What a week of food!
Wednesday we had soup – cauliflower soup from the super natural everyday cookbook I’ve been enjoying. One of my soup troubles is that they never turn out quite as creamy as I expected. I’ve come to realize it’s because I never blend it long enough.
the makings of a good soup
waiting to be mixed
in process
a finished bowl
I’m loving having a little bit of this and a little bit of that for lunch.
bits & pieces & a smoothie too
I tried a mushroom risotto.
rice dressed as pasta
You know I’ve been trying to make food that we normally buy. And I’ve also read a couple of times about homemade hazelnut chocolate spreads. Plus I had two different recipes; one from Make the Bread, Buy the Butter and other from one of C’s colleagues. I used the colleague’s recipe because it used melted chocolate as well as cocoa powder. Here’s what I started with.
roasting hazelnuts
in motion - no burning!
Chocolate getting ready.
melting
Scrubbed the roasted hazelnuts with a dishtowel to get rid of as much skin as possible. I didn’t worry too much about what was left. I put them in the blender to give them a whirl.
ready for butter
They made a powder, but I couldn’t get them to move to a butter.
hazelnut dust, not butter
just needed a new space
I mixed in rest of the ingredients (cocoa powder, confectioners’ sugar, melted chocolate) gave it another whirl and voila!
hazelnut chocolate spread
Had to put it in a pretty container.
jarred
After that I was ready to put together a quick pot of chili.
perfect for a chilly night
And we couldn’t help ourselves. Chocolate hazelnut spread and coffee for breakfast.
drink, bread, spread
Sunday, C made breakfast & I made the coffee.
patience
batter & bananas
too good to be caught in a picture
Mid-day hunger!
cheese sandwiches & tomato soup
C asked for tortellini for dinner. Here’s what we came up with.
garlic, shallots & onion
Added the above with some pancetta and peas and you get this.
a big bowl of pasta
dinner!
Monday may have been busy, but dinner is still important. I had pulled out some recipes I wanted to try. One of them happened to use stuff we had at home.
lots of cooking, little work
sun-dried tomatoes & almond pesto
Nothing like a hearty meal on a cold rainy evening. Another food C often asks for is mashed potatoes.
all mashed up
yum!
topped & baked
One last picture.
cottage pie
A week of food that filled our bellies! <3
