Happee Monkee

This is a roast for Lazy Sundays or Lazy Every Days.  I’ve been a preoccupied recently with a new job and so I understand all you working girls out there. You wake up wee hours in the morning and bust it at work, you hardly have any energy left to cook a healthy, tasty dinner [...]

I made pork roast the other day with a packet of spices I’d bought from the Taste of Melbourne event. It’s fantastic mixture of cumin, smoked paprika, fennel, cloves and natural Australian sea salt. It’s really a magical combo (and if you’re keen to know more, check it out: www.olssons.com.au) Now the trouble with cooking [...]

I always thought fritata to be a funny name for an omelet. It’s a bit fancy. To me, it’s a big beautiful delicious omelet filled with anything you can imagine. I read up on Wikipedia that the fritatas in Naples has spaghetti or other other pastas leftover from last night dinners along with sauce. How [...]

For those who have never had Otak-Otak before, you might think it’s rather strange to associate fish with mousse. I don’t blame you. I’ve judged many things by name and appearance myself, and sometimes I remain adamant that somethings cannot taste good together no matter how fancy it sounds. Like for example, veal and chocolate. [...]

I love quiche. But the fact is I’d only had my first slice last year (yes, I know, how embarrassing). It hasn’t been too long a love affair. Another important fact about quiches: it’s easy peasy Japanesy – to make and to eat. You can use ready made shortcrust pastry or make your own which [...]

My partner for this month’s T&C Challenge is Arundathi from My Food Blog. I was so torn between her samosas and the pizza recipe. I finally decided with the pizza recipe but, silly silly me forgot to get dried yeast. Argh! I went ahead anyway and substitute yeast with baking soda. Well, and a few [...]

Hullo mommas! Time to feed your pack with some wholesome hearty home-made meat sauce. I’ve adapted a recipe I found in Donna Hay Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend

I’ve learn a lot about ingredients since I’ve moved to Melbourne. I’ve learned not to depend on can food and to experiment with different food stuff. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser [...]

There’s nothing like a bowl of hot soup to cheer up a sad face, a grazed knee, a sniffy nose or a cold head. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a [...]