ved Three Bears… a great big bear who loved cheesecake, a little furry grey bear who loved seaweed, and a middle sized bear who loved to cook, trying different styles, ingredients and methods ... and then decided to write a blog about it ...
I'm Ingrid, the middle sized bear, and this is a blog about my culinary adventures in a small Melbourne kitchen, it's all about looking at a dish or ingredient three ways. Each set of posts will have three recipes either exploring different versions of the same dish, or different recipes with the same key ingredient ... and one of those will be just right no matter what your tastes.
... after all, cold quinoa porridge with toasted almonds and apricots may be just right for one person; and warm oat porridge with butter and sugar may be just right for someone else... and a third person might not eat breakfast at all and just want a hot takeaway coffee on the way to work instead ...
The Story of the Middle Sized Bear...
One day the middle sized bear was at a farmers market marvelling at the abundance of seasonal produce and decided to use one ingredient in breakfast, lunch and dinner. Each dish combined different flavours and styles of cooking with the same ingredient … and they all tasted just right!
Shortly after this the middle sized bear was hungry once again and set
off to make something sweet… perhaps a delicious fruit tart … but which pastry
to use? Puff, choux or shortcrust? So
the bear made all three, tasted each in turn, but they were all just right so
she ate them all up and needed a long nap … and
some exercise!
Some time passed and the bears were inundated with pumpkins so
the middle sized bear decided to make some pumpkin soup; but with so many yummy choices, what type of pumpkin soup? ... so she made one simple pumpkin
soup base, divided it into three – to one portion she added coconut milk, thai red
curry paste and coriander; to another portion she added crème fraiche, chives and crispy
pancetta, and to the third she added a
dollop of basil pesto and some toasted pine nuts … and they were all just right!
