Tag: covid cooking

Covid Cooking :: Homemade Tahini

Covid Cooking :: Homemade Tahini

Tahini is a fabulous paste made from sesame seeds that gives a slightly nutty flavour to hummus and baba ghanoush. Sure,you can buy it at a store, but making it is so simple! Ingredients 1 cup sesame seeds salt (to taste) olive oil Directions Toast 

Covid Cooking :: Pina Colada Smoothies

Covid Cooking :: Pina Colada Smoothies

Morning smoothies and pretending I’m someplace tropical. Check Possibility of adding rum and having these in the afternoon. Double Check. I won’t lie to you. The reason I made these in the first place is because I bought pineapples that were in the discount bin 

Covid Cooking :: Making Crackers From Juicing Pulp & 6 Bean Hummus

Covid Cooking :: Making Crackers From Juicing Pulp & 6 Bean Hummus

Last week I was feeling a little blah. A little like I didn’t want to climb out of bed in the morning or get anything done. So I decided what I really needed was a boost of juice! A kickstart of vegetables in the morning. 

Covid Cooking :: Mango Lassi

Covid Cooking :: Mango Lassi

I’ve always tried to use up all my food before it goes off or needs replacing, or finding ways of alternatively using any food scraps rather than simply tossing things out.  I freeze veggie scraps to make soup stock and freeze a lot of things 

Covid Cooking ::  Zen & The Art of Marshmallow Salad

Covid Cooking :: Zen & The Art of Marshmallow Salad

If I said the words ‘Marshmallow Salad’ to you, what would you envision? Would you be grossed out? Amused? Disinterested or curious? It’s funny how something as simple as a few ingredients thrown together can bring all these emotions and memories back to us. Eating 

Covid Cooking::  Baba Ganoush

Covid Cooking:: Baba Ganoush

  I am no stranger to the deliciously garlicky, lemony, eggplant concoction that is Baba Ganoush. This Lebanese dip (which is perfect by the way… and I will fight anyone who says that hummus is better), is thick, creamy and fabulous for dipping any sort 

Covid Cooking :: Things I’m Making and Eating During Self Isolation

Covid Cooking :: Things I’m Making and Eating During Self Isolation

It’s funny. I normally cook and eat at home (it’s often cheaper for a single person to do that anyway), but I feel I’ve made some different dinners and thought I might share some of the dishes I make.  🙂

Covid Cooking :: Dalgona Coffee

Covid Cooking :: Dalgona Coffee

      Covid Cooking ~Day 3 of Social Isolation Dalgona Coffee or whipped coffee has been making the rounds on Instagram these days as a result of social isolation in South Korea. People started whipping up this iced coffee treat and apparently it tastes