An Honest Kitchen

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What I'm eating

  • Saturday. Iku lunch today: tofu burger w/ steamed veg, pickled red cabbage & beetroot, & chickpea w/ beetroot. Plus they're amazing dressing
  • Thurs late lunch: Pad Thai with tofu and double the vegetables.
  • Hungry all morning & knew lunch was going to be late. Had half a tin of white beans, a banana, a peach & square of Beetrotinger cake.
  • Thurs breakfast: rye and pumpkin seed toast again. One w/ white bean paste / dip & t'other w/ marmalade. Plus some pineapple.
  • Made kind of polenta pie for Tues dinner. Polenta top & bottom, w/ filling of lentils & silverbeet cooked in tomato.Topped w/ cheese & baked

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How farmers’ markets help me to eat well

Posted by kathryn in Easier eating

Today I have a guest post, from Lesh Karan of The Mindful Foodie. This is part of an occasional series on Limes and Lycopene, around the theme of what helps people to eat well. Lesh is a Melbourne based freelance writer, with a particular interest in wholefoods, health and wellbeing. The Mindful Foodie is a wonderful blog, full of cracking recipes and thoughtful pieces on healthy and ethical eating. Over to Lesh. Those who’ve read my blog and know …

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Read more 12 comments 26 October, 2011

Mushroom and beetroot frittata

Posted by kathryn in Vegetables, Eggs, Dinners, Spring and Lunch

I don’t usually write product reviews or take part in campaigns on Limes and Lycopene_. I try to keep this an advertising and PR free space. However today I’m making an exception for the Mushrooms Go Pink campaign, which aims to raise $50,000 for breast cancer research during October. I know many people affected by breast cancer, including family members, friends and clients. My contribution? A pink mushroom dish, which "_of course":/blog/2006/10/20/beetroot-curry includes beetroot. Frittatas are easy-peasy, weeknight food. …

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Read more 12 comments 21 October, 2011

Tomato, avocado & chickpea pasta

Posted by kathryn in Dinners, Spring, Summer and Vegan

A few weeks ago, I was talking pasta – why it isn’t as bad for you as people think, plus five lovely looking recipes I’d seen recently. Well today I have an actual pasta recipe for you. When tomatoes and avocadoes are in season, this is the meal I turn to when home alone. It’s easy, makes little washing up and the sauce can be prepared while the pasta is cooking. I often make changes around the edges, adding …

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Read more 9 comments 12 October, 2011

Talking about gluten free & the GI

Posted by kathryn in Blogging

A couple of weeks ago I met up with the lovely Arwen from Hoglet K and The Chameleon’s Tongue to talk about whether gluten free food was health food. We discussed the GI, the latest “trend” for gluten free and how to make eating gluten free that bit healthier. Anyway, Arwen recorded the interview and you can listen to it at the site, or download as a podcast. She has also posted a great little summary of our conversation. If …

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Read more 3 comments 04 October, 2011