Quicklinks
Posted by kathryn in Baking, Salads and Soups
- Noodles & edamames: Lovely Japanese inspired salad from Yotam Ottolenghi. Glass noodles and edamame beans are combined with fresh herbs, chilli, sesame seeds and a ginger, lime and soy dressing.
- The food we buy now: Interesting piece about changes to the UK’s average ‘basket of goods’ used in inflation calculations. Charts our changing food tastes and habits. What’s in your basket?
- Spinach & okra soup: Over here, okra is currently in season. I love the stuff and spotted this interesting looking spinach and okra soup on the BBC’s website
- What to do with odd vegetables: I liked the piece on Slate about using up the unusual goods in your weekly vegetable box: The Locavore’s Dilemma
- Orzo salad: Orzo is a tiny, rice-shaped pasta. Peter from Souvlaki for the Soul has used it in a salad with eggplant, zucchini, lemon juice and loads of parsley.
- Beetroot, fetta & farro: Lovely, lovely salad sent to me by Sophie – it combines farro with beetroot, greens, fetta and walnuts. Topped off with a garlic, mustard dressing.
- Healthier baking: Some good advice from Chew on This about healthier baking. How to reduce the sugar, add a healthier flour and change the fat you use.
Okra photograph by GNIKRJ.
28 March, 2009
Comments
Great links! I love, love, love okra—and it’s in season here, too (I recently posted a fabulous okra masala recipe if you like it spicy). The soup sounds great and I must give it a try. And beets are another favorite, so I’m bookmarking this page! :)
The locavore’s dilemma article is quite funny. I have this collection of Australian spices I bought which is causing similar problems. So far I’ve stirred some into yoghurt and used it to top roast veggies. I need some more ideas though.
That beetroot salad look great, thank you for the link :)
Ricki – I did see your lovely okra masala – okra goes so well with spices. I also like the look of your pilaf with quinoa that I really like the look of. doesn’t it go well in spicy-style dishes.
Arwen – I’m also not very experienced with the Australian spices. I’ve made a bush tomato risotto and baked ricotta with wattleseed but that’s about it.
No worries Holler. I’ve been pointing people to your eggplant, potato and haloumi bake this week.
Hi Kathryn. Do you know a good place in the Inner West that sells edamame?
Having massive cravings.
Thanks,
Fiona
Fiona: We always buy our edamames in Campsie – we make sporadic trips out there to pick up kimchi, tofu, Middle Eastern groceries, etc. Plus I buy bags and bags of frozen edamames.
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