Jac fried sausages and onions and bought fresh bread rolls so that we could make our very own sausage sizzle at home for dinner. We’re big fans of fried onions and usually find that sausage sizzles are quite stingy with the onions, leaving us wishing for more. At home, Jac cooked up a big batch […]
More cats on rugs in the bathroom. This is the second bathroom, where I shower and get ready for work every morning, so as not to disturb Jac, who gets up at least two hours later than me each day! The cats were sitting together on the bathroom counter when I got out of the […]
For dinner the next night I had the leftovers from the doggy bag we took home from Billy Lee’s Chinese Restaurant, with freshly cooked rice and a stir-fry of chicken, mushrooms and sugar snap peas. The stir-fry was flavoured with oyster sauce, sesame oil and white pepper. Jac threw in the leftover Billy Lee’s broccoli […]
I graduated last month with my PhD. Jac and my younger sister Juji came along to the ceremony. It was on a Thursday night, started at 7pm and dragged on for more than two hours, and by the time we got out of there, we were all absolutely starving. There was coffee, tea and cookies […]
It was workmate J’s birthday last month, and we celebrated at work with morning tea. She’d been busy baking and came to work with two different slices. The first was a chocolate and ricotta slice, topped with chopped hazelnuts. The second one was a coconut and raspberry jam slice. What an impossible choice – which […]
Workmate J and I decided to try Cravings, the new cafe where Aroma used to be on Royal St in East Perth. She chose a roast chicken and salad roll, which looked pretty good. I chose their hot special of the day, chicken chasseur with rice. The chicken dish was delicious – it smelled like […]
Jac bought a meatloaf from the butcher at the Bentley Centre. I’ve been spoilt by Jac’s delicious homemade meatloaf, so I was sceptical – how good could a bought, pre-made meatloaf be? I was to be pleasantly surprised and very impressed! As she sliced the meatloaf, it looked and smelled unbelievable! I couldn’t wait to [&hel…
DinnerJac cooked this dinner, of rice with ginger chicken and green vegetables stir-fried with oyster sauce and garlic. The chicken pieces and carrot slices were tender, the onion sweet. The ginger sauce was delicious. After I took the photo I shifted items around on my plate so the rice could soak up as much of […]
Recently, I received a sample of Nestle’s new Carnation Soy Creamy Cooking Milk. It’s the only soy milk product in Australia designed for cooking, for use in both sweet and savoury dishes. Being specially designed for cooking, this soy milk won’t separate when heated (it’s so off-putting when that happens!). It’s lacto…
I love Kraft brand macaroni cheese, the kind that comes in a blue box off the supermarket shelf. Just cook the pasta, add milk, butter and the magic sachet of cheesey goodness, stir it all through and you’re all set! I discovered it when I was 18 years old after moving out of home – […]