aussiespears

Baby asparagus #aussiespears all gone

Posted by Gary

After receiving my package of fresh #aussiespears last week from the Australian Asparagus Council I finished the last bundle of Baby asparagus tonight. It was sad to say goodbye to my #aussiespears. I enjoyed them so much. I left a bundle of baby spears for the last hurrah.

#aussiespears all gone
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: [url href=”https://about.me/garydlum” target=”_blank”]Gary Lum[/url]
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Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Salmon
  • Quinoa
  • Rice
  • Bok choi
  • Asparagus
  • Ginger marmalade
  • Low fat coconut milk
  • Chili flakes
Instructions
  1. Bake the salmon for 12 minutes at 200 °C
  2. Fry off some bok choi, asparagus, quinoa and rice until the leaves wilt and the asparagus softens
  3. Add a tablespoon of ginger marmalade
  4. Add about 100 mL of low fat coconut milk
  5. Add a teaspoon of chili flakes
  6. Plate up in a large bowl
  7. Shoot a photograph
  8. Eat the meal
  9. Wash the dishes
  10. Write the recipe
  11. Blog (verb)
Monday dinner. Baked salmon with coconut quinoa rice, bok choi, ginger marmalade, and asparagus.
Monday dinner. Baked salmon with coconut quinoa rice, bok choi, ginger marmalade, and Baby asparagus.

So ends the little #aussiespears adventure. It’s been good. I’m grateful to the Australian Asparagus Council for the fresh spears, the tea towel and the salad cup. I especially enjoyed the baby asparagus.

Chicken giblet congee and how I spent Sunday

Posted by Gary

Some readers know of my many alter egos. For example, on Friday I posted on my other blog about the limitations of diagnostic tests, especially serology tests. In the past I’ve also posted about offal on Dr Offal. Tonight though I’m posting about giblets here on Yummy Lummy. Possibly my least known blog is the one about odd movies.

I really like giblets. I have happy memories of Mum cooking giblets. On a cold night, Mum’s chicken giblets and steamed rice was really comforting and warming. I would tell people about the meal and I usually received a negative reaction. It’s no surprise when I posted a photograph on social media yesterday about my purchase I received mixed reactions. One of my social media friends compared chicken giblets to cat food. Lucky cats I say.

Chicken giblet congee and how I spent Sunday
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian Chinese Fusion
Author: [url href=”https://about.me/garydlum” target=”_blank”]Gary Lum[/url]
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Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Rice ¾ cup
  • Quinoa ¼ cup
  • Water 1 litre
  • Chicken noodle soup sachet
  • Chicken giblets 500 g
  • Chinese five spice powder 1 teaspoon
  • Chili flakes 1 tablepsoon
Instructions
  1. In a slow cooker add all the ingredients and stir
  2. Turn on the slow cooker for 8 hours
  3. Plate up the chicken giblet congee
  4. Shoot a photograph
  5. Eat the congee and reminisce of the a great food childhood
  6. Wash the dishes
  7. Write the recipe
  8. Blog (verb)

So today I slept in a little and enjoyed some low fat scrambled eggs with smoked salmon.

Sunday breakfast. Low fat scrambled eggs with smoked salmon.
Sunday breakfast. Low fat scrambled eggs with smoked salmon.

 

After breakfast, I called Dad and wished him Happy Father’s day. I went for a walk on the cloudy Sunday morning and shot some photographs.

Lake Ginninderra HDR
Lake Ginninderra HDR
Blossoms on Lake Ginninderra
Blossoms on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra on a cloudy Sunday morning.
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra on a cloudy Sunday morning.

 

After the walk I went and put some diesel into my car and then went about preparing dinner.

Giblets
Giblets. Great value!
Giblets
Giblets

 

For lunch I had leftover asparagus and silverbeet soup with some Greek yoghurt and Parmesan cheese.

Sunday lunch. Leftover asparagus and silverbeet soup.
Sunday lunch. Leftover asparagus and silverbeet soup.

I spent the afternoon doing some work, watching House, MD on Netflix and trying to stay warm.

Sunday dinner. Chicken giblet congee. Best congee ever.
Sunday dinner. Chicken giblet congee. Best congee ever.
Sunday dinner. Chicken giblet congee. Best congee ever.
Sunday dinner. Chicken giblet congee. Best congee ever.

Tonight I spoke with my daughters via FaceTime and enjoyed a Father’s day by myself.

 

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Sunday breakfast. Low fat scrambled eggs with smoked salmon.

 

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Asparagus soup and my pee #aussiespears are awesome

Posted by Gary

I looked back at my Instagram feed since receiving my Australian Asparagus Council asparagus package and noticed I haven’t done anything more than roast or pan-fry my #aussiespears Tonight I made soup. I saw an image on Instagram as I was searching the #aussiespears feed and came across https://instagram.com/p/7M-YMKDvev/ from my friend Lisa.

It also made me think that if I’m going to be cooking two bundles of asparagus I’m going to have wickedly smelling urine tonight.

I looked up a few websites to find an explanation and despite knowing about the phenomenon for centuries, there are no clear cut answers. Some people produce the sulphuric breakdown products and some people can smell them. Some people don’t produce malodorous urine and some people cannot smell the breakdown products.

While some people complain the smell is awful, I’ve never found it objectionable. That’s not to say I find it pleasant. To me it’s like when I smell petroleum products. It’s not a pleasant smell but it’s a compelling smell. The same with glue.

The good thing is sniffing asparagus urine is not dangerous like petrol and glue sniffing. Even better with all the silverbeet I’ve eaten my stools will be tarry black tomorrow. 

You can also see #aussiespears on Facebook!

I don’t know what recipe Lisa used so I made one up.

Asparagus soup and my pee #aussiespears are awesome
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: [url href=”https://about.me/garydlum” target=”_blank”]Gary Lum[/url]
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Ingredients
  • Olive oil
  • Asparagus 2 bundles
  • [cap align=”alignnone” width=”1200″][url href=”undefined”][img src=”https://yummylummy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-09-05_17.20.32_002_GARY_LUM_FB.jpg” width=”1200″ height=”801″ class=” size-full” title=”Asparagus” alt=”Asparagus”][/url]Asparagus[/cap]
  • Silverbeet 1 bunch
  • [cap align=”alignnone” width=”1200″][url href=”undefined”][img src=”https://yummylummy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-09-05_16.06.44_001_GARY_LUM_FB.jpg” width=”1200″ height=”801″ class=” size-full” title=”Silverbeet” alt=”Silverbeet”][/url]Silverbeet[/cap]
  • Balsamic vinegar
  • French onion soup sachet
  • Water
  • Greek yoghurt
Instructions
  1. Cut the asparagus spears into 2 cm segments and sautée in some olive oil in a large saucepan
  2. Shred the leaves and slice the stems of a large bunch of silverbeet and cook off with the asparagus
  3. Add a dash of balsamic vinegar
  4. Cook until everything has softened
  5. Add 1 litre of water
  6. Add one sachet of French onion soup
  7. Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes
  8. Serve in a large bowl
  9. Add a dollop of Greek yoghurt
  10. Garnish with the tips of some asparagus
  11. Shoot a photograph
  12. Drink the soup
  13. Wash the dishes
  14. Write the recipe
  15. Enjoy the rich thiol rich aroma of sulphur every time I empty my bladder
  16. Blog (verb)
Saturday dinner. Asparagus and silverbeet soup.
Saturday dinner. Asparagus and silverbeet soup.

Now it’s time for me to share how I spent my Saturday.

Saturday breakfast. Fried egg, smoked salmon and asparagus.
Saturday breakfast. Fried egg, smoked salmon and asparagus.
Saturday breakfast. Fried egg, smoked salmon and asparagus.
Saturday breakfast. Fried egg, smoked salmon and asparagus.
Blossoms on Lake Ginninderra
Blossoms on Lake Ginninderra
Pelican on Lake Ginninderra
Pelican on Lake Ginninderra
Injectable confetti vanilla cupcake from Heather's House of Cake.
Injectable confetti vanilla cupcake from Heather’s House of Cake. [This was really nice].
Saturday lunch. Salmon and vegetable rissole on a poppyseed bagel.
Saturday lunch. Salmon and vegetable rissole on a poppyseed bagel.

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Saturday breakfast. Fried egg, smoked salmon and asparagus.


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Today’s #aussiespears food adventure

Posted by Gary

Yesterday I wrote about receiving a box of Australian asparagus from the Australian Asparagus Council. It was a sort of unboxing post like the unboxing YouTube videos of camera equipment I like.

This morning I had tinned spaghetti on toasted rye bread with a couple of baby #aussiespears

Nonpayday Thursday breakfast. Spaghetti on toast with asparagus.
Nonpayday Thursday breakfast. Spaghetti on toast with asparagus.

For lunch I went to The Tradies at Woden with a mate and enjoyed eating Courtney.

Thursday lunch. Courtney at The Tradies Woden.
Thursday lunch. Courtney at The Tradies Woden.

For dinner I baked some skinless chicken thigh and served it on some coconut quinoa rice along with some baby asparagus.

Thursday dinner. Baked skinless chicken thigh on coconut quinoa rice with baby asparagus.
Thursday dinner. Baked skinless chicken thigh on coconut quinoa rice with baby asparagus.

I hope I can get through all the asparagus.

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Welcome to spring with Australian asparagus #aussiespears

Posted by Gary

Through the good services of Bizzy Lizzie who administrates the Canberra Food Bloggers Facebook group some of us elected to receive a gift of fresh asparagus from the Australian Asparagus Council. I received a small box today with half a dozen bunches of asparagus including some baby asparagus.

Australian Asparagus Council asparagus parcel.
Australian Asparagus Council asparagus parcel.
Australian Asparagus Council asparagus parcel.
Asparagus parcel.

In the parcel was an ice brick, a new tea towel wrapping the bundles of asparagus and a salad cup. The salad cup was a nice touch. I read the instructions and it’s a little complicated. If I was really into salad and was willing to make a salad dressing it would be a great lunch container. It has inside compartments for salad pieces of different densities. It also has a little sealable cylinder for salad dressing.

Australian Asparagus Council asparagus parcel.

I like that there were bunches of baby asparagus too.

Australian Asparagus Council media release

Australian Asparagus Council asparagus parcel.

Australian Asparagus Council media release

If you want to download the PDF for this media release to keep click 2015-09-01 Media Release Australian Asparagus Council.

Australian Asparagus Council asparagus parcel.
Australian Asparagus Council asparagus parcel.

I posted a few photographs on Instagram and Facebook using the tag #aussiespears and it was good to check out other recipients social media feeds.

For dinner I made a dish of baked skinless chicken thigh with hot and spicy balsamic asparagus with sweet potato chips and honey steamed vegetables.

Baked skinless chicken thigh with Australian Asparagus Council Asparagus, sweet potato and honey steamed vegetables.
Baked skinless chicken thigh with asparagus, sweet potato and honey steamed vegetables.

Other than the gift of the free asparagus, tea towell and the salad cup I have not been remunerated in any way to write this post.