-
Christmas and Fresh Pesto
I hope you don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that this Christmas was the best Christmas ever! Not only did I get to spend it with wonderful Michael for the first time (of many) and get showered with presents but I also got to eat so much wonderful food.
Our family celebrates Christmas on the 24th so early Thursday morning Mum picked me up and ( Read more... ) -
Aromatic Stewed Tomatoes and Eggs
Some time ago I bought this awesome cookbook called Grub by Australian Jane Lawson.
( Read more... ) -
Camp Chops
When I was learning how to cook my mum didn't make it easy.
This is how she dictates a recipe:
"Take some flour-"
"How much flour?"
"I don't know, enough. Then season it."
"With what?"
"Whatever you like."
"But not every herb goes with everything!"
"I don't know, whatever you want."
And so on and so forth in this fashion. It was infuriating. To this day I'm ( Read more... ) -
Dinner Fail
"What do you want for dinner tonight?" The eternal struggle.
Often, as I'm leaving for work I'll say to Michael "Think about what you want for dinner."
When I get home he'll invariably say "Oh...I forgot to think about it." I can't say I blame him, thinking up what to have is such a drag and while I could get angry at him for his indecision, I'm ( Read more... ) -
Lamb Chop Pasta
I love Aldi. When I walk into that festival of savings my eyes light up like those of a child in candy store. There's just so much! Whenever I'm there I run up and down the aisles grabbing more things than I can afford.
My latest trip to this German wonderland (or 'wunderland', if you will) was on Monday and it was no exception. Kristen and I ( Read more... ) -
Chicken and Pasta Salad
What the hell is with the weather lately?! Miserable over the weekend, gloriously sunny and warm during the week. That dog won't hunt, Monsignor.
I'm actually at work, gazing longingly throught the skylight to the clear blue, cloudless infinity beyond. Who wants to talk about boring old toll roads when there's such weather to be enjoyed?!
What I ( Read more... ) -
Panko-Coated Chicken
About two months ago I bought a big bag of panko bread crumbs. I'd read a lot about them in Japanese cooking and having also eaten them wrapped around many delicious things I'm convinced it's the only way to deep fry.
That being said though, I bought the panko crumbs with no intention to do any frying. I can almost never be bothered with it. You've ( Read more... ) -
No-Brainer Mushrooms
To my mind there is nothing so prized and exalted as mushrooms cooked with garlic.
There's this cafe is University Hill in Melbourne called Degani where Michael and I often go for late breakfasts and we always (always) have scrambled eggs, bacon and a large side of the mushrooms. I don't know what they do to them but they taste beautiful! I think ( Read more... ) -
Quiz thing for fun.
A- Age: 21 ( Read more... )
