Quicklinks
Posted by kathryn in A Balanced Diet and Dinner parties
- Yes more beetroot: How could I not link to Nora B’s beetroot-fest post: how do you beet it?. Look at the colour of that risotto!
- Eat more beans: Sophie from Mostly Eating believes tinned beans are the perfect convenience food: “quick, comforting, healthy, agriculturally sustainable and nutritionally multi-tasking”. I couldn’t agree with her more.
- Holiday survival: as an antidote to the holiday season craziness, Cranky Fitness has a holiday survival quiz. Take the quiz and test your holiday readiness!
- Eggplant curry: Wendy from a Wee Bit of Cooking has made an cinnamon and eggplant curry based on the new Jill Dupleix book. She roasts the eggplant, which cuts down on the amount of oil needed.
- No-stir risotto: I love this idea. Risotto can be a labour intensive dish. You add stock, stir, add more stock, continue stirring and repeat. However, this week Green Gourmet Giraffe posted a recipe for easy-peasy risotto. I made this for dinner earlier in the week and it’s brilliant.
- Is this a good idea?: Weighty Matters questions the UN’s decision to make 2008 the International Year of the Potato. Is this really the best food to be promoted around the world?
23 November, 2007
Comments
i make risotto regularly but i rarely use the stir method – far too time consuming! i make it ‘al forno’ in a cast iron pot, so i can fry off the onions/herbs/rice then add the stock and stick it in the oven. too easy!
i agree about beans too – i used to hate them as a kid but they are one of my staples now :)
Lindsey, I haven’t used that method before – does it still come out with the same risotto texture? Sounds like another cooking experment for me.
Kathryn, I can testify that Lindsey’s oven baked risotto is superb! ;)
Okay, I can see I’m going to have to try oven baking my risotto next time. Thanks for the tip.
it does have a risotto al dente texture, i guess you have to time it right though, because cast irons aren’t too easy to haul out of the oven for a taste-testing every five minutes!
having said that, i’m not really fussy with my risottos, so the texture might not be exactly what a risotto should be…
Ah that’s fine Lindsey – worth it for the ease and low fuss. I shall look forward to trying it. I can strongly recommend the recipe from Green Gourmet Giraffe too.
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