Celebration, Nomination and Sticky ‘Pork-you-mine’

What has Celebration, nomination and sticky pork got to do with each other? Nothing really, except my heart is doing little somersaults every time I look back at the word nomination beside my name. Before I continue on that nomination let me start with the celebratory news; with my one year blog anniversary fast approaching, I am just in the midst of a lot of new changes, for the blog and my personal life as well. With the likes of a new job (woooooo! oh my i’m excited) and a new house (wooooooo! some more excitement), my life is taking a  huge detour for the better. And to add to all this celebratory news.. ‘the nomination’ for a storytelling award.

Continue reading

Ready, Get set, Risotto!

I have been meaning to work on my first Risotto for about a year now; it was one of 2 food related new years resolutions, the second being baking bread… it will come, I am going to do it before the end of 2012 for sure. I have seen, heard and read about a lot of Risotto recipes; creamy delicious, broth drenched granules of rice. I had picked up my Arborio rice about 2-3 months ago… and snip snip, the packet was finally opened. Continue reading

Racing with time… But I’m Catching up

Finally I have managed to catch the bug again.. the writing bug that is. Feels good and I am so happy I can finally put my thoughts and ideas on paper… or the web rather. There has been so much going on, I am struggling making time for myself to breathe. So here’s a quick catch up.

Continue reading

Indian Independence Day and “The” Mango Kulfi

Yummers!
Yummers!

Yes! Yes! I know it isnt Indian Independence day; but this was a post that got lost amidst a whole lot of other things. I am often scared to try out indian recipes, only because I find them so long and the process of things seem never-ending. Dont get me wrong.. I LOVE indian food.. I mean i absolutely HEART IT! But its easier to eat than to cook it.

Continue reading

A fig’n juicy snack!

Its been everywhere, and I’m not sure when the fig season is but I cant go past a crate of the juicy purplish little drop-shaped fruits without picking a few. There have been times when I have been tempted to pop one of those little things right into my mouth, but my mommy taught me better; so no fruit goes into my mouth without being washed.

Continue reading

I’m on a Diet! Get me my salad!

Food is always on my mind regardless of where I am, even more so when I travel cause I am so nosey and just have to know what everything tastes like.. well as long as it looks appetizing atleast. I stay away from things that still move… *shiver* . I had visited Nepal and they definitely didn’t have any live foods in sight, but infact they did have scrumptions amounts of Momos, and I will tell you more about them in my upcoming post. So now I feel terrible about my weight gain in Nepal, hence the last few posts have been focussed on getting me to shed those pounds; including a strenuous bootcamp at 6 in the a.m. plus running for 30-45 minutes and a whole lot of leaf eating… granted it isn’t really working, but atleast I can say I tried.

This delicious Courgette Salad was a creation contributed towards the Mystery Box Challenge. Continue reading

Be-Bop-A-Tuna Snack

I’m a big fan of the 60′s and what a dancy number that was. With Gene Vincent playing in the background there I was hopping around, dancing in the kitchen and preparing a quick snack for me and myself :)

Be Bop A Lula she’s my baby :)

And this little snack is honestly the easiest thing in the world. The tuna paste can be used quite flexibly in whatever you want and however you want. Its great in sandwiches, over rye bread, in a pasta salad or even with just some lettuce or really anything you can think of. I prepared this for the bachelorette I had earlier this year too. If you have made too much of it.. worry not, just toss in into a tupperware, freeze it and when you feel like a tuna sandwich, just pull it out let it thaw and spread it.

Be-Bop-A-Tuna

Serves 10+
Prep time 15 minutes
Cook time 30 minutes
Total time 45 minutes
Allergy Fish
Meal type Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack, Starter
Misc Child Friendly, Freezable, Pre-preparable, Serve Cold
Occasion Birthday Party, Casual Party
Easiest 15 minute Snack recipe with a semi-chunky tuna paste served over crackers.

Ingredients

  • 2 cans Tuna (white tuna is yummy and quite lean)
  • 1 medium Onions
  • 1 large Tomato
  • 4 cloves of Garlic
  • bunch of Coriander
  • 2 tablespoons Mayonnaise
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons Tomato Ketchup
  • 2½ tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Pepper
  • 1½ tablespoon Grape/Apple Vinegar
  • pinch of Salt
  • Crackers

Directions

Drain the Tuna cans and empty the contents in a bowl
Cut up the onions and tomatoes roughly into medium sized cubes and add them into the bowl along with the peeled cloves of garlic and the rest of the ingredients.
Blend everything together roughly. Scoop out 2-3 spoons of the chunky mixture and set it aside. Puree the rest to a semi-smooth paste; the paste needs to be relatively thick, but if you need to ease the blender add some olive oil as desired.
Add the pureed mixture with scoops of chunky bits you set aside earlier and mix well. The chunky bits give the tuna paste a nice texture and helps to hold form when placed over anything
Serve a Dollop of the tuna paste over crackers or toasted garlic bread and serve immediately.
From experience I suggest you do not have these pre-made but instead initiate your guests to prep these little bites right before sinking their teethes in them. If you make earlier the crackers tend to soak up the moisture and gets all soggy :( and you don't want that... I learnt the hard way.

So there it is.

Enjoy!

Eaternally Yours,

Drina C