x-posted in meru-neechan

Sunday came around again and it was time to feed myself. I realized that since coming back from vacation in Europe, I had somewhat binged on snack foods that we hadn't eaten while we were gone, and on top of that I hadn't really been eating any decent carbohydrates. So much for a balanced diet. So what did I decide to make?

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I've been kind of lazy in posting to this community - taken photos, but they've sat in my folders unedited and sad-looking. But they were so delicious, I couldn't bear to let them remain unshared. So here they are, some of them (I also made incredible yakitori but it came out rather unphotogenic, so they remain unposted.)


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I came up with the recipe the other day. It's based on the Oven Baked Shrimp Risotto recipe on the Knorr website, but I changed a lot in regards to ingredients, prep and presentation. No pictures (sorry, I tried, but they were really blurry and murky) but the recipe is below (under cut)

Shrimp and Spring Vegetable Orzo (serves 6-8)

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So last night was my boyfriend's birthday, and I had promised to cook a roast chicken with all the trimmings. Come midday yesterday, however, and we were both languishing in the heat of a southern hemisphere summer, to the point where the last thing I wanted to do was hover over a stove basting roast vegetables. So I suggested that I still make the ( Read more... )

We have been going out to eat a lot so last night we stayed in. Wanna see why?




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