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Tuesday, 04 March
scambled egg and vegetable soup

I made this the other nght and in fact have been making this for the last few years. It is great when you feel like something light. his is what I made he other night:

recipe for two to three people:

6 eggs beaten with a little milk and add some cummin, chllie, nutmeg. salt and pepper.

Chop up finelysome:
1 clove garlic
1 red chillie - optional (or two if you love that burn!)
3-4 shallots or spring onion whatever y'all call them
2 - Zuchini or 400g beans - chop the beans real fine/ zuchini in quarters length ways and then sliced fine
4-6 Mushrooms sliced fine
2 large Tomato's chopped fine
grated cheese

Okay so put some oil in a fry pan or wok, when hot add the chopped garlic and fry then add the shallots and fry till soft. Then add the zuchinis or beans and heat through then add the mushrooms. Cook for a couple of minutes and then add the tomato's. Cook until all the vegies have softened to the happy degree and add the egg mixture. Stir the veggies through and then add the grated cheese. Cook stirring occassionally. As you stir you scamble the eggs, but let it burn ever so slightly on the bottom as this adds really good flavour. Finaly you will note that liquid starts to come out of the mixture (thus the soup part) and at that point it is ready to serve.

Serve in a large bowl with some hot buttered toast. Sadly I forgo the toast now in favour of my waist line but damn it is delicious!



Comments

That sounds very good as well as relatively easy to prepare and healthy. Good for you on the will power. After all you might have to reveal that waist if you take the stage job.

I'll visit this part of the Corner more often. I try not to spend too much time online and your blog is irresistible!
Whit

Posted by: Whitney on March 20, 2003 09:09 PM

That does sound like a "very high yum factor" dish--as my best friend Ari would put it, he's the native speaker, hence I yield to his authority :-)-- will try it. I have yet to try the sausage recipe you posted back in November / December. It, too, sounded delicious, but there's the minor problem I have to solve first, the skins for the sausages, not quite sure where to begin looking for those.

Posted by: Evelyn on March 26, 2003 10:22 AM

I can confirm! This has high yumm factor. I'm eating this very minute! Thanks Paul for sharing it. I can see this becoming one of my favorite dishes. Hmmmm! Feeling very happy now! :-)

Posted by: Evelyn on March 29, 2003 05:03 AM

Sounds great.
We try something similar around my house.
Whip eggs (2 or 3) together with salsa, sourcream, cheese, salt and pepper and sausage.
Salsa about 1/2 cup
sourcream...1Tablespoon
Cheese...2ozs
sausage a couple of patties chopped up.
Scramble it in the pan...YUM.
We call it salsa eggs.
And depending on the warm ratio go with Mild to Hot salsa. the hotter the better. As Marilyn said..Some like it hot.

Tim

Posted by: on April 8, 2003 06:46 PM

Glad you like the dish Evelyn. You can eat the sausge as a meat pattie and still gain all the flavour benefits so if you do not want to or dont have the time get the skins and do the stuffing just cook em up ass patties! I'll be posting some mopre sausage recipes soon.

Posted by: Paul on April 9, 2003 10:00 AM

Duh (to me, not you!) making them as patties hadn't occurred to me. Will do that one of these days, barbecue season is starting here, slowly ...

Posted by: Evelyn on April 16, 2003 07:40 AM

Here's a dish that I made last night. Made it up as I went along, but it turned out rather well.

Sweet & Spicy Beef Stir Fry

Ingredients: (adjust amounts depending on how many people you serve)
beef steaks
soy sauce
extra virgin olive oil
2 large and 4 small garlic cloves
chili pepper
cinnamon

carrots, cut into 1 – 1 1/2 cm length pieces
broccoli, cut into pieces
peas
corn
green beans
tomatoes (cut lengthwise and then sliced)
triple sec
rum
beer
vegetarian bouillon
ginger
some heavy whipping cream (optional)

rice

Preparation:
Marinate beef strips for several hours in soy sauce, olive oil, lots of garlic (e.g. 2 large and 4 medium cloves), chili pepper, and cinnamon.

When ready to cook, fry the marinated beef in a wok ( several minutes), then add the vegetables, starting with the larger pieces first and then add peas, corn, beans, and tomatoes a little later. Stir frequently. Add vegetarian broth (I use Knorr’s Vegetarian Vegetable Bouillon) and ginger, and cook with some triple sec splashed in. After a while add a splash of rum and beer to taste. Cook until the veggies have the desired tenderness. The sauce often thickens during the cooking process, but if it doesn’t, thicken it with a little corn starch. You might want to add more ginger, chili pepper, cinnamon and/or soy sauce to the sauce, depending on your taste. If you like, you can also finish the sauce with some heavy whipping cream.

Serve over boiled rice and sprinkle with chopped garlic chives or spring onions.

Posted by: Evelyn on April 19, 2003 10:16 PM

Triple Sec, Rum and Beer???? Wow!! I'll give it a go when I get back home.

Posted by: Paul on June 18, 2003 03:22 AM

Well yeah, the days I go nuts in the kitchen ... :-)

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