Prawns & Penne Pasta

Craving carbs.....
Resorting to a tried and tasted staple.
Got prawns, got pasta, go herbs. Nuff said.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Here we give thanks for all the wonderful people who have graced our lives in 2011.

Merry Christmas to our dear wonderful amazing friends!!

Lunch at the Mews, and Dinner at the newlyweds. We all suffered a serious case of Food Coma.

Pork loin with stuffing prior being prepped

Just tap like that to keep the stuffing in...

There we go. Poi-fect!

Hmmm, check out the layer of fat under the skin.
MMMMMMMM FAT......

TADAH!
The end product, and perfect crackling.

Lol, looks a bit like heaven doesn't it?

Here's a better shot.
Prawn cocktail (centre)
Prawn, mango, caviar rice paper rolls (I calls it Prawn Roly-poly Keemi-style)

Christmas ham, glazed with raspberry jam & apricot conserve.
Pwetty ain't it?

Yummms!

Pan friend orange marinated duck breast

Cue drools now.
Perfecto!
Nice and pink!

Pan fried duck breast with snow pea, mint, carrot and lettuce salad.

*Squeals with delight*
My dining room set is almost complete. So excitements!

Here's what it looks like on the plate!

Champers with strawberries and mint

We thought we'd keep dessert nice and simple.
Chocolate cups with jaffa sorbet and home made vanilla ice cream. AWESOME-NESS!

Lol, that's how tiny they are...

And after lunch, here comes DINNER!
Ok, the spread included baked Christmas ham with orange glaze, prawns, silverbeet, salads, oysters, potato salad, roasted lamb and stuffing (hmm... don't think that made it into this pic).
So. Much. Food.

Dinner desserts, yup: DESSERTS (multiple)
(from top to bottom) strawberry tarts, flan (coffee or mocha or something yummy like that...), lemon curd tarts with blueberries and cherries, sticky date pudding.

Mini tartlets of home made lemon curd and blueberries and cherries.

Sticky date pudding. Delish!

Here we are saying thank you and happy Christmas to everybody!

9 November 2011 - Prawn Noodles in soup

We really felt like something simple and quick tonight.
Something light and healthy....

Cook prawns, few minutes...
Cook vegies, add oyster sauce, few minutes...
Cook noodles, few minutes...
Chop coriander, onion and vietnamese mint...
Make stock from shitake mushrooms, onions, garlic, oyster sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil...

Are they looking at me?

8 November 2011 - Garlic Prawns & Pasta

I haven't made this one in awhile...

Prawns cooked in butter and garlic (loads and loads of garlic!) with a bit of chilli flakes, and parmesan.

I really really like this pasta, Casarecce. It just holds flavour oh so well!