Archive for May, 2007

Pizza is one of my favorite hunger busters. I never get tired of it because there are so many variations. I think all of them differently delicious! So I searched for captivating photos of pizzas in Flickr - hmmm… I wonder which one will be my next pizza?

Pepperoni, olives, bell peppers and onions on a bed of mozarella cheese

Salsiccie Pizza: salsiccie (spicy sausage), brocollini and roasted red onions

Oceana Pizza: Lots of seafood as toppings. There’s some squid, shrimp and cherry tomatoes

Prosciutto, anchovy and onions

Chorizo Pizza: The main ingredient is Spanish pork sausage, chorizo

Tuscan salami pizza… I think that’s goat cheese on top

Classic mozarella cheese with tomato sauce topped with fresh basil

Artichoke, goat cheese and capsicum

Spinach alfredo pizza with shrimp

Another white pizza: Rucola, Parmesan and Parma ham

There’s a chicken version to everything: BBQ chicken pizza with lots of BBQ sauce and roast chicken.

Skinless chicken breast is a good protein source. But it can taste a bit bland for some. Here, we combine it with a fresh pesto sauce. Try it for a different kind of treat for your taste buds.

• 1/2 kg chicken breast
• salt and pepper to taste

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Fry until golden brown.

Sauce:

• 1 tbsp garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 5 pieces anchovy fillets, finely chopped
• 1 cup cilantro
• 1 tbsp chopped nuts

Blend all ingredients in a blender or food processor. Pour over cooked chicken.

When one thinks about food, seldom do we think about edible flowers. But some flowers are not only good to look at, they are also good enough to eat. Feast your eyes on some of their pictures below.

Pan fried Kingfish fillet, zucchini flowers filled with prawn mousse, smoked tomato, capsicum and anchovy salad

Edible Hibiscus Flowers

Chive Flowers and Greens

Squash flowers are used in many dishes in our country. Here and here are some recipes using this flower.

Yu Choy is used like Chinese broccoli or rapini. Recipes using this can be found here and here.

Ice cream stuffed with chocolate with caramel syrup - garnished with a pretty flower, yummy!

Wind down a meal with some tea from flowers. Flowers for tea? Yup! Some of the tea bags you buy at the grocery are filled with flowers such as jasmine and chamomile.

The recipes I linked above were found using our Firefox Search Plugin (download here). Please take note that not all flowers are edible. Some are even poisonous. A list of these inedibles can be found here. Precautions to be taken when using flowers in dishes can be found here.