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Mushroom stew

April 28, 2013 in Food events, Food shows, Meatless Mondays, Supper, Vegetarian

Tags: Meatless Mondays, mushroom bredie, Mushroom stew, mushroom stew recipe, mushrooms, Nataniël, Nina Timm, pinkpolkadotfood, recipe, SA Cheese and wine festival, Sandringham, stew, supper, Vegetarian, Vickie de Beer

I plan my dinners mostly around the seasons so I have made a lot of stews and curries lately. Unfortunately after a couple of very cold days the Cape Town weather turned to summer again, so I did not feel comfortable posting recipes that is supposed to be eaten in colder weather. I can however no longer wait to share this mushroom stew recipe with you.

This is a great vegetarian dish that can be served with any type of starch you like!

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Old-fashioned stuffed mushrooms

March 19, 2013 in Meatless Mondays, Side Dish, Starter, Vegetarian

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Tags: lunch, Meatless Mondays, mushrooms, Old fashioned stuffed mushrooms, Pinkpolkadot, recipe, side dish, starter, stuffed mushroom recipe, Vegetarian

Stuffed mushrooms were a hit in the eighties and I made it often as a starter. Both my daughters adore mushrooms so I made these stuffed mushrooms for the first time in years in December 2012. I was quite surprised -no shocked when they asked me to make those old-fashioned mushrooms again! I thought old-fashioned only applies to things that happened in my Mother’s youth! Well, I must admit that they are really old-school.

Stuffed mushrooms are a great starter to serve at a braai, since you do not really need a plate. The mushroom is the plate for this delicious filling and you only need one free hand, so your other hand is still available for a drink of your choice!

The mushrooms ready to be cooked:

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

by pinkpolkadot

Brown mushrooms stuffed with peas, corn and cottage cheese.

January 14, 2013 in Lunch, Meals in minutes, Side Dish, Supper, Vegetarian

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Tags: corn, cottage cheese, Meatless Mondays, mushrooms, Mushrooms stuffed with peas and cottage cheese, Mushrooms stuffed with peas and cottage cheese recipe, pea leaves, peas, Pinkpolkadot, recipe, Vegetarian

It is Monday and time for some vegetarian fare. Mushrooms are so healthy, delicious and versatile and a good replacement for meat.

This dish is very quick to prepare and I have used a frozen corn and pea mixture, but you can use fresh peas on its own if you like.

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Beef fillet with red peppercorns and mushrooms

December 14, 2012 in Beef, Meat, Supper

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Tags: beef, Beef fillet, Beef fillet with red peppercorns and mushrooms, main, Meat, mushrooms, Pinkpolkadot, red peppercorns, roast, supper

I love fillet steak, but it is very expensive. In Cape Town you can easily pay R200 per kilogram. If you have a family like mine who eats large portions of meat, it becomes very expensive to buy beef fillet.

I went to Malmesbury, recently, to fetch my son’s ID book and one of the butcheries was selling beef fillet for less than half the price that we pay in Cape Town. Of course I had to stock up.

Some people say that fillet is tasteless, but I love it. My favourite way of cooking fillet can be found here or try this beef fillet and radicchio salad.

I just love the simplicity of this recipe! Just remember that red peppercorns are very hot!

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Kingklip with a mushroom crust for Father’s Day

June 15, 2012 in Baking, Fish, Meals in minutes, Seafood, Supper

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Tags: Father’s day, fish, kingklip, kingklip fish, Meals in minutes, Mushroom encrusted kingklip, Mushroom encrusted kingklip recipe, mushrooms, recipe, SASSI, supper

Although I love kingklip, I do not buy it often since it is on SASSI’s orange list, meaning that the species are depleted, either due to over fishing or the way the fish has been caught. For more information about Kingklip on SASSI’s list, go here.

It used to be one of my most favourite orders in Restaurants and preferred fish for home cooking. Lately I only eat it on special occasions and Father’s day is such an occasion.

This dish tastes fabulous and is quick and easy to prepare!

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Mushroom Pot Pies for Meatless Mondays

May 28, 2012 in Food events, Meals in minutes, Meatless Mondays, Side Dish, Supper, Vegetarian

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Tags: Meals in minutes, Meatless Mondays, mushroom pot pie, Mushroom pot pie recipe, mushroom recipe, mushrooms, Pinkpolkadot, recipe, side dish, supper, Vegetarian

The girls and I went to the Stellenbosch Fresh Goods Market on Saturday. This is one of our favourite places to go to for breakfast or lunch on a Saturday.

Since BG wrote exam until 12:00, we went there for lunch. The girls both had “bockwurst on a brotchen”. I was torn between a wonderful mushroom kebab, with a variety of exotic mushrooms or mussels. In the end I decided to go for the mussels and it was a great choice! I got seven plumb mussels steamed in garlic, butter and basil and served with bruschetta and a tomato relish for R25!

I could, however not stop thinking about the mushrooms and went to Woolworths yesterday to get some exotic mushrooms, which I haven’t eaten since December last year. I was very surprised to see that Woolworths are still selling 2 punnets (400g) of exotic mushrooms at R30.00! This is really a bargain. The mixture contains a combination of fresh shiitake, portabello, king oyster and shimeji mushrooms.

The pot pies are easy to prepare and take less than 30 minutes. It serves 2 people as a main meal or 4 people as a side dish.

Please go to PinkPolksDotFood for the recipe.

by pinkpolkadot

Something old, something new

May 21, 2012 in Meatless Mondays, Non-Food, Soup, Vegetarian, Weekend Themes

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Tags: mushroom recipes, mushroom soup, mushrooms, mushrooms stuffed with mashed peas, peas, Pinkpolkadot, recipes, strange mushrooms, stuffed mushrooms

View from the side’s weekend theme is “something old, something new”.

Since I had some very strange new visitors to my garden lately, I decided to do a post on mushrooms.

My something old is two mushroom recipes, that I blogged about a long time ago. The first one is a mushroom soup and you can find the recipe here!

The second one is mushrooms stuffed with mashed peas and you can find the recipe here.

My something new is photos of strange mushrooms that were in my garden recently. We have an area under one specific tree where there are always mushrooms growing. They look like white and brown large mushrooms, similar to the brown mushrooms that can be bought at any greengrocer.

These ones are however totally different. This beautiful one was growing in my garden about a month ago:

mushroom 1

These ones are growing in my garden currently. It seems like they start out looking like this:

and then change to look like this:

and in the end they look quite awful and colour everything around them black:

I have never seen mushrooms like these ones but find it quite intriguing. If you have any information about them please let me know.

by pinkpolkadot

Mushroom and lemon risotto for meatless Mondays

April 15, 2012 in Meatless Mondays, Side Dish, Supper, Vegetarian

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Tags: lemon, Meatless Mondays, mushroom and lemon risotto, mushrooms, Pinkpolkadot, recipe, Rice, Risotto, risotto recipe, side dish, vegetarian meal

I have made Risotto before, without much success. At one stage I really thought that making risotto is way too much effort and I could not understand the hype surrounding this! Well, that was until I have recently eaten a vegetarian risotto at the River Garden restaurant at Lourensford.

The risotto was extremely nice and I decided I just have to master this. I have tried a couple of times before mine tasted almost as good. I have realized that making risotto is like learning to ride a bicycle. It takes some time and practice but once you have mastered the technique it is quite an easy thing to do.

I think the most important thing to remember when making risotto is that you have to use the correct type of rice; Arborio rice is perfect. The next important thing is that it needs your full attention and you must stir and add liquid all the time!

This risotto is really delicious and can be served as a vegetarian meal or as a side dish. For the recipe go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

by pinkpolkadot

Vegetarian Wreath for Meatless Mondays!

December 4, 2011 in Meatless Mondays, Side Dish, Vegetarian

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Tags: Basil pesto, festive, mains, Meatless Mondays, mushrooms, Pesto Princess, short-cut pastry, starter, sweet peppers, Vegetarian, vegetarian Swiss-roll, Vegetarian wreath

A couple of friends came over for a braai this past weekend. I never know what to make as a starter when I am having braai!

Our local Fruit and Veg sold their mushrooms (white button and large brown) for R10 a punnet recently. I got somewhat carried away and bought way to much!!

With the mushrooms, some sweet peppers and basil pesto from the Pesto Princess in the fridge I thought these colours are shouting for something festive!! Wow, and the creation was a hit! I don’t think I have ever received so many compliments for any dish before!!

I served this as a starter but it will be just as good as a side dish or as a vegetarian main dish. Be careful when you remove it from the baking tin to ensure that it does not fell apart!!

For the recipe go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

by pinkpolkadot

Friday Food Quiz Number 67

December 2, 2011 in Food Quiz, Friday Food Quiz

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Tags: a la provencale, aspic, black pudding, butter, coconut milk, food, Food Quiz, key lime pie, learing about food, mushrooms, Quiz

It is December already!! 2011 happened way too quickly!

It has been a long time since my last Food Quiz and I hope everyone will enjoy this one!!?

If you are going to do the quiz, please copy the questions and do the answers on your own blog. Please leave me a message to tell me that you have done it.

I will post the answers to the Quiz on Monday evening with a link to your answers!

1. Why do apples and potatoes turn brown when sliced?

2. What is another name for an Oyster mushroom?

3. What is the difference between “Coconut milk” and “Cream of coconut”?

4. Can baking powder being used as a substitute for baking soda?

5. Are clarified butter and butter ghee the same?

6. Where did Key lime pie originate?

7. What is the name of the vegetables in the following photo?

8. What is black pudding?

9. What is Aspic?

10. If a dish is called “A la Provencale”, what does it contain?

Enjoy the weekend and have fun in the kitchen!

PinkPolkaDot

You are browsing the archive for mushrooms.

Mushroom stew

Old-fashioned stuffed mushrooms

Brown mushrooms stuffed with peas, corn and cottage cheese.

Beef fillet with red peppercorns and mushrooms

Kingklip with a mushroom crust for Father’s Day

Mushroom Pot Pies for Meatless Mondays

Something old, something new

Mushroom and lemon risotto for meatless Mondays

Vegetarian Wreath for Meatless Mondays!

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