Friday, 9 December 2011

A Thai style evening..5.12.11

Had mum over again for tea this eve and decided to stir up a thai stir fry, which ended up tasted quite Caribbeani too! I had most of the ingredients in and it didn't take long at all to make. Here are the ingredients:

2tbsp olive oil
3 spring onions
2 cloves garlic
fresh ginger
1 red chilli
fresh coriander
1tsp lemon grass
juice of half a lime
1 red pepper
spinach
pack of smoked tofu
some black beans
soy sauce
2 tbsp tomato puree
a little water
bean sprouts
basmati rice
4tbsp coconut milk


Start by frying the onions, garlic, ginger and chilli in the olive oil for 5 mins. Then add the soy sauce, stirring in the red pepper and frying for a further 5mins. Then add the tofu and everything else, except the rice (which you need to cook beforehand then add right at the last 3mins of cooking with the coconut milk).
And it's done!
I usually like to add cashews to stir frys but mum hates them with a passion (I think she has a serious fear of them).


We had it served with some rice crackers and a little tofutti cream cheese. Twas very nice!


The next morning was a cold and an early one, so me and mum decided to have breakfast in bed and have a chilled out 'dude' style morning. Inspired by mi dear friend Amy, who's also a fan of the dude style gown mornings. When I say the 'dude' I mean in style of the one and only true 'dude'
Mr. Lebowski..and staying in true dude style we kept on our dude dressing gowns too!

Mum had a pot of earl grey with soya milk and I went for a cup of chai with soya.


I made mum toast with sunflower spread and blackcurrant and rhubarb jam (which I got from a Victorian Market stall in Sheffield over the weekend) and I had a warm bowl of oatmeal with soya milk, banana, raisins, brazil nuts and the jam.




After our chilled out dude style morning we had a stroll into town and visited Sheffield's book store 'Rare and Racy. We found it had an upstairs too which I'd never noticed before. It was lovely, filled with books and was a right little cosy cove! 



We had a good look round but didn't stay long as mi mum had to get back home, I could have rumaged in there all day..must go back soon!


Mum did find a great book which I couldn't resist getting though..


My new bedtime book :)








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