Saturday, 13 February 2021

Some Homemade Eats from My Kitchen

Once again there is not much new in my kitchen.  But I very much do love participating with In My Kitchen that Sherry's Pickings hosts, so I thought, I'd share some home made eats over the past few days and weeks; and I just made it in the nick of time as the linky closes in exactly five minutes.
Starting with this one bookmarked from Nigel Slater from The Guardian. 
Savoury Sweet Potato Cakes with Kimchi
Homemade Pie adapted from the Post Punk Kitchen vegan chefs Isa Chandra Moscowitz and Terry Hope Romero in their publication Vegan Pie In The Sky. 
This Pie was made with a mixture of tinned and fruit namely apricots and peaches, the original recipe is made with Rhubarb and Strawberries. 
Next we have a Vegetable Tagine of sorts made up with vegetables lurking at the bottom of the fridge or in the vegetable basket. 
Yes, a lot of orange - warming coloured food making an appearance here.  I guess, it makes sense as we are in the middle of winter in the UK and it is snowing as I type.  
Next we have  Butternut Squash and Chickpeas Curry. It is what it is. 
I had some left over butternut squash that I roasted and tossed into some couscous making this rather simple Salad. It was perked up a little Sriracha and baby spinach from the garden for colour.
Whilst, I am here, I will share this Sriracha Butternut Couscous Salad with Soup, Salad and Sammies hosted by Kahakai Kitchen
Another Sweet Potato dish.  This one is Peanut Butter and Sweet Potato Curry.  Its one that makes a regular appearance on my blog as i have made it numerous times.  This one is missing the tinned Kidney Beans, that I often stir through when reheating.  This one also has perpetual spinach from the garden. 
We also have this Kidney Bean 'Chorizo' Dip, that is also making a second appearance in our home. The recipe comes from The Savvy Cook. 
Its so easy and so good, as long as you have a blender. 
Moving on from Orange food, here are a couple of Yellow dishes in an attempt to evoke some warmth and sunshine. 
Turmeric Cauliflower served with a tomato salsa of sorts. I must admit, it wasn't one of my favourites.  It was quite bitter.  There was quite a bit left over, so I decided to make use the leftover Turmeric Cauliflower in this very yellow Quiche doused with black onion seeds, known as Nigella seeds.
The Turmeric Cauliflower Quiche served us well for working lunch. 
And finally this vegan Rosemary Banana Bread bookmarked from Post Punk Kitchen. It took ages to bake, hence why it is a little on the burnished side.  
Okay, I am off to have a lazy weekend, which may mean sitting on the sofa under my blanket watching TV and reading. But one thing for certain, I am turning off the computer screen. Have a good weekend. 

29 comments:

  1. All of your dishes look wonderful, love how you placed the roasted cauliflower around the plate. Oh, you can't go wrong with Nigel Slater recipes!

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    1. Thank you so much Tina. Yeah the presentation of the cauli is good, just a shame it wasn't a recipe i'll make again

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  2. thanks so much for rushing to the finish shaheen:) so glad you could join us at IMK. i love chickpeas, and i love sweet potato so the sweet potato cakes would go down well. isn't nigel slater the best? i love his tv shows. and of course his recipes. Hope you are having a wonderful and relaxing weekend.
    take care
    sherry

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    1. Thank you Sherry.
      Yeah, do like Nigel Slater and his books!

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  3. Hope you had a nice weekend and some of your delicious food! It all looks really good but I am a little confused about your pie - it looked savoury in the filling but you said it was apricots and peaches!!!! the tumeric cauli quiche looks wonderful. So do the potato cakes and curries. I could do with a slice of banana bread too - looks very good!

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    1. So good to hear from you Johanna.
      I'm not sure what you mean by being confused by the pie, it is apricots and peaches stewed, the recipe is adapted from PPK one that is made with strawberries and rhubarb. Follow the link and hopefully it may become clear.

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  4. WOW! I'm craving for all of this! Specially the sweet potato cakes and the tajine! And the peanut butter and sweet potato curry! All this comfort food during this season is awesome.
    The kidney bean and chorizo dip intrigues me. I will try this for sure! Thank you!

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    1. Thank you Ephee.
      i am sure i have posted the kidney bean chorizo adaptation recipe on my blog,

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  5. Ooh! Such lovely colourful dishes. The butternut and cous cous and the quiche, oh and the peanut butter and sweet potato curry look amazing.
    I wish I’d stayed under a blanket! It’s so cold out there!! Nasty

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    1. Thank you Belinda.
      I feel the same this weekend, its grey like slate and wet and damp like a babys nappy

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  6. Your kitchen has been busy. Those are inspiring dishes.

    be safe... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  7. I hope you had a sweet Valentine's Day and enjoyed your computer-free time.

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    1. Thank you e.
      We don't do Valentines Day, though i do like cooking heart shaped things that week - but nothing this year. Just not feeling it sadly.

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  8. Everything you made looks amazing. I love how colorful your couscous salad looks--perfect for a dreary month. Thanks for sharing with Souper Sundays.

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    1. Thank you Deb.
      The sriracha def. elevated the couscous salad.

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  9. You not only make delicious sounding food, but you take such wonderful photos of them, too!!! I typically fail at the latter. I'm definitely one of the bad-pics-of-good-vegan-food types.

    I ADORE roast butternut and do you know, it never once occured to me to put it on a salad!!! Thanks for opening my eyes there!! I really have too narrow a view on "salads" as a holdover from my vegetable-hating omnivorous life. I'm working on it though. I very much appreciate this suggestion.

    And I didn't know Isa and Terry had a pie cookbook!!! I have the cookie one and the cupcake one! I'll have to see if the library owns it and take it for a test drive. I don't really make pie--crumbles are my go-to--but Matt does. And we both enjoy those two vegan chefs!

    Speaking of, I'll have to ask him to make me a quiche now. :)

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    1. Thank you so much - you really are so kind.
      The photographs are all taken by my husband, his little hobby that does wonders for my food blog. So all credit to him.

      So pleased to inspire. I am always being inspired by others.

      Yeah, i am a fan of Isa and Terry from their PPK days. Though between them they have so many cookbooks now, that i am selective. I must admit, i am more of a crumble person too, but it was their book their recipes and rhubarb and strawberries in the garden that made me make their pie recipe originally, it was so good that i had to do it with apricots and peaches.

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  10. Your food looks healthy, varied and delicious! I particularly love the look of that turmeric cauliflower quiche and the homemade pie!

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  11. Shaheen,
    Everything looks really good. Too bad about the salsa; it looks really good. I came over to see the cops cops dish. YUM!~

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    1. Thank you Judee.
      Laughing, did you mean the cous cous dish :)

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  12. Everything I see on this post looks beautiful and sounds inviting: a nice spread of dishes :)

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  13. So much lovely food in your kitchen! I'm glad that you managed to participate on time. I would especially like to tuck in to the sweet potato cakes with kimchi, butternut squash and chickpea curry, butternut squash couscous salad and turmeric cauliflower quiche.

    Have a nice weekend!

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  14. So lovely to hear from you VegHog. Its been a while, i have been coming over your blog too, but not always commenting - as i am limiting blogging time these days because work screen is doing my eyes in and need a rest. Hope your keeping well.

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  15. Lovely, healthy and interesting dishes this month. All the orange and yellow look delicious, I especially like the sweet potato cakes with kimchi.

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    1. Thank you Liz. Yeah every one likes a Nigel Slater recipe.

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