Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Breakfast

I'm not much of a pancake person. I do love crepes though. I don't make a very proper crepe however, so these can be classed as thin pancakes.



These are being devoured on a Sunday morning with fresh strawberries, berry yogurt and maple syrup. Yummo.



You may also notice I burned these ones a little. Whoopsies :)

Sunday, July 25, 2010

I learned stuff yesterday

Okay, so!

It has come to my attention that when cooking rhubarb, one needs to remove the skin. Now, last time I cooked it I didn't remove it and I was not happy with the result. It was all stodgy and stiff and I grumped. This time I removed the skin and it was mushy and sour and yum.

I did a cheats apple and rhubarb pie. I cheated as I used tinned apple which I normally wouldn't. I've decided I love combining these two flavours. The sour of the rhubarb and the bland sweetness of the apple make quite a tantalising team.

No pictures today :( Sorry. I didn't have my camera with me and by the time it was delivered it was too late for picture taking.

I also learned yesterday not to serve the food. Why?

- By the time you eat it will be cold
- Everyone else will have cleaned up the seconds before you get through your first serve
- If you are lucky enough to have someone dish up for you, they'll miss something, or give you something you don't want

And also, cooking all day will not excuse you from doing dishes well into the night.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Rae Needs a Chocolate Cake

So!

Rae needs a chocolate cake recipes for a birthday do tonight. I've compiled her a very quick list and thought everyone may like to share. Have a look!

These are my favourites of the highest rated recipes on Taste.com.au

















I've also sent to her a recipe that I adore (as does Jamie Oliver)



I put in some extra cherries and cherry juice when I made it too, using those yummy jarred morello cherries. Om nom nom nom. Also, the sauce for this is to die for :)

Monday, July 12, 2010

Japanese

First post. Yay!

Food is such a big part of my life. One of very few things I'm interested in that could actually kill me if I gave it up. I want to learn to cook a lot better but before I get started on that I will begin with admiring food I've eaten. Starting today with....



Pork dumplings! Weeeeeee!



Veggie Tempura



Some yummy broth thing


All of this is from the Tokyo Grill House - Cuisine shop on Sturt St, Ballarat (between Lespresso and GeeCees). If you're local, I bet you didn't even know it was there. They have fantastic Japanese. And get this....
The other night I went there with me +3. We had a plate of calamari, a Japanese spring roll (5 pieces), 2 plates of veggie tempura, 4 beef satay skewers, and one extra large plate of fried noodles with chicken, beef and veggies. That's 4 people fed and watered for $50. Yeah, I know right! Brilliant pricing.

Check them out!