What sup: Apricot Tagine

I am always looking for ways to use the spices in my kitchen in a new and exciting way. I wish I had a walk- in cupboard for spices and dried herbs! It is great all year around even though it's full of warm spices -only change I would make.... to serve it with flat bread or pitta bread to soak up the juices!
How to make it:
Heat up olive oil in a frying pan & saute chopped onions, yellow pepper, sliced aubergine & garlic for 5-10 minutes. Add spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, chilly and paprika. Fry cubes of sweet potatoe with a little lemon rind in seperate pan. Add all ingredients together with vegetable stock cube and cup of apricot juice and let it simmer on a low temp.
Add chopped corriander and dried apricot to decorate.

What sup: dinner for 2

Asian Saturday: I decided to cook something with an Asian flair after watching BBC food.
What you will need: any stir fry veg, chicken pieces cut into thin pieces, asian noodles and a Pad Thai sauce(at any shop in spice section). Ginger to garnish and lots of soy, chillie,coriander and garlic which seems to be the base of most Thai dishes. Fried the chicken in oil with garlic and ginger. Added the veg and fried for further 7 min andded the Pad Thai spice in sachet with some chicken stock to ceate a soup. Lastly added soy to taste and the noodles that I cooked up while frying up other ingredients. You could add coconut milk, but I fogot to buy and turned out great! Meal in less than 30 min and so yummy!

Weekend fab food

Got my new mobile phone and with the upgrade I got vouchers to spend (anywhere a Visa Mastercard accepted). Most women I know would spend on a brand new pair of shoes, bag or something glam ..... I decided on an epic shop at Woolworths for weeks worth of great ingredients and lunch at Beluga.
What a treat!LOVE BELUGA, we had duck liver creme brulle with apple preserve and sushi platter. With a good glass of vino to compliment the food :)

Sweetpea starts

15 October 2010: The start of my blog. Have no idea what a blog is or how it works exactly but here it goes. Sweetpea starts!