Another day, Another story, another cornish preserve recipe So for the last 40 odd years, mum and two of her finest mates have been making Auntie Judy’s mother in law’s cornish curried chutney recipe. I make it with love with mum and some of my mates and we give it away to family and
Spiced scotch fig paste
In my frenzy of Christmas making I decided to make fig paste. It came from a late night on rundle street after going to a funny ole gay bar filled with young people doing young things like dancing on upside down on poles and looking longingly for a someone. Girls on boys knees
Low Sodium Shenzhen and Bali inspired BBQ treats
Recently, I spent time in Shenzhen China and Bali. What a street food array of amazing treats! I went to each place, found a local street food place I liked the look of and watched each one for a bit, making sure the joints were clean and the staff cooked well. Then, through the
Cleaning smart watch battery contactors and pretending I’m “Mr Fixit”
Cleaning the contactors on the battery for your smartwatch.
Kale Sesame chips with Shichimi Togarachi
Sometimes in life… I write dodgy javascript, python software and muckaround with electronics hacking. Sometimes in life. I cook. And sometimes, when I have my nerd vest on, I think about all the homegrown goodness in my local hood. So, like a multitasking banshee yesterday
The Women of Steele USB charge station experiment
The Mission: Above is my sketch book for the project. But back to “The mission”: To go to Shenzhen with a Specification, prototype and presentation deck for a both a USB charge station for phones and wearable devices. For a second prototype, a customisable USB cable for use with non standard form USB
Chocolate and Walnut icecream
White pickled rocket seed pods and rocket root kim-chi
Made as a part of my durational long weekend rocket harvest Rocket Seed pickle Ingredients: Rocket seed pods White vinegar Szechuan pepper corns (whole) Method: Pick the seed pods from rocket plant’s that are “going to seed” and literally just wash the whole pods. Boil up white vinegar, a little sugar and sezchuan pepper then let
Rocket, garlic, onion and barossa cheddar baked pasty slice
Low Sodium Rocket Pasty slice thingo
Rocket Roast Cashew Pesto – LowSodium
As a part of my durational, End to end Rocket long weekend I made this “rockin” pesto: Ingredients: About 8 handfuls fresh rocket leaves. 2 handfuls basil. 1/2 handful of pre-roasted cashews Olive oil Balsamic vinegar 3 cloves garlic 1/2 juice lemon Dry cheese or parmesan, finely grated Method: Wash Rocket, Parsley and Basil, dry
Wilted rocket, onion, garlic with caremelised potato fritatta
Made as a part of my durational piece: Long weekend of the rocket harvest 2018 Ingredients: Large stockpot filled with rocket leaves and baby stalks 6 – 8 onions 20 garlic cloves Olive oil Peanut oil Chilli powder 500 mls Low salt vegetable stock 500 mls water 350 gms of low salt cheddar, finely shredded
Interactive “smart” mirror quotes
This is a spot for Heidi to record and document progress with her Smart Mirror idea for The Whitmore Square “Safe pub for women” girls toilets idea. Static Content: Ali’s Favourite Quotes, this month… “Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live
Handy Heidi’s WordPress running tips
Heidi’s training session: How to build your own Site using the free WordPress hosting tools. That was a mouthful wasn’t it! Please find below a series of helpful references for the new to WordPress type of human: Intro to wordpress: Over 80 percent of sites around the world are hosted in wordpress. Learning wordpress in
Spicy Ginger Pumpkin and Coconut milk soup with coriander
Huge Batch of Pumpkin no sodium soup
BEWARE Always Unpair: Pairing a Misfit Vapor with an Android phone after you’ve paired it with an iPhone
Fixing a pairing issue with a Misfit Vapor Smartwatch
LowSodium ANZAC / CANZAC Biscuits
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnbXxkHAEUI/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet This comes from a CWA recipe and uses Canadian Maple Syrup, hence the CANZAC modded title. Hey and the best news is, in all the ANZAC recipes I’ve found, none contain salt. Mad props to my mate Matt for introducing me to the idea of maple syrup. Ooooowf. View this post on
Homebrewed Misfit Vapor Charge Cable
Now, for a few reasons cash is a bit tight right now and I have a few health ‘challenges’. Understanding and doing fitness things is really a funnel for a lot of good feeling vibes for me and helping me get better. This smart watch does do an accurate step count and whilst the
Low Sodium Tomato and Chilli Sauce
Tomato and Chilli Sauce from scratch: CWA style One thing I have really been missing is a good and salty, buttery pie with sauce. The Cornish pasties and Sausage Rolls I’ve been throwing together have been filling the gap for the most part but the idea of being able to walk into a Bakery
My Auntie Judy’s Cornish LowSodium celery soup
Had a whinge on Facebook about missing salt in my LowSodium world. Auntie Judy came to the rescue in the form of this terribly simple soup. Ate this tasty little number with my home made Tomato and Chilli sauce last night and it was a win! Ingredients: 4 Oz saltless butter 2 onions2 Celery heads2lb potatoes 2.5
Fresh LowSodium Ricotta Parmesan cakes
This is a hand made from scratch ricotta recipe, made and then baked with fresh parmesan and herbs.