Slobby Sunday pt.2

My Mc'Donalds 

OK lazy sunday pt.2. 

When everything is hard//

A sunday slum staple from the  Morningside Kitchenette. 

I know going out and getting takeaways when you haven't quite bounced back by sunset seems like the logical thing to do here, but bear with me. 

Not being a fast food connoisseur I find making the decision of where to go on sloppy sundays overwhelming. So many choices, all equally shit in their own special way.

 Should I cross the first hurdle and make it as far as a takeaway joint I am again burdened with indecision. Menu panic: tossing up between at least 5 different options, blowing a fuse at the precise moment of ordering and asking for something horrendous. Resulting in me going home more depressed then when I arrived, weeping into my soggy fries and unidentifiable deep-fried sadness.  

  Unless your a fast food enthusiast (Shameonyou) and have ordering down to a fine art I can guarantee it will take less energy to make this then getting in your car and driving to get t/a.

Also I don't even feel bad about not making my own pasta because the Pasta Mia Porcini Ravioli is so freakin good. I'm not usually that into store bought raviolis as they're always rubbery, strange and the filling looks like regurgitated baby food. But this is the real deal, the dough is the perfect texture soft and silky, stuffed with subtle but tasty porcini mushrooms.  

 Pasta Mia is a little New Zealand company based in Taupo specialising in artisan pasta products made from top quality ingredients. They should be stocked at all good grocers in the chilled section. New Plymouth kids Vetro Taranaki the suppliers of all things good, has em tucked in the freezer! 

YAY SUPPORTING NZ PRODUCERS!

Recipe:

Porcini Ravioli.

1 packet of Pasta Mia Porcini Ravioli 

1 tbsp olive oil

1 clove of garlic

100g flat pancetta chopped into lardons

handful of rocket or cres 

(or what every peppery greens you have)

handful of Grana Pandano 

S&P

Heat oil in a heavy based frying pan, add garlic and pancetta stirring until the pancetta begins to colour. Removed from the heat and add the greens. 

Place whole packet of Ravioli into a big sauce pan of salted boiling water (I only had a ridiculously small one). They should only take 3-5 minutes to cook through, once they begin to rise to the surface strain in a colander and and add to the fry pan with other ingredients. Return pan to the heat once everything is sizzling top with grana, loads of black pepper and enjoy. 

x

Abbey

  

    

Slobby Sunday

Chorizo & Coriander Quesadilla 

Sunday. 

Oh Sunday, you might as well not exist as far as I'm concerned.

 Opt out of society day, universe is reduced to the confines of my bed day more like. 

This is about as much as I managed to achieve on a particularly motivated sunday morning. Literally putting cheese between two pieces of carb, chopping apples, opening a bag of rocket and calling it a meal. Hurrah! 

Its just enough grease with just enough palette cleansing acidity. Enough cheese with the right amount of spice.

So easy it can be made after -1.4 hours sleep  and +9.7 drinks too many. 

 Good with just enough bad. 

OMFG Sunday genius. 

Recipe:

Quesadilla.

2 flour tortillas

5 thin slices of chorizo lightly fried

handful of fresh coriander stems and all

tbsp of sour cream

handful of feta

6 slices of jalapeño's

Heat a heavy based fry pan to a medium heat. 

Place one tortilla on a fry pan top with all of the filling ingredients, place other tortilla on top and press. 

Flip once bottom side is golden. 

Remove once both sides are golden and warmed through. 

Greens.

handful of rocket

1 Braeburn apple

drizzle of olive oil

Chop apple in to match stick sized pieces. 

open bag of rocket.

put in bowl. 

top with apple.

drizzle oil.

lol.

x 

Abbey 

Green Sauce

Chicken with Almond and Broad Bean Crush 

Bordering on salsa verde territory here, the broad beans make a for a light summery tasting accompaniment to chicken. Although don't make the mistake of over-doing the garlic, nothing good will come of it but horrendous burps. 

I had mine with a simple mash. Im sure you can figure that out on your own? 

Recipe:

1 clove of garlic

zest & juice of 1 lemon 

2 anchovies

3/4 cup broad beans boiled and peeled 

1/4 cup mint

1/2 cup parsley

1/4 toasted almonds

1/4 cup olive oil

s&p

1 whole happy chicken

&

Mash 

(Potatoes-splash of milk-butter-sour cream) 

(TRUFFLE OIL)

Preheat oven to 180 degrees.

  Combine the ingredients for the   of the ingredients in a blender. 

Butterfly your chicken. Which means to cut it along the back bone and laying it flat on a tray with a cup of water. Rub the outside of the chicken  Bake for 45 mins or until cooked through and golden on the outside. 

Lather on the broad bean puree.

Make it pretty on a plate.

x

Abbey

 ironic.

x

 Baby Frank 

Frank&Friend

My little bro Ralph.

He's bald & deaf.

x

Frank

Banh Mi

The I'm so hungry you have 10 minutes to get in my mouth

Vietnamese Filled Roll.

I dont even know if this qualifies as a recipe. I don't care, every human being on this planet should know how to throw this together. Its the hot roast chicken, coleslaw and 99 cent buns sassy younger sister. 

This is for those afternoons when it gets to 4pm and  a)you find yourself in the supermarket b)you haven't eaten anything all day and your going bat shit crazy. 

For those times when it takes all of your mental strength to not run down the aisles, indiscriminately pulling things off the shelves, shovelling whatever you come across into your mouth, whilst ferally hissing at people as they pass by. All is not lost. Pick up these few items and moments from your arrival at home (or car) you will have gods gift of a sandwich.   

 Recipe?

1 baguette 

1/2 store roast chicken

bunch of coriander

1 carrot sliced

1 radish sliced

Loads of mayonnaise

few drops of fish sauce 

few drops of soy sauce

black pepper 

Warm up the baguette in a hot oven for 5 mins, you want it to be crispy on the outside but soft in the middle. 

Cut it in half and slather it with mayo, layer in the shredded chicken, carrot, radish and coriander. drizzle the soy and fish sauce over to your taste.

Hangry no more. 

x

Abbey

Breakfast.

A little bit of all things good. 

Nothings changed.

 I still don't like eating breakfast but I would eat this any time, any where. 

 Um fried cheese? Check.

 Crumbed in crunchy polenta? Check. 

Avacado? Check.

Herby scramble? Check.

 Chorizo per chance? Fuck yeah.

I dont think I need to say anymore. 

Recipe:

Scramble.

4 eggs

splash of milk 

1/2 red onion 

one green chilli 

1/2 cup of parsley 

100g chopped chorizo 

s&p

Avocado Mash.

1/4 red onion 

1 clove of garlic

juice of a lime

1.5 organic avocados 

s&p

Haloumi.

1 block of Haloumi sliced

1/2 cup polenta

For the scramble finely chop onions and sweat on a low heat for 10 mins. Meanwhile beat the eggs with milk and parsley and season well. Crank up the heat and add the chorizo and chilli, once the chorizo is starting to brown up add the egg. Scrape the bottom of the pan continually until cooked.

Finely chop the onions and garlic, add the avocado and mash it all together. Season with lemon juice and s&p. 

Place the polenta on a plate and dip the haloumi covering each side. Lightly oil a fry pan, and fry your tasty morsel until golden. 

Put it all on a plate. 

x

Abbey 

A Psychedelic Carcass

 Orange Scented Chicken with Almond & Sumac Crumb

Fennel and Kalamata Bulgar Salad.

There is absolutely no reason nor explanation for why the chicken was dyed a ridiculous pink. I actually feel a little bit guilty, like Im responsible for the undignified end to a perfectly respectable chicken. May he rest in peace. 

This recipe calls for a lot of oranges, but its worth it. The sweet citrusy flavour penetrates right through the flesh and leaves you with a sticky sweet sauce to scrape off the bottom of the pan. The salad isn't half bad either. All in all it makes for a rather racy sunday roast.

Recipe:

1  small free range chicken butterflied

Marinade. 

juice of four oranges

rind of two oranges

2 tbsp dried oregeno 

4 sprigs of thyme 

6 tbsp balsamic vinegar 

4 cloves of garlic 

juice of a beet (unnecessary) 

Marinade yo chicken over night in a baking tray. 

Crumb. 

1/4 cup panko bread crumbs

1/2 cup flaked almonds

1/4 sesame seeds

2 tbsp sumac

zest of orange and lemon

Extras. 

4 oranges cut in quarters 

black pepper

 bunch of parsley

Preheat oven to 180 degrees.

Shove the oranges and parsley under the chicken.

Roast for 20 mins.

Remove from over and cover with the crumbs and return to the oven for another 20 mins until golden on the outside and cooked through. 

Fennel and Kalamata Bulgar salad. 

1 tbsp of oil

1 cup of medium bulgar wheat

3 fennel bulbs finely choppped

1 clove of garlic 

1.5 cups of vegetable stock 

1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives chopped

1 orange zest 

1 tsp sumac

two beetroots finely sliced 

bunch of silverbeet 

handful of mint and parsley

120g danish feta

fennel sprouts to garnish

S&p

Sautee fennel and garlic until translucent, add the bulgur wheat and toast for one minute. Add the stock, turn down the heat as low it will go. Cover with a lid wrapped in a tea towel for 20 mins or so, checking once in a while to make sure it isn't sticking and burning.

Remove from the heat and toss in all of the remaining ingredients   and serve with chicken. 

Cheesy Kale Raw Bread.

A Misleading Title. 

When I say cheesy, I dont actually mean cheese I mean yeast. When I say bread, thats really stretching the definition of  bread its really almost a cracker but its also not that. When I say kale, I obviously mean kale; no one fucks around with kale.

The truth of the matter is, its a healthy alternative to cheese and bread. Its also pretty tasty too. 

Replacing highly processed flours and sugars that clog up your digestive system with a range of  nutritionally dense whole foods. 

The the large amount of flaxseeds in this recipe is especially beneficial. These golden cuties are full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, omega 3 oil AND is 93-95% digestible. Not to mention they have also been attributed to helping to cleanse and absorb impurities along the digestive tract, increasing your metabolic efficiency and your ability to absorb all the goodness and nutrients from your food. 

Alleluia.

Recipe:

Raw Bread.

1 cup of ground yellow flax

1/4 cup chia seeds

1 1/4 cup of coconut water or water

2 cups of ground almonds

1 cup of spelt flour 

1/2 cup nutritional yeast 

1 tsp sweet smoked paprika 

1/4 tsp turmeric

1/2 red onion

1 green chilli (pablano or jalapeño) 

1/2 red onion thinly chopped

1 bunch of kale chopped

1/4 cup fresh coriander chopped

S&P

Soak the flax seeds and chia seeds in the coconut water for two hours. 

Mix into the remaining ingredients and combine with your hands, the dough should hold together without being sticky. 

Separate the dough into four pieces, take each quarter and roll in between two pieces of cling wrap until about 1cm thick. Then cut your desired 'slice' shapes and place straight into the dehydrator. Leave on high for 24 hours until super crispy.
Or bake on the lowest oven setting for up to 6 hours. 

Remove and store in an air tight container. 

I ate mine with sprouted hummus, avocados and loads of black pepper. 

What ever floats your boat. 

x 

Abbey

  

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The Best Brown Slop Around

This is my other side of the families kind of eating, the taste of my Grandad's house. There aint no fussing around my kitchen;  Bacon Bone Stew. 

Recipe:

1 white onion

3 cloves of garlic

2 carrots

2 sticks of celery

 2 potatoes

1.5 cups mushrooms

1 cup butternut pumpkin

1 kg of bacon bones

1/2 cup organic dried soup mix

3 bay leaves

sprig of thyme

1 tsp dried basil

2 cups vege stock

s&p

Turn croc pot to high. 

Chop all of the vegetables.

Sweat onion, garlic & celery.

Add everything to croc pot and walk a away.

the longer the better.

3 hours min.

I had mine with sprouted sourdough stuffed with rosemary and roast potatoes. 

x

Abbey

Pamplonian & Prawn Risotto

There isn't a lot i can really say about this meal. Its uncomplicated and elegant, quick and simple. 

Except that I ran out of Aborio rice and I had no wine. Not a problem just substituted in some risone pasta, which actually made for a lighter risotto which was a excellent accidental discovery. 

Recipe:

150 grams arborio rice
50 grams risone paste
40g butter
1 small white onion finely diced
1 large clove garlic chopped
1 stick of celery finely chopped
1/8 cup chopped broccoli stems
70 grams chorizo Pamplona
150 grams raw peeled prawns
400mls vegetable or fish stock
25 grams Grana Padano
watercres to garnish
s&p

Bring stock to a rolling simmer. 
Melt butter in heavy based frying pan, add onions garlic and celery and sweat until translucent. Crank up the heat to a medium, add the diced chorizo and broccoli stems. Stirring around until the chorizo releases its brick orange oil, then add the rice. Toast in the fats for a couple of minutes until the outside of the rice grains turn translucent. 

Add stock one cup at a time stirring occasionally to make sure the heat is distributed evenly. Once absorbed add another cup and so on. The cooking process should take about 15 mins, at this point add the prawns. Continue to cook until the prawns are pink and the rice grains are cooked through but with a slight bite in the middle. 

Remove from the heat, stir in Grana Padano or any other type of parmesan you have on hand. Taste before you season; stock and parmesan make for a salty dish but black pepper is a must.
  Garnish with peppery watercress and enjoy. 






  

Frosty Frank.

Because every French Bulldog needs a Supreme Trooper hat.

Winter Breakfast Bowl

Mulled Tamarillo & Oats. 

Right now the only positive qualities I can draw on about   winter are these ruby red gems, the piquant sour sweet Tamarillo.  
Its a freezing wet bleak grey day outside, Im absolutely relying on these bad boys to bring some colour into my day as I have no intention of leaving the house.

Poached in a medley of warming winter spices, paired with rib sticking oats, then topped with tangy probiotic yogurt and toasted seeds.
Healthy, pretty, easy and tasty.
All boxes ticked.

A momentary winter escape.

I soak my oats overnight before use, this breaks down the Phytic acid found in the outer layer of all grains. Phytic acid is a problematic little fella, shacking up with essential minerals like calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc and preventing their absorption into the body.

Unsoaked or unfermented whole grains is a serious contributor to nutritional deficiencies in our modern diets. Soaking also increases the digestibility of grain. Making for a happier tummy and a tastier grain.

So soak yo grains.

Recipe:

Mulled Tamarillo Compote.

1kg of tamarillo
2 organic cinnamon sticks
1/2 tsp of vanilla paste
6 cardamom pods
6 cloves
3 star anise
1/4 cup raw cane sugar
1/4 cup water

Oats:

1 cup organic oats
2 cups water for soaking
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup milk of your choice I used soy
pinch of Himalayan sea salt

To Serve:

Probiotic yogurt
1/8 cup pumpkin seeds
1/8 cup sunflower seeds
1/8 sliced almonds

Soaks oats over night.


Place everything for the tamarillos in a heavy based pot. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 10-15 mins until soft but tamarillos are still holding shape.

Toast seeds and nuts in a fry pan until they start popping.

Drain oats with a colander, place into a sauce pan with the extra water, milk and salt. Bring to a gentle simmer for a couple of minutes, pre soaking them really reduces the cooking time.

Pile it up, eat it up. 

x

Abbey

Bombay Breakfast

 This morning I had a few scraggly bits and ends kicking around the fridge. A sad looking cabbage knuckle, one onion and a couple of wrinkly potatoes, hard times indeed. With the motivation to cook but no willpower to actually leave the house I made do. 

The eggs literally turned up on the doorstep this morning, the deliverer still a mystery. A Note to who ever it was, non free range eggs are not the way to anyones heart. Ever.

Especially if they are double yokers. They are just doubly creepy and doubly gross. But thanks, pale mucousy eggs are better then no eggs said no one. 

Recipe:

2 tbsp coconut oil

 1 small onion 

2 cloves of garlic

12 curry leaves

1/2 tsp black mustard

1/2 tsp turmeric powder 

1 tsp of curry powder

1/2 tsp garam masala

1 green chilli 

3 medium agria potatoes chopped into 2cm pieces 

1/8 of a cabbage sliced thinly

2 FREE RANGE eggs 

Preheat oven to 200 degrees.

Heat cast iron skillet till smoking. 

Slice onions into small wedges and add to skillet along with the herbs and spices. Fry until fragrant and onions are starting to colour. 

Throw in the potatoes and mix well to cover in spices, you may need to add more oil at this stage to keep the potatoes from sticking. 

Transfer skillet to the hot oven and leave to cook for 20 minutes. 

Remove from oven and stir through cabbage slices and return to oven for another 15 minutes until crispy and golden. 

Meanwhile cook your egg how ever you like it (I fried mine and steamed the yolk at an attempt to hide how disgusting was)

Place egg on top of potato. 

Eat it. 

You may have noticed I also added a pretty little herb garnish, well done you. 

Its late, I cant remember what its called and I cant be bothered getting out of bed to check. Just use something green.

x

Abbey