Last month, we went to a quiz night at Jac’s mum’s lawn bowls club. While Jac was at hockey in the afternoon, I put together this platter of nibbles to share: mini pork meatballs, aioli, vegetables and sliced gherkin pickles all sitting on mixed greens. I served the carrot sticks and tomatoes as they were, […]
Jac baked chicken schnitzels in the oven, along with potato wedges, butternut pumpkin and carrot. She blanched some broccoli and panfried mushrooms with butter and garlic. It was a tasty dinner. The chicken was crispy on the outside, moist and tender on the inside. I loved the whole garlic cloves Jac cooked with the mushrooms […]
The next day, I went to uni and met up with my (now ex-)PhD supervisor for a catch-up over lunch. It was great just chatting and eating and not worrying about deadlines or feedback on thesis chapters!* She ordered the roasted vegetables with chorizo and salad. The roasted vegetables looked good, and nicely seasoned with […]
Dinner After a few days away from the house, Jac couldn’t wait to get back into the kitchen and do some cooking. I came home from work to the most delicious smells of marinated chicken pieces and vegetables roasting in the oven. Well, roasting chicken and vegetable smells intermingled with the smell of freshly painted […]
DinnerFor dinner, Jac served oven-baked crumbed chicken fingers (bought frozen in a box), asparagus stems and vegetable slice. The vegetable slice was another of Jac’s experiments, made of egg and vegetables – green beans, asparagus tips, potato, carrot and onion. Jac included a nice big dish of smokey barbecue sauce for dipping the chi…
DinnerPanfried pork steaks with mushroom sauce, served with steamed broccolini, oven-roasted sweet potatoes and potato cubes, with an experimental oven-baked cauliflower and asparagus dish. Mushrooms and spring onions go extremely well with a succulent, poppingly fresh panfried pork chop. The potatoes were golden and crispy-edged and seasoned with …
A busy day meant a late takeaway lunch eaten in a hurry – stir-fried vegetables and tofu with mee goreng. Not bad, but I wish they’d given me more tofu.
Here’s another dinner we enjoyed recently, cooked by Jac. Porterhouse steak, with fried onions and mushrooms, steamed vegetables (cauliflower, carrot and broccoli) and a baked potato. Holiday update I’m typing this on my Eee pc, using my Nokia E71 to connect to the Internet, sitting at the coffee table in our holiday apartment. I’…
DinnerThis was a delicious dinner of turkey steaks with mushroom gravy, steamed vegetables (broccoli and green beans) and roasted vegetables (butternut pumpkin, potato, sweet potato, onions and carrots). We cheated on the gravy and used a packet one – I believe this was a Gravox mushroom gravy. I’ve tasted some surprisingly tasty packet…
I’m not sure what fish this was, but it was meaty and delicious. Jac seasoned it with “alseason” and baked it in the oven with mushrooms and tomatoes. She served the fish with vegetables – steamed cauliflower and broccoli, and vegetable medley of carrot, peas and corn. I really enjoyed this meal, not just because […]