Salaric Cooking

One of the things that I find great about catering for my scouts halloween parties is that I can just rename things to body parts and suddenly you have spooky food!

Cheesy puff balls can become eyeballs Cheerios = small intestines Onion rings = large intestines Hulled sunflower seeds become flies Squares = dragon scales Any long crispy think becomes witches fingers Bannanas cut in half = bones Red pepper slices = heart sections

The list can go on and on and all you have to do is present it spookily with little labels and the like – I also had feely boxes that contianed things like tinned spagetti and beans, jelly etc… the kids couldn’t see that it was food and you just told them it was troll brains and that sort of thing – they all had a great time and so did I 🙂

My friend Zoe posted this link on Twitter and I had to look through the whole site! The sites called Cake Wrecks and is about professional cakes going horribly and hidiously wronge. There are some amazing photographs and the write ups are halarious!

The site also features pictures of buetifully made cakes and I find myself coming up with lots of idea for cakes that I don’t have the skills to make:/ Its well worth a look.

*1 tin of borlotti beans in water *1 tin of tuna in brine *1 tins of chopped tomatoes *1 cup of red split lentils *1 teaspoons of very lazy chopped garlic *Rosemerry *Goats Cheese

1)Take a medium/large suacepan and empty the beans with their water into it. 2)Then the tuna should be added. 3)Add the chopped tomatoes. 4)Place on a medium heat. 5)Get it steaming but try not to let it boil. 6)Place the lentils into another smaller pan cover in water and bring to the boil. 7)Boil until tender and drain 8)Add the drained lentils to the other pan with the beans and tuna. 9)laddle into the baking dish and grate cheese on top. 10)Place in a medium oven or if still hot until the grill until the cheese melts and starts to brown. 11)Serve

*1 tin of borlotti beans in water *1 tin of tuna in brine *1 tins of chopped tomatoes *1 cup of red split lentils *Large mushrroms *1 teaspoons of very lazy chopped garlic *Rosemerry *Goats Cheese

1)Take a medium/large suacepan and empty the beans with their water into it. 2)Then the tuna should be added. 3)Add the chopped tomatoes. 4)Place on a medium heat. 5)Get it steaming but try not to let it boil. 6)Place the lentils into another smaller pan cover in water and bring to the boil. 7)Boil until tender and drain 8)Add the drained lentils to the other pan with the beans and tuna. 9)laddle into the giant mushroom and grate cheese on top. 10)Place under a medium grill until the cheese melts and starts to brown. 11)Serve

I love getting giant mushrooms and simply filling them with something and grilling them until the cheese I’ve put on top melts.

This is easy to do, versatile, healthy and can look nice if presented nicely with a side salad or some such. I tend to stuff them with rissoto type rice mixes, stuffing desinged for turkey etc…, or bean concotions of various types.

*1 tin of borlotti beans in water *1 tin of tuna in brine *1 tins of chopped tomatoes *1 teaspoons of very lazy chopped garlic *Rosemerry *Goats Cheese

1)Take a medium/large suacepan and empty the beans with their water into it. 2)Then the tuna should be added. 3)Add the chopped tomatoes. 4)Place on a medium heat. 5)Get it steaming but try not to let it boil. 6)laddle into baking dish and grate cheese on top. 7)Place in a medium oven for half an hour or until the cheese has begun to brown 8)Serve

*1 tin of borlotti beans in water *1 tin of tuna in brine *1 tins of chopped tomatoes *1 teaspoons of very lazy chopped garlic *Rosemerry *Goats Cheese

1)Take a medium/large suacepan and empty the beans with their water into it. 2)Then the tuna should be added. 3)Add the chopped tomatoes. 4)Place on a medium heat. 5)Get it steaming but try not to let it boil. 6)laddle into bowls and grate cheese on top. 7)Serve

*1 tin of canalloni beans in water *1 tin of mung beans in water *2 tins of chopped tomatoes *2 fijita seasoning *Cheese

1)Take a medium/large suacepan and empty the beans with their water into it. 3)Add the chopped tomatoes. 4)Place on a medium heat. 5)Grate and stir cheese into it until the red of the tomatoes becomes a sort of pinky colour and the mixture starts to stick together. 6)laddle into baking dish and grate cheese on top. 7)Place in a medium oven until cheese melts and begins to brown – if still hot from the hob you can just grill it. 7)Serve

Serves 4-5 portions.

*1 tin of canalloni beans in water *1 tin of mung beans in water *2 tins of chopped tomatoes *2 fijita seasoning *Cheese

1)Take a medium/large suacepan and empty the beans with their water into it. 3)Add the chopped tomatoes. 4)Place on a medium heat. 5)Grate and stir cheese into it until the red of the tomatoes becomes a sort of pinky colour and the mixture starts to stick together. 6)laddle into bowls and grate cheese on top. 7)Serve

I was at Brighton and we went along the peir – there I found sweets that look like stone and as a geologists I got excited and bought them. Of course they just look like plan grey and brown pebbles – sea worn and smooth – possibly the type you’d select for skimming.

But this got me thinking and I would like to try and make geologically themed food. This means I’m on the hunt for any nice recipes people have or know of.

There must be some recipes out there somewhere!