Delicious Home Cooking Using Everyday Ingredients
There are few things I find more rewarding than taking a cheap, tough piece of meat and slow cooking it until it’s falling off the bone. Often though I find that by the time I start thinking about dinner it’s too late to cook meat in this way. This is especially true ever since Steph and […]
Read More
There’s a movie called Julie & Julia that is based on the real life blogger Julie Powell’s attempt to cook every recipe in Julia Child’s first cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I don’t know how normal it is for people to try to cook EVERYTHING in a cookbook, but given at least one other […]
Read More
If there was one thing I’d recommend everyone learn to cook when they first move out of home, it would be Chinese eggs and tomatoes. This is cheap, easy, home-style cooking, and one that has probably kept many a poor uni student from starving. It is what you cook when you can’t be bothered cooking, and […]
Read More
I bet when you guys think of caaaaaaaaake, the first thing that comes to mind is a mouth watering savoury turnip cake! That crispy pan fried skin with a gooey center that is flavoured with white turnip, Chinese sausage and dried shrimp. Combine with a salty chilli or soy sauce and you will have a […]
Read More
The smell of this chicken pho simmering on the stove top will waft through your home and tempt even the fullest of stomachs. It is made with an aromatic broth enriched with chicken bones, root vegetables and spices. Bowls of steaming broth are filled fresh rice noodles and tender chicken pieces, topped with fresh herbs and […]
Read More
I’ve been in search of the perfect vegetarian recipe where someone who normally loves meat could eat it and not miss the meat at all. I wanted something that wasn’t just good “for a vegetarian meal”, but was good full stop. I came across this black bean and avocado taco recipe. It had what I was looking […]
Read More
Recently, Steph decided for the both of us that we have to reduce our meat intake. Her new plan is to start slow by replacing 2 to 3 meals during the week with a vegetarian option. This has obviously not gone down well with me but I have decided to make the ultimate sacrifice and […]
Read More
Up until a few months ago I never, ever thought either of us could go vegetarian. In fact I’m pretty sure a 17-year old Scruff once told me that if we ever got married and I made him dinner without meat he would leave me! Fast forward 15 or so years and it turns out […]
Read More
Whenever I feel the need to be popular with friends or family, I make a batch of these curry puffs to share! The filling of these little bad boys have an amazing burst of earthy flavours which is encased with golden flaky pastry that will crumble in your mouth. I promise you, once you have […]
Read More