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It’s paella time!

by jeroxie June 21, 2011

A gazillion posts behind. My mind is going a gazillion miles an hour as well. Who says that we need to write a certain post before another and so on and so forth? So I went to the Melbourne Good Food and Wine at the MCEC a couple of weeks ago. I probably should write that post before I write this so that I can link back to that post as there is something I need to mention here that…. I think you can the drift. Anyway, I want to write this first because I am so excited to get back into the cooking. So I don’t care what needs to be written first and why. My blog. My rules.

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Cookbook Challenge (Egg) – Cauliflower with egg, cheese and bacon

by jeroxie April 20, 2011

The motivation of this challenge is to go back to old cookbooks that I have long forgotten and has been collecting dust over the years. There are some which I am constantly using and some are just totally neglected. For this challenge, I searched through my neglected pile of cookbooks. I was not looking for desserts but something savoury. And I know for this theme we needed to showcase the egg but for some reason, I don’t think this recipe that I selected did and it is more cheese than egg. But hey, you love cheese as much as I do right?

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Cookbook Challenge (American) – Lamb Stew

by jeroxie April 4, 2011

I hate to say this but winter is approaching and Melbourne had a bad summer run. Not one time have I been down to the beach. So many weekends ended up in rain. Kind of complaining here about the rain and looking pale in summer isn’t a good look. Having said this, all heart goes out to the global disaster that has been happening lately to Queensland, Christchurch and now Japan.

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Pulled pork shoulder in a crock pot

by jeroxie March 10, 2011

I love my crock pot. It is such a savior especially for working people like myself and Mister. Stews, soups and braising any meat or vegetables can be done so easily. I was brought up on crock pot meals. Mum and Dad were busy with work during the day and so mum will chuck in all the meat and vegetables, turn on the crock pot and dinner would be ready when they get home. Even though mum was never a great cook but she would always try and make sure that we had dinner at home. Good or bad, it is still home cook.

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Tomatillos and avocado salsa

by jeroxie March 2, 2011

A visit to the farmers market over the weekend is always fun. There may not be new produce all the time but I love to soak up the excitement in people when they talk about an ingredient or discuss about ways of cooking a piece of pig tail or pope eye Last weekend at Gaswork farmers market, I managed to pick up a beautiful slab of pork shoulder from Gypsy Pig and stumbled upon tomatillos.

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Meal to Share (Russian) – Kissel

by jeroxie February 28, 2011

Here comes another edition of Meal to Share. It is becoming something that I look forward every month. This month, we are travelling to Russia. This is a unknown territory to me. What is Russian cuisine? The first thing that pop to mind is caviar! Sorry, no caviar this time but this meal is simple but very yummy! It will be so perfect for the winter months ahead.

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Meatless Mondays – Double broccoli with Israeli couscous

by jeroxie February 21, 2011

When I first saw this broccoli recipe on 101 Cookbooks, I knew that I have to make this. Simple and clever dishes like this makes me smile. I took the idea and changed some of the ingredients. I used what I got in the pantry and refrigerator. It is so easy to get out there and buy ingredients that we only ever use once or twice and then forgotten until an invasion by ants or get thrown out during the once a year pantry clearing day. I am ashame and disgusted with myself. This bad habit will have to go.

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Cookbook Challenge (rice/noodles) – Char Kway Teow

by jeroxie February 13, 2011

I am always envious of those that have acquired culinary and cooking knowledge from their parents or grandparents. Many of you will speak of being in the kitchen with mums or grandmas and learning from them. I used to watch grandma cooked but that did not last long. And as my parents were working to support a young family, there was little time to cook and mum never baked. I never had to cook for myself. And even when I came here more than a decade ago, I survived on instant noodles and microwaved food.

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Vegetarian lasagna

by jeroxie January 24, 2011

I have just completed and posted a list of all my recipes ever since I started this blog. I need to revamp of the recipes and do a re-post and delete the old. It is all about improving ourselves, isn’t it? Setting up the list also made me realised that I have been very slack in creating and making more vegetarian food and with the meatless monday challenge. Shall try and jump back onto the wagon and do it once a month.

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Roast salmon with salsa verde

by jeroxie January 11, 2011

I watch a lot of food TV channels on Foxtel. And I do adore Rick Stein. I love his simple and no fuss cooking. He was the first few TV chefs that I still love so much. I think I have watched his many food series at least twice over or maybe three times. I have a couple of his cookbooks which I don’t cook much from. Not sure why but I prefer watching him on TV than reading his cookbooks. To be honest, his cookbooks are so boring in comparison to his TV shows. It seems to be lacking in personality.

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Creamed corn soup with ham hock

by jeroxie November 18, 2010

My cravings for food never ends and I highly doubt it will ever end. After my brunch catch up with Ms V at The Premises, I had huge cravings for creamed corn. So I decided to take upon myself to make some the weekend when hell was about to break loose as it was the day when we started to prep for the Melbourne Food Bloggers Dinner. It was the calm before the storm. I needed something comforting and assuring.

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Ichi Ni, St. Kilda

by jeroxie October 5, 2010

Mister has been eyeing to try this Ikazaya joint, Ichi Ni, for awhile. So after work one night and a secret meeting with fellow bloggers (all will be announced soon), both of us decided to head to Ichi Ni for some Japanese goodness. We didn’t think that we needed to book during mid week and Ichi Ni isn’t the most public transport friendly place. However, the place was packed and we were very fortunate to grab the last 2 seats at the counter.

Typical Melbourne. The teapot and cups are all odd coloured an shapes. But the green tea definitely spoke for itself. Strong grassy taste but not offensive. Very refreshing and just a joy to sip throughout the meal.

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