The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Carnivorous on Jun 12th, 2009
My freezer is 25 years old and it still has its original seals. Which need replacing. Badly. So my current hobby is cramming as much of it’s contents into the freezer above the fridge as possible in order to empty the big freezer and have the seals replaced. Yesterday I puled out a free range [...]
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous on Apr 19th, 2008
We did! It’s true. We ate out for under $8 for the 4 of us tonight.
OK, so I’m being a little misleading. I packed dinner into the car fridge and cooked it on the free barbecue at a local park. It’s a beautiful autumn day in Melbourne. Sunny and warm, not too windy. Plus I’m [...]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Carnivorous, Leftovers on Jan 15th, 2008
The fridge is starting to look really bare now. The vegetable bins are actually empty. Gosh, that was possibly premature, I still have 1 or 2 more dinners to cook. Oh well, surely I have something in the freezer, that’s still pretty full. This one is Vietnamese by inspiration and was a genuine 10 minute [...]
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous on Dec 23rd, 2007
We had this a couple of nights ago and I’ve been meaning to write it up. The steamed egg produced the lightest, fluffiest, omelette style dish imaginable. I’ll be using this method again with different flavour combinations. Of course I found it in Into the Vietnamese Kitchen.
Fragrant Steamed Egg, Pork & Cellophane Noodles
1 tablespoon oil
1 [...]
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous on Dec 16th, 2007
I really felt like some good old Char Siu pork but simply did not have the time to get down to Richmond to buy any. I thought I could probably approximate with what I had in the house though as I knew I had a nice little pork fillet hiding in the freezer. It worked [...]
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