Author Archives: keldwud

tomato basil mozzarella

reclaiming ourselves

“I wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.” – Jamie Oliver

keld’s dutch steak

I really like this technique for cooking steaks. I picked it up from the Amateur Gourmet. Nice and browned on the outside edges and barely bloody on the inside.  Salt and pepper your meat for a minimum of fifteen minutes before cooking. Heat your pan to the highest setting with about one tablespoon of butter [...]

bing recipes

Bing goes your kitchen.
Recipe results are pulled from a variety of recipe websites including MyRecipes.com and Epicurious.com. Each recipe will result will show the source or name of the site, user ratings, and a measure fat and of calories. You can filter recipes by convenience, type of cuisine, occasion, ratings, course and main ingredient. Unfortunately, the recipe [...]

keldwud’s meatloaf

1 1/2 pounds ground meat
1/2 cored and peeled apple
1/4 diced potato
1 cup oats
2 eggs
1 tablespoon Worcestershire
1/2 diced onion
2 cloves garlic
salt
black pepper
dash of thyme
16 oz prepared red cabbage with apple bits
paprika

Mix everything except the cabbage and paprika in a bowl. Knead until every item is distributed evenly. Place cabbage on bottom of baking dish. Sprinkle paprika. [...]

poor man’s mashed taters

Mashed potatoes without butter (poor man’s mashed taters)

3 russet potatoes
4 garlic cloves
bay leaves
sprig of thyme
vegetable stock
salt
black pepper

I made these because I didn’t have any butter.
Boil some water. Add salt, bay leaves and thyme. Quarter potatoes and place in boiling water. Boil until you can squish a piece of potato between your forefinger and thumb, easily. [...]

dressed shapes

flavoured shapes

I was chatting online a couple weeks back and one of my friends stated that he was eating shapes. I blinked my eyes several times and asked him to repeat himself and he confirmed that he was eating pizza flavored shapes. I told him that I thought this was a very silly thing, indeed, and [...]

spinach chicken noodle

This is a quick meal that involves using one can of condensed soup and getting two full servings out of it. Enough to fill two tummies for a couple hours or so. This is another example of why it is totally awesome to keep cooked rice available at all times. Who needs to fill up [...]

google adsense test

I will be experimenting throughout the week with different google ad placements on this site. Please let me know if you experience any problems as a result or if you have any feedback for ad placement.
I have room on the front page for one banner ad under the first post that I am willing to [...]