Long weekend cooking

There's something incredibly liberating about having time to play around in the kitchen. Most weeknights it's just a mad rush to get everyone fed and it's hard to find the motivation to try something new or that takes time to pull together. So having the freedom to experiment with new recipes is wonderful.

Inspired by the new Gourmet Traveller and the cooler weather I embarked on a sausage and red wine risotto. A risotto that turned into a sausage and red wine stew/soup after I discovered we were out of arborio rice. Oops!

Lentils were substituted for the rice and I threw in some tinned tomato for good measure. The result was scrumptious - Mr Puddleduck didn't even complain about the lentils.

This morning I found the arborio rice. Oops!