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Can I post yesterday's effort ? I'll take that as a yes. The recipe is here http://vst.to/mjmVXml i used coconut oil instead of canola, and skimped on the icing sugar in the cream cheese frosting, so it's a bit runny. For a non baker (perhaps my third cake ever) I was pretty pleased with the result.

Vegetable saagu, stir fried zucchini, steamed rice, flaky roti bread, tomato chutney, green mango pickle.

I made this carrot cake http://vst.to/mjmVXml using coconut oil instead of canola. The cream cheese frosting is a bit runny (lack of enough icing sugar) otherwise it's yummy. Question please, I used 000 flour because that's what I had. If I used plain flour (AP) as directed might it have been a bit taller ?

Chilli beef, cheesy corn chips, guacamole and stuffed jalapeños from the garden with sour cream.

Yep, it's old too, published 1991. I continue to look for her complete Asian and complete vegetarian, they will appear !

I went to all the trouble of making Thai green curry paste following a BBC good food recipe by John Torode. Made a curry with chicken thighs and sugar snap peas. It needed something, like an extra dollop of Mae Ploy brand paste, and it probably wouldn't have hurt to add extra coconut milk. Oh well....

Well, I'm on board. Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos and amazing meals.

I like that term @Porthos, another hardcore thrift store shopper here, although we call 'em op shops (short for opportunity shop). Todays haul, digital scales still in the box $6, Hot & Spicy by Charmaine Solomon $1, and two Lonely Planets $2 each.

I've read the whole thread, along with most of the Indian cooking section. Such great info on eGullet ! i haven't tried that particular chutney YET ! It's on the list though....

Thank you @FauxPas, the best thing is my husband is raving about vegetarian food and losing weight. Regards the recipe, I have so many indian food sites and books that I couldn't be sure of the exact recipe. This one had tomatoes and onion ground together in my mixie, there were mustard seeds and curry leaves spluttered in sesame oil, then the raw tomato onion mixture added and simmered a bit. There were probably other spices, I do recall tamarind was in there somewhere. The aim is to get confident enough to just make it off the cuff. I'm getting there !

Masala dosa, cauliflower kurma, rice, sambar and assorted fresh chutneys. This dosa (my third attempt at cooking them, it gets easier with practice) is stuffed with a spicy potato mix. The chutneys are tomato, coconut and green (coriander & mint).

This thread got me craving meatballs. Here's my Moroccan style ones in a spicy sauce with chickpeas. I loosely followed the recipe below, using fresh tomatoes instead of canned, and adding homemade harissa to the sauce. The texture of the meatballs was smooth, the flavours delicious ! http://www.goodfood.com.au/recipes/moroccan-meatballs-with-chickpeas-20111018-29wyu

A char siu pork and veggie rice bowl. I marinated pork belly rashers and baked them in the oven, they were cut into bite size bits and joined stirfried broccolini, shiitake mushrooms and spring onions on top of cooked rice. Followed by fresh fig clafoutis.

Sorry, it's gone !

Lovely lunches everyone ! Mine is more often than not leftovers, sometimes a sandwich. Ploughmans sanger - mustard pickles, shaved deli ham, sliced vintage cheddar, and quick pickled onions on a warmed crusty roll.

Sorry, yes they're bananas. They are much sweeter than cavendish.

Another Sunday, another farmers market. This one is at the Gold Coast Arts Centre and much larger than where I went last week. It was also wet, very wet. It was only drizzling when I arrived, but soon turned torrential. Stupid here left not just one, but two umbrellas in the car. Of course the stall holders were not complaining, farmers love rain... The atmosphere was not conducive to photos. So, there's only two, both taken from my temporary shelter while my leather shoes soaked up the rivulets running past. Now attempting to get dry, here's my small haul. Figs, lady fingers, broccolini, galangal and one shepherd avocado.

Kerala style fish and potato curry with steamed rice. Homestyle dosa with sambar, fresh tomato chutney, green chutney and lemon lime pickle. I have two new kitchen toys, a Preethi mixie (all the way from Chennai) and a rice cooker (from a local op shop). I can't believe I haven't bought a rice cooker until now...perfect rice.

Warm cauliflower salad with labne, almonds, green olives and sultanas.

Bangers & mash with mushroom sauce and garlic zucchini. The snags were chicken, wild mushroom and garlic from Aldi. The mash with grated white horseradish, mushroom sauce made with fresh shiitake and dried porcini.

I've never heard of them either !

Stuffed eggplant, mixed vegetable (cauliflower, carrot, snake beans, peas) biryani, chicken curry, raita, mango pickle and naan bread.

Correct @andiesenji. I had been looking at my local op shop for a small ladle to use while making dosa. I carried this around while browsing the rest of the store, then decided against it, and put it back where I found it. My next stop was a suburb away at the Indian grocer, where I noticed a new one in a box. The store owner explained what it was for, so after buying my spices, I hotfooted it back to the op shop, bought it, and felt a tiny bit smug about saving $10.50 off the new price. Here it is on the stove....

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