Friday, 29 October 2010

Stir Fry


My daughter wanted to take this photo because she thought it would look good on my blog - I think she is right! I quite often make stir fry with some of the veg from my bag but looking back I don't seem to have posted it before. This is from a couple of weeks ago so the contents of the bag have changed slightly since then. 

The carrots, cucumber and green pepper came from the veg bag, I think the red pepper probably came from Greenshoots - a charity using gardening to work with vulnerable adults, one of True Food Co-op's local suppliers.  Cucumber works really well in a stir fry and I always include it when I have some.

The tofu is 'Taifun' brand, smoked with almonds and sesame seeds. If I can be bothered I fry it up separately to get it nice a crisp. If not  it just goes in with the veg! I usually serve this with rice with thinly sliced pieces of omelet mixed in, something I learnt in Singapore when we briefly lived there when I was young. Boil/steam the rice as normal leave it to go completely cold before frying it up with the sliced omelet and chopped green part of spring onions if available. 

Friday, 15 October 2010

Pizza

Home-made pizza is a great way of getting kids (and adults!) to eat some more veg. This one had some green pepper and cherry tomatoes from the veg bag as well as some sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil for a bit of added luxury. 

The salad is also from the veg bag and is great full of peppery leaves. 



We make our own pizza bases in a bread maker which is a really easy way of doing it but still takes about 45 minutes plus 20 minutes proving time so not one for when you rush home late from work and need something quick.