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Let’s take a moment to big up cauliflower. For a brassica so beige, it packs a punch. And that punch goes by the name of protein.  Vegetarians, whenever carnivores throw the P word at your meatless mouths, you just shout cauliflower right back at them.  You could also shout mung bean sprouts or pumpkin seeds but, well, syllable overload.

This recipe even calls cauliflower slices “steaks”. Point much? Watch your biceps bulge as you eat this.

CAULIFLOWER STEAKS WITH OLIVE RELISH AND TOMATO SAUCE

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/cauliflower-steaks-with-olive-relish-and-tomato-sauce

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Thanking this ravenous-Ron-Burgundy-wrapped-in-foil delight for the moral of the day; Do not perch on your love life folks.  Unless you’ve got fowl desires and an insatiable silver suit. Or, you’ve got food desires and insatiable soup recipes like this

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/spinach-broccoli-soup-with-garlic-and-cilantro

For the amount of garlic in it, it will get you off your perch though. 

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Deffs intrigued by what a Georgian Kiss could be. Do the lads have to wear breeches? Do we have to curtsey before we gerrin there? If so, too much effort. A less prude pash on the palate is this tomato and fish broth c/o Nigel Slater.

I crossed cultures and added a Gremolata on top (because I had no dill) and a simple side of boiled potatoes w/spring onions but I have a feeling this would make a more lighter, well balanced meal with some stewed greens on the side. The broth is even tastier the next day, so be stingy with your ladling if you want loadsa leftovers (recipe heartily serves 4).

TOMATO FISH BROTH

It was intriguing to come across a soup seasoned with sour ingredients. The version I ate in Helsinki was made with what they call pike-perch, but any sustainable white-fleshed fish that holds together well can be used. Serves 4-6

onions 2 medium

olive oil

garlic 1 clove

tomatoes 5 medium-sized

fennel 1 small bulb

button mushrooms a couple of handfuls

water or vegetable stock 1 litre

gherkins 2 medium sized

olives 16

parsley a few sprigs

dill 3 bushy sprigs

white fish fillets 500g

soured cream 4-6 tbsp

Peel and roughly chop the onions. Soften them in a little olive oil in a heavy-based pan over a moderate heat. Peel and crush the garlic and add to the onions. Roughly chop the tomatoes and add to the pan. Let them cook to a slush with the onions.

Finely slice the fennel and mushrooms and add to the pan. Cook for a few minutes until the fennel has started to soften a little. Pour in the water or stock and bring to the boil. Turn down the heat and simmer for 20 minutes, adding salt and black pepper.

Slice the gherkins, stone and halve the olives, chop the parsley and dill and set aside. Lower the fish into the stock and cook for 3 or 4 minutes until the fish is just opaque. Stir the gherkins, olives, parsley and dill into the soup. Correct the seasoning and, if you wish, add a little of the liquid from the gherkin jar. Ladle into warm bowls and add a spoonful of soured cream to each.

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Feelin’ funky? Like in a good or a bad way? Whenever I’m the latter I CRAVE to bake. Maybe it’s the simple step by step process that calms a queasy mind, maybe it’s fillin’ a damp infused gaff with the sweet smells of obesity, or maybe, just definitely maybe, it’s that I get to stuff my gob by the end of it. 

Making this. (It’s only effin vegan as well)

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_O4NBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=cantuccini+blueberry+and+lemon&source=bl&ots=N-mqRjDT-_&sig=EKS5mw77WyKp1oQIK9xnXDJ_RGg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh8o6bidLLAhXBDw8KHdypAL8Q6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=cantuccini%20blueberry%20and%20lemon&f=false

PS. Ernie Isley had a daughter, Alex. She makes supremely good Kitchen Disco music too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Y_VhmncPg

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I work weekends. Friday is my Sunday so life admin is the name of the game today.  Perks of life admin? Lunchbox prep. Today...

http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-cold-lentil-salad-with-cucumbers-and-olives-recipes-from-the-kitchn-205243

 - Omitting (or should I say Omiddin’ - no) the cucumbers and making Tzatziki instead. 

 - Sticking a big wodge of smoked mackerel in there

 - A cheeky super simps tomato salad on the side (sliced toms, big squeeze of lemon juice, glug of olive oil, salt n peppa, spring onions  - or chives are good too)

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Evenin. In place of snacks and affording a night out, make your kitchen disco truly decadent by finding leftover christmas chocolate flavoured gin and mixing with blackcurrant Ribena and ice. Serve long, sip solo. I like to call this cocktail “Palate Playground”. Others may call it desperate. 

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Digging this vag flashing doodle c/o Laia Arqueros. Arqueros likes to marry silly with subversive, all with the sisterhood in mind. For that she gets a strong Spice Girlsesque girl power sign from moi.

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Today I scribbled a little ditty about a subject all close to hearts. Love? Kinda. Carbs? Most definitely.  This choon is a fitting, yet melodramatic spread to the doughy poem.

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When the world’s too harsh (Mondoom Gloom), escape to this musical vista of dreamz. Alex Rita - c/o Balamii Radio - cheers for the respite.

Then cook this. 

 http://frugalfeeding.com/2013/11/27/kale-walnut-lemon-pearl-barley-risotto/

I’m fighting hipsterdom by cooking it with brussel sprouts, And also ‘coz they’re cheap right now. Double also because brussel sprouts are the dogz bollox

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Just easing you into Saturday with this selection of pleasantries. Two steppin’ allowed if you’re post Friday fragile.

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Conya Doss. Likes smooth grooves and soulful truths. Accompany with an afternoon of pretending you have a boyfriend to sing this to and sashaying/spluttering around the kitchen cooking this beast of a recipe 

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/black-bean-soup-with-roasted-poblano-chiles 

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Watercolour: François Henri Galland

Wanky words: “In the Quiet Noise” by me.

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Celebrate International Women’s Day with Wangechi Mutu’s depiction of pioneering feminist Funmilayo Anikulapo–Kuti. Mother of the famous musician Fela Kuti, she is said to have been the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria, and fought against the practice of female genital mutilation. Mutu explains why this diptych is both tantalizing and menacing: “The image and title are infested with the inherent contradictions that were the experience of a radical like Funmilayo. A visionary and brave fighter, she was caught in the upheaval of the creation of a nation’s identity." 

[Wangechi Mutu. Yo Mama. 2003. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2016 Wangechi Mutu]

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Frederick Childe Hassam. Painted dreamy landscapes, dug the F.I.P. crew (ahem, French Impressionist Painters) so much so he started his own sweet following in his native America. You do you, Childe Hassam.

Paintings from top: Harney Desert Landscape, Moonlight on the Sound

Other faves: Montauk series, California, Peach Blossoms, The South Edges anything he did by moonlight #lunarlove