Yeast baby

I must admit that I've been slack lately, the resolution to get off internet has failed so far. I even couldn't be bothered to take photos of the pizzas I made on Saturday, because I knew I'd be too lazy to blog about it. They were quite nice, I think but nothing spectacular. I finally made peace with delicatessens and purchased some ham, pancetta and salami for the topping, I even think that I could be friends with pancetta from now on. The P's came over in the afternoon with little Pumpkin. He is such a cutie pie!

It was C who referred to Eustace 'the yeast baby'... anyway then a bit of show (off) and tell ensued as I had taken a photo of my best effort to date with the scoring, thanks to this scoring tutorial.

After the pizza, for dessert I reattempted the creamy chocolate pudding that I had already blogged about. Thanks C for having taken a few quick snaps of my chocolate pudding.


Courtesy of Yecap Photography.

Ps: Figgy was MIA all afternoon. He was hiding upstairs and barely said hi. How rude! Thanks Paceys for a lovely afternoon!

On superfoods

Any food related article catches my eyes but especially whenever I come across an article on detox, anti-aging super foods, super foods for complexion to die for, eat your way to better health, you are what you eat bla bla I pay closer attention... because I'm not exactly a spring chicken anymore, you know. Unfortunately, food I love to eat do not often appear in superfoods list.

So here is the latest list of the Anti-ageing Superfoods according to Times Online. Eat one portion of any of three of these superfoods a day to look 10 years younger! Sacrebleu! It's a must try!!
Cinnamon, dried oregano, turmeric, mustard, blueberries, raspberries or strawberries, pear, grapefruit or plum, cherries, orange or apple, dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), walnut halves, pecan halves, pistachios, lentils, kidney beans, avocado, broccoli, asparagus spears, glass of red wine

In the spirit of healthy eating, I thought I might share a recipe of this salmon bake by Jamie Oliver that I did the other week.



Quick salmon & potato al forno
(delicious magazine, August 2009 p.28)
Serves 4
1 kg chat potatoes
1 large fennel bulb
1/2 bunch flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped or grated
25 gr cold unsalted butter, cut inot small pieces
olive oil
4 x 200 gr salmon fillets with skin, pin-boned
a few sprigs of mint, leaves picked, finely chopped
a small handful of grated parmesan
grated zest of 1 lemon, plus lemon wedges to serve

Preheat oven to 220°C.
Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Halve the potatoes lengthwise and trim the fennel bulb, reserving the fronds for garnishing later. Cut the fennel into 8 wedges and add to the boiling water with the potatoes and parboil for 6 minutes.

Drain the vegetables in a colander and leave to steam-dry for a minute and transfer to a large roasting pan and season well with salt and pepper. Sprinkle over half the chopped parsley and all the garlic, dot over with butter and drizzle well with olive oil. Toss everything together in the roasting pan and shake out into one even layer. Cook in the oven for 30 minutes or until golden.

While the vegetables are roasting, prepare the salmon fillets. Pinch the fillets so they plump up and use the length of the knife to score the skin side, about 1 cm deep. Season well both sides with salt and ground black pepper. Stuff the remaining chopped parsley and mint leaves into the scores.

Once the potatoes are nice and golden, take them out of the oven and sprinkle the grated parmesan over them. Give everything a bit of a jiggle and place the salmon on top skin side up. Sprinkle the lemon zest and drizzle with olive oil, then cook for 15 minutes. Sprinkle the reserved fennel fronds to garnish, and serve with lemon wedges.