what we ate

roasted peppers stuffed with
couscous and kidney beans and feta and
pumpkin and parsley
(and a squeeze of lemon juice)

CNN's veggie chilli
it's based on jamie oliver's
ministry of food recipe
and is it so very, very good

Like all households with more than one cook, we each have our signature dishes.  CNN was the fajita-maker until he had to pick up his nephew from the other side of Sydney and I was responsible for cooking for man and boy.  It's silly because fajitas aren't hard to make but I felt a little nervous about making something in CNN's repertoire.  Quite often, the division of recipes is down to ethnicity - we have a go-to girl for steamed rice and a master of mashed potato.

I was late home the night CNN made this so he went solo with the rice.  He is very proud of those fluffy grains.  I'm proud because he made extra to take to friends up the road.  Their two year old is in a full body cast after falling 40cm off baby monkey bars and there's a five year old and gastro in the mix there as well. Eeep.

i attempted a homemade version
of dan dan mien
they were tasty
but not spicy enough

Easy peasy recipe: stir fry chopped one and a half chillis and one fat clove of garlic.  Add half a tin of coconut milk and three tablespoons of smooth peanut butter.  When the peanut butter is combined, add one tablespoon light soy, one tablespoon dark soy, two tablespoons sweet chilli sauce and a teaspoon of chilli powder (although I would urge caution as my experience with chilli powders is that they vary a lot in strength).  Thin with water and toss through cooked noodles.  Serve. (do you like my Gordon Ramseyesque single syllable sentence?)

i steamed bok choy
on top of the noodles
(the steamer was
a wedding present)