Cooking and Recipes

[Farseer]

^ Ah, yes, there'd have been plenty of feathers, bones and also a beak! Though my husband remembers nothing of those. I swear this almost prompted me to walk away from our relationship at the time!

-mango chutney, which speaks for itself

I'd love to here your recipe for this! I have one for mango jam on here somewhere, I think.

Also, does anyone have any problems with gluten or dairy?

My daughter was diagnosed as a coeliac a few years back so our family is up with the whole gluten-free lifestyle AND the juggling that is required when others in the house can't stand to eat gluten-free foods. Thankfully there are lots of things out there that are naturally free of gluten and that everyone likes...not to mention that I have a tonne of recipe books. Living without 'real' bread is terrible though...there is just no substitute for it.

To tide you over, if you have chicken stock already, you can bring it to a boil, chop up some fresh carrots (on an angle so the pieces are big), get fresh spinach and whole fresh basil leaves and finely chopped scallions and maybe some grated fresh ginger, and stick everything in the broth. Then pour in a 14-16 ounce can of coconut milk. (I'm in America, that's what we get, but the actual amount doesn't matter too much as long as it's roughly in that general vicinity; for people in other parts of the world, the top of the can is about 10 cm in diameter and it's about twice as tall as that.) Cook it only for a few minutes so the carrots don't get too soft, stirring to make sure the coconut milk combines thoroughly with the broth.

I just had this for lunch, using coconut cream (had heaps of tins of that in my pantry but no coconut milk), roast chicken left-overs and some chopped up cabbage, as well as the rest of the ingredients mentioned. So simple and YUMMO as well, thanks NeverBeenWise!