as you know it. Scientists at the University of Reading are finding ways to make British diets far more nutritious and sustainable by stealth, replacing the soya flour, and some of the wheat, with broad beans – also known as faba or fava...