What a gorgeous few hours with wonderful talented people 🙂 This event was run by Bec from thirteenredshoes and Dea from To her core, I didn’t realise I knew Dea till I saw her at the door – what a wonderful surprise!! We all drooled over the space!! Dearna has a gorgeous kitchen wouldn’t you agree? How cool are the lights too! After some learning, watching & chatting we got to work styling & shooting on our DSLR & our smart phones.
So drum roll please…………….. here are my DSLR shots!!
I just love that I did apple pics (to her core!!) I had to take a bite out of one all in the name of styling of course!! It was delicious, crispy, crunchy & juicy – the best!!! I still can’t decide my favourite apple shot!!
Then it was the honeycomb from Wellington Apiary drool!! I am sorry I have no idea who styled this shot & we were discussing this today what do you call someone who goes in & takes a shot of something someone else has styled?? Is there a name for this? Please let me know 🙂
Styling walnuts, again not sure who is the hand model either, but I love your work!!
We were given some pink salt RAW Chocolate to style & then eat. This styling & photography can be quite delicious! I love the character of this cake tin I just turned it upsidedown cos I just “needed” to use it somehow?!
Oh yes now we are talking – melted dark chocolate for the pour shot!! Plus I LOVE the pot too 🙂
Go you crazy snap happy people – capture the chocolately drizzle onto the delicious cookies!! Drool!!
Well I have learnt some more tricks & tips plus I certainly had lots of fun too! Thanks ladies for a fab day xx I have had a few light bulb moments!!
So what do you have in your pantry? That is kind of a personal question; well I am quite happy of what is in my pantry, because I make almost everything from scratch using my Thermomix. I am also lucky enough to be a member of a food co-op, most of the food we source is organic too. I always need to have lots of ingredients ready to go for recipe testing & cooking up a storm at the last minute!!
THE LIST
Vinegars: Balsamic vinegar, apple cider vinegar, rice wine vinegar, red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar, malt vinegar.
Sauces: Soy sauce, fish sauce (my favourite brand is Red Boat), pomegranate molasses, tamari, mirin.
Waters: Rose water, orange blossom water.
Dry ingredients: Raw sugar, white sugar, coconut sugar, rapadura sugar, brown sugar, shredded coconut, coconut flour, sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, pepitas, sunflower seeds, linseeds, chia seeds, raw buckwheat, brown rice, aborio rice, sushi rice, basmati rice, dried porcini, baker’s flour, self-raising flour, raw cacao powder, dark chocolate, white chocolate, psyllium husks, sultanas, currants, dates, dried figs, oats, golden syrup, maple syrup, rice paper rolls, nori sheets, honey, baking powder, cream of tartar, bi-carb soda, red lentils, chickpeas, white beans, milk powder, gelatine, gelatine sheets, dry yeast, spelt grains.
Nuts: raw almonds, raw cashews, raw hazelnuts, raw walnuts, raw macadamia nuts, raw pine nuts (I actually store my nuts in the fridge)
Staples: red onions, brown onions, fresh garlic, fresh ginger, fresh turmeric, fresh chilli (the last 3 I store in the freezer in case of emergency)
Spices & herbs: I like to mill as many of my own spices as I can so I keep, coriander seeds, cumin seeds & cinnamon sticks whole & mill them in 250g lots as I use these all the time in my cooking. Whole nutmeg, fennel seeds, truffle salt, smoked paprika, sweet paprika, smoked chipotle, chilli powder, cayenne pepper, dried whole chillies, chilli flakes, turmeric, ginger, cardamom pods, cardamom seeds, star anise, Schwan pepper, native pepper berries, black pepper, saffron, Chinese 5 spice, dried thyme, dried basil leaves, dried oregano, Himalayan rock salt, vanilla beans, wasabi, dried rosebuds, homemade dukkah, dulse (seaweed) flakes, Tasman sea salt flakes (for textured salt for food styling & photography)
Fresh herbs growing in the garden: mint, parsley, rosemary, lemon thyme, oregano, kaffir lime leaves, bay leaves.
Tins & jars: Tomatoes, tomato paste, pole caught tuna in water or olive oil, sardines, anchovies, white beans, chickpeas, homemade jams & relish, vegemite.
Other fresh ingredients I always have in the fridge – eggs, milk, cream, butter & cheeses, veggie stock paste.
Coffee beans & an assortment of teas (I will leave that list for another post).
I just love a pull out panrty!
These ingredients are some of the best I can’t live without, extra virgin olive oil, Tasman sea salt, eggs & my pink chook filled with my salt mix made in the Thermomix – pink Himalayan rock salt & dulse flakes.
This is the first recipe I posted on the Thermomix recipe community & I started with a Thermie Green theme, all my recipes were the colour green!! I love this recipe because it is so quick & easy. And we normally have a lot of silver beet in the garden to use up. My mum used to make a version of this recipe when I was little, she made it with a wholemeal pastry though & steamed the silver beet first. Oh & my first Thermomix you tube video is of me making this recipe – it’s a bit embarrassing!
Heat oven to 180 degrees (for fan forced) - 200 degrees.
Place Parmesan cheese into TM bowl process for 5 seconds on speed 10. Set cheese aside.
Add garlic clove process for 3 seconds on speed 7.
Add spinach leaves or silverbeet leaves, cream cheese, eggs, salt & pepper & dill (if using) process for 5 seconds on speed 7. You may need to scape down the sides of the bowl & repeat.
Pour mixture into greased quiche dish.
Sprinkle with reserved parmesan cheese.
Bake for 20 - 25 until lightly brown on top.
You can always put this mix on top of your favourite pastry or mountain bread - it also is a great filling for mini quiche.
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