Quinoa Salad: © .kaishin. 2009. Quinoa cooked in a basic Rice Cooker – perfect everytime :) still with a bit of crunch and slightly loose grains. Many folks make the mistake and over cook it or with too much water, and you end up loosing all the wonderful nutty/earthy flavour and texture of it. For [...]
mustard goodness: © .kaishin. 2009. Having new friends from an international community has brought my attention to many new found food loves. One of them highlighted here is Mustard, and on the side, many new German sausages. J and I were introduced to mustard in a tube, a German thing, and that there were mild, [...]
scalloped and pretty © Kaishin Chu 2008. Purple potatoes layered with onions, and yellow potatoes. Drizzle layers with olive oil and sprinkling of sea salt and fresh black pepper. cover with tin foil and bake till almost tender, then remove foil to brown the top layer while finishing up the cooking. remove to cool a [...]
Photo posted by Kaishin Chu © 2008. Humus (Chick Pea Dip) 1 can (540ml/19 fl oz) of chick peas/garganzo beans or can substitute with Cannelli Beans to make a Bean dip 2 tsp of crushed garlic 2 -3 Tbsp of fresh lemon juice ( you can adjust this to your taste, don’t be afraid to [...]
scalloped and pretty, originally uploaded by .kaishin.. purple potatoes layered with onions, and yellow potatoes. drizzle layers with olive oil and sprinkling of sea salt and fresh black pepper. cover with tin foil and bake till almost tender, then remove foil to brown the top layer while finishing up the cooking. remove to cool a [...]
Photography by *kaishin* Okay, here’s my working recipe (I just came up with this recipe and have yet to work out any tweaks it might need in the write up of hte recipe.) Crunch Potatoes Take 2-4 medium russet potatoes, washed and cleaned.Poke holes for steam to escape with fork on 4 sides and top [...]
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'A food lover's adventure into creating inside and outside of the kitchen. Love for sharing and educating self and others in eating local and getting real with the simple beauty of food, to get thinking and making conscious decisions.'
Your comments and dialogues are very much welcomed here, this will get all of us to think more about quality vs. quantity.
Here's to eating well, a 'dash of food' here and there to tease and satisfy our senses :)
CinCin - Kai xo
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