All Modern Teapot Giveaway
I recently launched a simple living recipe website called Tiny House Cooking. I’m still in the process of building a library of recipes and currently looking for people to share recipes that are:
- Healthy
- Easy to prepare
- Easy to clean-up
- Require few pots and dishes
- Require few refrigerated ingredients
Then in a stroke of coincidental luck I was then contacted by the folks at All Modern. They wanted to give something away to my readers and having a weakness for free stuff I thought it sounded like a great idea. Here’s a little more information about the giveaway sponsors:
All Modern has a fantastic selection of modern furniture and home accessories from many leading designers. Part of CSN Stores, All Modern is just one of over 260 retail sites that offer a diverse array of products from Herman Miller’s popular Aeron Chair to cookware by Rachael Ray.
To enter to win the teapot pictured below all you have to do is leave a comment on this post about simple food. It can be anything from a few words to a recipe for Tiny House Cooking. I’ll close the comments in a week, on Sunday July 26, 2009, and then randomly select a winner. All Modern will then send them this modern teapot. Nice huh? Open to US and Canadian residents only.
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The Teapot Giveaway has ended. A winner will be announced soon.
Time for tea! While brewing up consider the practicality of Haybox cooking as a tried and tested Tiny Home Living method. Whether using traditional hay filled boxes or modified uber-cool, cool boxes they have to be everyones perfect eco-tool. This has to be one of the simplest and most cost effective cooking methods. Slow cooking is also an ideal way to use the less expensive cuts of meat, that are transformed into dishes full of flavour and melt in the mouth enjoyment. Simples!
Great idea and thanks for the opportunity to register for such a GREAT teapot.
Perfect for a tiny space, yes!!!
I don’t think anything could be simpler or more satisfying than rice and beans. You can vary the dish endlessly with vegetables and spices and the ingredients are easy to store. Of course you can cook the meal in the same pot you soaked the beans in.
Coincidentally Mother Earth News just invited their readers for a similar thing.
See some recipes here:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Relish/Quick-Easy-One-Pot-Crockpot-Casserole-Meal-Recipes.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=iPost
..and please, make sure I DON’T win. We just moved permanently from our house in the city to the smaller one in the country and we absolutely do not need anything else…ever!
I really enjoy reading your blog and would love the opportunity to win the teapot. Thank you.
Simply foods are soooo convenient and wonderful; I have used them since I was a young bride, first out of necessity and then for convenience. When we were first married my mother-in-law made up a huge batch of baking mix for us. It did require refrigeration, but she also included recipes with it for making muffins, pie crust, cakes and other goodies, all made with the addition of just a few ingredients. I imagine that today you would call that baking mix Bisquick. And Bisquick is what I use today, the 'heart-healthy” kind, to make up quick batches of pancakes for the grandkids, plus all kinds of other 'simple and quick' meal items. Hooray for the simple life!!!
Ah, a wonderful pot to make a cuppa! Perfect way to sit back, relax and keep life simple.
I just recently found your spot! Since Katrina, my “possession priorities” and “space needed priorities” have changed. I live in a tiny condo now and am hoping to build a tiny, sustainable home in the future. I am single so smart tools and smart cooking and storing are essential to prevent waste. I can’t wait for the info and recipes and will be looking for some to share.
Simple food? All the food I prepare is made in the Vitamix blender. Green smoothies, raw veggie stews etc. The rest? I just peel it and voilà!
Here's my favorite “no space no fridge” recipe. Great for camping or anywhere. It doesn't have a name:
olive oil or other light oil for frying
1-2 cloves of garlic.
2 good sized potatoes OR some ground beef (say 1/2 to 1 lb)
1 med or large onion (any color. Substitute green onions if you like
2-3 tomatoes, more if you are using romas.
lemon juice
cayenne or paprika
salt
pepper
heat the oil in a skillet, cast iron works great. Just enough oil to cover the bottom (skip oil if using ground meat).
Chop and saute garlic.
While garlic is frying, cut the potatoes into 1/4inch cubes. Add potatoes.
(if using meat, add it. Brown, then drain the fat and start fresh with olive oil now)
While potatoes fry, don't stir them about much. Let them brown nicely. Chop the onion up.
When potatoes brown on one side, flip them and brown on another.
Add onion.
Stir a little bit.
While the onion is sauteing, dice the tomatoes small (1/4inch or so).
When the onion is just about translucent, add the tomatoes, as much lemon juice as you like (2 T is a good place to start), some salt, cayenne/paprika and black or white pepper to taste.
Throw a cover on it all for a few minutes to let the flavors blend.
To eat, use pita bread instead of utensils. Friendly sorts can eat right out of the pan. If you have fancy guests, give each their own bowl and a bit of bread.
The whole thing takes about 10-15 minutes from finding the potatoes to digging in, requires no refridgerated items and results in one pan, one cutting board and one knive to clean up.
Very cool, thanks for the contest opportunity!
soup is my favorite simple food, so many options and great way to use up veggies and beans.
Hey Michael!
It's Lelly, again… I have a couple of meals that I would like to tell you about. I'm not one for cooking so my meals have to be super simple and super fast! I love brie cheese and apple slices, grilled pineapple and green beans with slivered almonds, quesadillas, pan seared cauliflower with carmelized onions (my favorite!), steamed broccoli, broiled tomato basil and mozzarella toast, and tons of others! I'll get you pictures of them soon!
The teapot is so sleek and would look wonderful on my stove.
Very cool teapot, although it is a little small, it is very stylish.
I could use one.
When you want to cook in a little house,
All you have to do, is act like a mouse.
An easy meal is always pasta,
There is nothing you can make any faster.
Look for recipes that are easy to cook,
Maybe you can turn them into a book!
Any easy stir-thru-pasta meal is simple. Boil water, add pasta, drain, stir through your favorite bottled pasta sauce. Simple. Best off all, you don't even need a fridge for this meal!
What a wonderful design, simple yet elegant. If you are concerned about what you eat I can recommend this book; “Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide” by David Zinczenko…
one pan Jack cheese and shallots breakfast burrito
Makes two burritos
Take six medium sized shallots an one clove of garlic and slice thinly
saute in a small frying pan with karola oil
Add two beaten eggs, two ounces of buttermilk and grated Monterey Jack cheese.
Cook on low heat (just like regular scrambled eggs)
While still a little bit runny – add a cup of rice into the pan.
place on a tortilla wrap
add Tabasco, salsa or guacamol – salt and pepper i to taste
steamed asparagus topped with melted Jack cheese makes a great side.
equal parts Mateus and freshly squeezed orange juice served in champagne flutes is a cheap way to impress that certain guest with breakfast in your tiny home
cute teapot. best of luck with your new cooking blog. i'd definitely be interested in some new recipes
A bed of whole grain brown rice from the rice cooker, covered in a pile of steamed fresh vegetables, using whatever vegies I like and/or what is in season. I just dash soy sauce on the whole pile, or sometimes grated cheese over the top. Very simple, fast, easy, and almost no cleanup!
PS. My wife is a BIGTIME tea drinker (daily), so she'll love me even more when I suprise her with this teapot!
Hi Michael,
Eating in a tiny house should create as little steam and heat as possible. I am a fan of cooking using a vacuum flask. For a healthy lunch put some pre-mixed pulses (lentils barley etc) in a vacuum flask in a ratio of 2 boiling water to 1 of the pulse mixture. Also add some finely chopped vegetables (carrots, green leaf cabbage etc) and some powdered vegetable stock. If this is prepared after breakfast it is nicely cooked by lunch time.
Want to boil water quickly in your tiny off grid house? Using a Kelly Kettle will bring up to 2 pints of water to the boil in under 5 minutes using a few strips of paper or dried leaves. Best to light this outside the house though!
All the best
John
Pressure cookers require less fuel and take less time for meals like beans and rice. Without the lid, they work as regular pots, so it won't take up more kitchen space to have one.
steam—bowl—rice—chop sticks
room for many
full belly
Tammy and I just purchased a Paella pan after reading a great review ( http://pathlesspedaled.com/?p=262 ) by Russ and Laura. The paella pan has been working excellent and it may just be the perfect thing to consolidate from the cast iron griddle and frying pan we have been using since it combines the attributes of both. Best of all it works great with backpacking alcohol stoves and seems to be a favorite for the tiny kitchens of bicycling tourists.
Cheers,
L
I love simple food! It's the only kind I cook — or not cook as the case often is! I can make a meal out of just fresh fruit! I also like plain, unsalted almond butter (a recent discover since I don't like regular almonds), gouda cheese on celery, Parmesan cheese on apples, cucumber sandwiches, and homemade pizza on Indian flat bread with paprika.
Home grown tomatos, cut in slices, drizzled with a bit of oil and vinegar! I found some great recipes for vinegrettes in an old CounrtyHome mag. yesterday, and can't wait to try them.
People will laugh at you if you call this a breakfast burrito. Let them. This simple breakfast is very quick and incredibly satisfying. Something about the combination of egg, refried beans, and cheddar cheese is magic.
The short version: fry an egg and a small amount of refried beans and wrap them in a warm flour tortilla with some cheddar cheese.
The long version:
Ingredients:
1 egg
1 flour tortilla
2 tbsp refried beans
2 or three thin slices of cheddar cheese
butter
Utensils: Can opener, knife, frying pan, spatula
Time: less than 5 minutes
Heat a heavy frying pan over medium heat. Melt some butter in the pan (the quick way is to just rub it with the end of a stick of butter). Put the refried beans on one side of the pan and smoosh them down with a spatula so they heat quicker. Break the egg on the other side of the pan. Cook until the white of the egg is cooked, then flip the egg and the beans. Heat the tortilla directly on another burner. Put the beans in the middle of the tortilla, in a sort of line that reaches from one edge of the tortilla to about 2/3 of the way to the opposite edge. Put the cheese on top of the beans. Cut the egg in half and put on top of the cheese and beans. Fold up the bottom (the part without the beans) of the tortilla, then roll it into a tube, open at the top, closed at the bottom. Eat.
I've been making this from farmer's market produce this week, using one pot (a small Le Creuset soup pot), 1 knife, 1 cutting board, and a tiny pinch bowl for the garlic. Recipe feeds one, can be expanded very easily.
Ingredients:
1-2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
A good fistful of greenbeans, ends snapped off
A ripe tomato or tomatoes – about the size of your fist – chopped
Sea salt to taste
Heat the oil in a heavy pot with a lid using a medium flame, add the garlic and let it soften for a minute.
Add the green beans, stir to coat with the garlic oil.
Dump in the tomatoes, stir until everything mixes together well.
Cover the pot, turn the heat down a little, and let it sit. Stir occasionally.
It is ready to serve when the tomato has turned into a delicious pulp and the green beans have steamed. Salt to taste. Garnish with a little crumbled feta and serve over leftover rice pilaf for a complete meal.
As a major proponent of traveling light (10 weeks across Europe with a daypack and carry-on? No problem!!) and still living well (is the day bag well stocked with food (enough for 2+ meals), water, entertainment and a journal? Hell yes!!), Tiny House Design rubs me the right way. That this is a beautiful teapot that you're giving away is a major plus. Rock on!
Very nice!
since my husband lost his job almost 2 yrs ago we have been having more & more simple dishes out of necessity. half of our groceries come from the local food bank and many are do it yourself. one of our favorites is a simple bean soup. beans and maybe potatoes and greens with a bit of cumin and salt to taste and some nice bread on the side is so easy and inexpensive and delicious. i have recently started to share the different recipes i am able to make using ingredients received from the food bank on my little blog if you'ld like more ideas. http://www.tweedlepox.blogspot.com
Living in Asia teaching English has afforded me many new ways of doing things. Asians define small as cute. They are experst at close living. My student just recently showed me how to use 1 can of tuna, 1 fist of kimchi (spicy cabbage) and 1 cup of cooked rice, fried all together in 1 spoon of oil to make a delicious and nutritious meal. 1 fry pan, 1 can-opener, cooked rice, 1 plate, spoon, easy.
Great site! I've been doing a lot of research on building a small house on wheels and what appliances can fit into 300 sq. feet or less. The following recipe would be ideal if you plan on have a small oven to bake in:
Mini Turkey Burgers – makes 4 (for 2 cut recipe in half)
Requires a small oven and a small 4-slot muffin tin
12 oz. lean ground turkey
Spices to taste such as seasoned pepper and garlic salt
Salsa
Grated cheese
Spoon ¼ of the ground turkey into the muffin tins making an indention in the center of each
Spoon salsa into the indention
Bake for 25 minutes, top with cheese, bake 5 more minutes or until cheese is melted
Enjoy!
This makes a great lunch or a hot summer nights dinner
Pasta Salad – double recipe for more servings
Uses 1 sauce pan
When I make this, I shop at the whole foods store and deli where I can buy small quantities.
bulk tri-flavored corkscrew pasta, 3-4 oz. per serving
Fresh veggies of your choice: I use whatever I have on hand
Tomatoes, bell pepper, red onion, avocado, olives, etc.
Add meat of your choice:
6 slices deli salami, 3 slices ham, turkey, or chicken cut up into bite size pieces.
I can of dark red kidney beans (I store the extra for a salad the next day)
Oil and vinegar or Italian dressing to taste.
Couple of shakes of seasoned pepper if desired and you have it on hand.
Basically, mix ingredients to your taste and enjoy.
great looking teapot! a good way to prepare simple food is by using pasta as a main ingredient, i like using plain spaghetti (white or whole wheat) and make different types of sauces with different veggies… you can make many a ton of great varieties using the same base ingredients
What a lovely looking teapot. It would be nice to make my tea with it and enjoy drinking it while reading this thread.
My simple food idea is to go to the farmers market here in Austin two times each week and to make most if not all of my meals from what is available. For lunch today we had a grilled portobella mushroom burger. Tomorrow is a shrimp gumbo. The gulf shrimp season opened this week. Yum!
What makes this a tiny home issue is very simple. Only buy enough food for 3 days at a time. Very little to store and eat all you buy. In Austin, we use the “Buy Local” card at the farmer's market and most of the farmers throw in an extra veggie for the discount.
And I love tea and I need a new tea pot. All the better.
Awesome teapot
At our house simple food means a lot of single dish meals. Combine simple ingredients into something that is tasty nutritious and different every time. A combination of in season produce with staples like lentils, beans and rice.