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Jasmine Mangalaseril

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Jambalaya is my good response to a wintry weekend. Jambalaya is my good response to a wintry weekend. No real recipe—onions, peppers, celery, tomatoes, chicken, kielbasa, rice, and stock. A little heavy-handed with my spice mix, but it’s keeping me warm. Yum. #InMyKitchen #cajunfood #spicy #onepotmeal #winter #homecooking #instafood #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Today is A Day That Really Schmecks and how better Today is A Day That Really Schmecks and how better to celebrate my friend Edna Staebler’s 114th birthday than with Nigella’s Toasted Marshmallow and Rhubarb Cake. Well, my version, in cupcake form. Not enough rhubarb in the freezer meant filling the little cakes’ bellies with whizzed roasted rhubarb and blueberry. I’m not a candymaker, and have attempted marshmallowy goodness only a couple of times before, so my icing is soft, not spiky. Its folds and waves still burnish nicely. I don’t think Edna would have minded. She definitely wouldn’t have minded Rufus sharing space with them. #baking #cupcakes #EdnaStaebler #GoneButNotForgotten #NigellaLawson #InMyKitchen #Cats #HappyBirthday #Schmecks #Instafood #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
My house has been de-festivised. Kinda sad about i My house has been de-festivised. Kinda sad about it, to be honest. Rest well little sparkly ettifants (of course the live in a Quality Street tin). #christmas #ornaments #holidays #backtothegrind
Cardapoppy gave me a pot of dirt with green things Cardapoppy gave me a pot of dirt with green things in it. Me: ? C: You had this is your garden a few years ago. It bloomed once and then it died. Me: That doesn’t help me to narrow it down. What is it? C: You see it everywhere. Me: ? C: Purple or yellow. Me:? C: Just water it every two weeks and plant it in the middle of May. Me: Why is there a pen in the pot? C: I like to poke holes in the dirt I think my father gave me a pot of weeds and a muddy pen. #happynewyear2020 #springiscoming #Surprise #instaplant #latergram
More fun with Christmas leftovers. This time, loos More fun with Christmas leftovers. This time, loosely based on Nigella’s Pumpkin-Seafood Red Curry. A mix of turkey, veggies plus roast pumpkin and a handful of peanuts in a Thai red curry on leftover basmati. I’m unapologetic about how it looks like a kitchen sink curry. It’s delicious. #inmykitchen #christmasleftovers #thaifood #instafood #latergram #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Sometimes I think the reason to have a turkey lunc Sometimes I think the reason to have a turkey lunch (or dinner) is to have Newfoundland Fries the next day. Yesterday’s leftovers (turkey, stuffing, peas, corn) with some harissa’d carrots, on oven chips, blanketed in gravy and dotted with melty cheese. Num. #BoxingDay #Lunch #Leftovers #ChristmasLunch #inmykitchen #InstaFood #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Oysters, coconuts: same thing, right? My @caudles Oysters, coconuts: same thing, right? My @caudlescatch oyster knife shucks oysters and does an excellent job prizing coconut flesh from their shell. Decided to make my last workday before Christmas a kitchen day, pottering about with a recipe for my next #WorldOfFood column for @grandmagazine.ca. Pic1: The aforementioned coconut ready for defleshing. Pic2: Work in progress. Pic3: Ferociously boiling oil to make burnished balls of beauty. #magazinecolumnist #FoodWriter #recipetesting #laofood #WaterlooRegion #Kitchener #WeAllHaveAstory #InMyKitchen #LaterGram #InstaFood #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Clementine’d gingerstem gingersnaps. I make a fe Clementine’d gingerstem gingersnaps. I make a few dozen of them every Christmas, and along with my vanilla bean shortbread, are my favourite Christmastime biscuits. Had a late start this year, thanks to a never-ending cold, but I got whipped shortbreads and these done this weekend. Maybe I’ll get the vanilla bean shortbreads done before New Year’s. #ChristmasIsComing #Baking #Cookies #Biscuits #holidaybaking #InMyKitchen #Instafood #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Our now annual Jul Dinner at @thedanishplace, firs Our now annual Jul Dinner at @thedanishplace, first and final courses. Seven plates, starting with Sild Smørrebrød (pickled herring open-faced sandwich) and ending with Risalamande (Rice pudding with warm tart cherry sauce). An evening of good friends and good food. A more perfect way to celebrate the longest night of the year, I do not know. #wintersolstice #Jul #WellingtonCounty #Puslinch #DanishFood #OnMyPlate #Instafood #Latergram #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Tis the season to be sparkly. Spent the weekend ad Tis the season to be sparkly. Spent the weekend adding a wee bit of festiveness to chez cardamom. Pic1: Yes, I have a ceramic tree—it was given to me when I was a little one by a Cardamuncle and Cadamauntie and I’ve only lost three light pegs (LiteBrite pegs work just as well). I’ve not had it out in years, hoping it will survive the cats. Pics2 & 3: I also got out the sparkly and jingly festive ettifants. No pics of the tinsel and wreaths. #ChristmasIsComing #Elephants #hohoho