Jac bought some pork ribs and made pork rice porridge (chok, rice congee, jook) for dinner – I was thrilled, as I love rice porridge! It’s perfect for a cold wintery day as well as being one of my all-time comforting meals (in any weather or temperature). She even fried up chopped garlic for garnish. […]
Work lunchesFirst, let me bombard you with food! The special of the day, chicken schnitzel and chips. There was more cheese on my schnitzel originally, but the guy who was served just before me ordered the same thing and when his schnitzel was lifted off my schnitzel, it took half my schnitzel’s cheese with it […]
Another shortcut dinner – Jac bought a pack ready-made pork and veal meatballs, a jar of pasta sauce and linguine from the supermarket. The meatballs smelled glorious as they were frying in the pan – I circled around the kitchen like a hungry crow – I just knew this would be a tasty dinner. On […]
We’ve been so busy lately Jac hasn’t had a lot of time to cook in the evenings after work. This was a dinner she quickly put together – barbecue chicken bought from the supermarket, served with ovenfried chips and tomato sauce for dipping. I chose a drumstick and thigh as I always do when there’s […]
A quick and easy breakfast I made for us on a recent Sunday morning – french toast. I usually add either a spoon of raw sugar or a drizzle of maple syrup to the egg mix before dipping the bread into it. I like to really soak the bread in the egg mix – I […]
Sushi feastJuji and Jay came over for lunch a few weekends ago . They’d told us of their hankering for sushi, so Jac got us a feast of takeaway sushi. The jars and bottles you can see on the left are Kikkoman soy sauce, an extra bottle of sushi soy sauce, and a jar of […]
We had leftover turkey roast and vegetables to use up. Jac bought a bag of fresh bread rolls and I made us turkey and salad rolls for lunch. I made us each two rolls: – one “plain”: turkey, lettuce and mayonnaise – one “roast turkey special”: turkey, roasted sweet potato, cranberry sauce, lettuce and mayonnaise […
How did I miss this post? Jac went to the shops and brought me home some takeaway chicken noodle soup – or so she thought. She ordered “chicken noodle soup” and expected chicken noodle soup, but as soon as I looked at the meat I knew it wasn’t chicken. A bite later confirmed what I […]
We’ll be busy this weekend getting our house ready for the painters, who arrive at 6am on Monday morning. The paint job will take three days. We’ve booked the cats into a cattery, which will be a new adventure for them. Jac is thriving and loving every second of the cleaning and packing (she refers […]
I’d bought some chicken and mushroom-filled ravioli from the supermarket but hadn’t got around to cooking it. Jac decided she’d do the honours, and made a three-mushroom cream sauce to go with the ravioli. She used fresh button mushrooms, dried (rehydrated) porcini and tinned champignons with lots of garlic. She went a little craz…