Hello friends and welcome to the best of February! The nicest thing I made this month was a vegetarian kedgeree (vegeree geddit) from Jamie Oliver. This recipe is from his Everyday Superfoods book and it is a belter! Kedgeree is a dish of spiced rice, usually made with smoked fish which grew to prominence in Colonial India. Traditionally, Kedgeree is a breakfast dish but I had mine for dinner. And as much as I love a bit of smoked fish, this was so delicious I am not sure if I will even bother to try the classic version after eating this one!
This is a dish to eat with your eyes before shovelling it down. It is so pretty and bright. I can see why it became popular for breakfast – those bright reds and greens and yellows would put a smile even on my totally-not-a-morning-person face. I used normal basmati rice, not brown and beans not peas for my vegeree.
Vegeree – The Recipe
I apologise for the state of this page. It is more than somewhat food splattered!!! (but the sign of a good recipe I always think).
Other Favourites of The Month
Reading
The Best book I read this month was Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law by Mary Roach. I loved learning about the different interactions between humans and animals. Not as fun but also fascinating is the book I am partway through – Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists. As someone who mostly reads fiction, it was good to have two non-fiction recommendations this week!
Cookbook
Our theme for our Tasty Reads Cookbook Club this month is Charity Shop book and we spent a lovely Saturday morning having brunch and then shopping for our books. I bought three books during our shopping which was quite the haul. The one I am cooking from is a massive tome called Australia’s Favourite Recipes. From the photography in the book, I initially thought it was from the 1970s or 80s but I later found out it was published in 2010! Unfortunately, I am somewhat regretting my choice – not because of the dated photos but the book is so tall that it does not fit into any of my bookshelves!
I was intrigued to find within its pages a recipe for a chicken dish called Shakuti. This is possibly a recipe for the Chicken Xacuti mentioned in the Tim Key episode of the Off-Menu Podcast. I had never heard of this curry before. And now I have a recipe! The Baader-Meinhof effect at work!
Watching
We saw Death on The Nile which I LOVED. The scenery was spectacular and made me want to go to Egypt to see the sights myself. The Dining with the Dame for this will be later this year.
Listening
I’ve started listening to the Twin Flames podcast and am very much enjoying the current series of Rabbits. The Rabbits novel is also great! I’m devastated that the shipping for Path Cards outside the US is so expensive. I would buy a pack for sure if it was anywhere near reasonable!
Moving
Along with my beloved Zumba classes, I am now doing Sh’bam classes at the local gym and LOVING them! I love an exercise class where it feels more like fun than hard work and this certainly fits the bill! Looking forward to shifting some of those covid kilos through dance!
Tomorrow is a public holiday here to celebrate Labour Day. I will be celebrating the introduction of the 8-hour workday with a sleep in, a trip to the gym and some baking which hopefully will feature here shortly!
Have a wonderful week!
