Tag: recipes
How to shuck oysters
Spoil-her Series: Simple recipes for men.
Under 5 ingredients, Under 20 bucks. Maximum brownie points.
Ingredients:
1 dozen fresh unshucked oysters (Normally around $1 each)
Lemon
Tomato juice / Clamato
Various condiments to your liking
Directions:
Rinse oysters to remove debris from outside shells
Place...
Filet Mignon
Spoil-her Series: Simple recipes for men.
Under 5 ingredients, Under 20 bucks. Maximum brownie points.
Ingredients
2 x Beef Fillet Mignon, Center-Cut (1.5″ – 2″ thick)
6 oz Portobello Mushroom Caps, Packaged
Bottle of red wine
Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions:
Start the steaks...
T.. Te… Tequilla!
The new year is all about making new changes, so why not start with the way you enjoy your cocktails? Imbibing shouldn’t be a guilty pleasure – swapping standard mixers for ingredients such as diet lemon-lime soda and fresh fruit is a simple way to enjoy your favorite drinks without breaking...
Baby Barramundi En Papillote
With sage and garlic herb butter, lemon and dutch cream potato
We all love a home-cooked meal, but many of us tend to get lazy because of the washing up. This recipe is a favorite of mine, simply because it requires minimal cleaning up to do, especially after a long day at the office.
I’m very...
Lobster – three simple recipes
The Sydney fish markets had beautiful lobsters selling for $20 each. So we bought five of them – excessive much? Contrary to the current economic downturn, lobsters (actually they’re crayfish here) have been breeding like crazy – lowering the price of the usually expensive shellfish....
I feel like… Chicken tonight?
I was online shopping for groceries last week for soup ingredients and I decided to order a whole chicken – a part of it for a chicken soup and roast the legs on a separate night. There are plenty of informative (albeit lame) videos on youtube, and I learnt how to butterfly a chicken by watching...
Potato and Leek Soup with prosciutto
What a better way to post hearty soup recipes, when most of you are approaching winter, and I’m stuck at home with four of my wisdom teeth extracted yesterday. The nurse at the day surgery gave me a guideline for a “soft diet” which I have to maintain for at least 7 days. It includes...
Tangyuen (Glutinous Rice Ball)
I’m still not too sure whether Tangyuen is eaten during the Mid Autumn Festival (中秋節) alongside mooncakes to celebrate the full moon. Tāngyuán is a Chinese dessert made from glutinous rice flour. The glutinous rice flour is mixed with a small amount of water to form balls and is then cooked...
Jap Chae
Thanks for all your votes! A extra year’s worth of premium means an extra year’s worth of food porn and recipes, thanks to Yosho.
I’ll endeavour to keep this blog going for all you foodies out there, for those you like to cook, as much as for those who just like to eat!
Much love x
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