Spur of the Moment

It is funny sometimes how life works: you stumble onto something or make a spur of the moment decision and it ends up being better than in your wildest dreams.  Yours truly ended up in Glasgow due to a spur of the moment decision, this blog was created similarly and so are my stuffed tomatoes. The stuffing came about accidentally by combining things that happened to be in the kitchen - but what to do with it?
 -Why not stuff something...
 -Tomatoes?
 -Oh, yes!!

Stuffed Tomatoes

• 6 Tomatoes
• 150g Feta cheese
• 0,5 cup Mung beans (soaked and boiled)
• 7 Spring onions
• Spices
• Oil (for the oven dish)

Chop off the cap of the tomatoes and wee slice from the bottom (so they will stay up right in the oven) Take a spoon and scoop out the insides to make space for the filling

Mix the feta, cooked mung beans and spring onions and season according to taste

Stuff the mixture into the tomatoes and pop the caps back on.

Bake in the oven in a oiled dish for 25 minutes in 200C

Speaking of Spur of the Moment; check out my new oven dish! I should be banned from stores that sell kitchen ware ( especially when stuff are on sale) because I tend to end up buying something like this blue beauty - and yes, I call my oven dishes beauties...

Wine and Saturday Night Rain

March has so far presented us with many things to celebrate; end of teaching period; International Women's month; lessons on Steampunk; an abundance of cheese and the discovery of new music (for me at least!).

Presenting The Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon-Shiraz, a cheap find from Tesco, quite handy as funds are running low at this end of the semester.   

      

Taco time!

                               
A week to go till the faux freedom that is Springbreak - a whole month of niceness - until one realises that exams will appear at the end of it. Nevertheless, one step closer to spring and summery(er) weather! Before that though, a few more essays to be completed while rain and hail batter our windows.

What would be more suitable on a cold Friday night than some spicy tacos? Everything seems more festive in a taco shell!

Chickpea and spinach tacos

1 cup of dried chickpeas, soaked and boiled
1,5 cup of frozen spinach (defrost and drained)
1 cup of diced tomatoes (i used cherry tomatoes)
2 gloves of garlic
Dried chili flakes and salt
Oil

Heat up the oil, then roast the garlic and chili flakes in it before adding chickpeas and saute them until warm all the way through.
Add tomatoes (and some spring onions if you have them) and finally the spinach. Season to taste! Mash it a little bit, crushing some of the chickpeas,  until the veggies have almost formed into a paste.
    A little indulgence near the weekend might prompt you to add in a bit o cheese and sour cream ;) - enjoy!  (Recipe adapted from Smitten Kitchen)

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Studenty soup

Seeing the blazing sunshine outside, soup might not be the first thing on your menu. But such a cheap and lovely lunch idea could not be ignored. I'm off to enjoy the vitamin-D, have a good one!

It can't get much more studenty than this, but it is surprisingly yummy.

Red Lentil Soup

1 cup of red split lentils
2 + cups of water
1 can (400g) of diced tomatoes 
1 veggie cube, plus other spices and herbs according to taste




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