Prawns & Penne Pasta

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

Cold Arrowroot Noodle Soup & Tempeh with Noodle Salad

I'm not sure I can take it anymore...
This stoooooopid heat, it's frying my brains!

Must. Eat. Cold. Food.

Hmm... I'm not really sure what's in this one... but I hazard a guess:
Arrowroot noodles, nectarines, shitake mushrooms, cucumber, konbu and some sort of light fruity broth
Perhaps I should check with the chef.... :Þ

Looks good though, doesn't it?
Tasted awesome. Hit all the right spots just when we needed it most!

This was dinner.
I'm a bit infatuated with noodle salad right now, might have something to do with the fried brain....
So, soba noodles, zucchini julienned, mixed herbs (coriander, parsley, shiso leaves, vietnamese mint, normal mint)
Probably a ~BIT~ too many flavours and textures happening there lol, it was kind of weird...

And the bowl of orange cubey things is tempeh...
That was kind of weird too.... not sure I like it very much. Perhaps it was just the way I made it :(

We've been lucky with our food exploits, Almost everything has been exceptional and delightfully delectable but eventually we were gonna come across a meal that just doesn't quite work...
This was it.


I blame the hot weather :)

Free Form Vegetable Lasagne

When you get home late... and there's not a lot of food left in the fridge, what do you do?

Make a quick and easy lasagne with left over vegies, and this is what it turned out like...

Not bad eh?

fresh out of the oven, ahhh
if only you could smell it!

Goodness it was yum!
It was so yum I was disallowed to have seconds for fear that I would not know when to stop...  :(

22 November 2011 - Pork Chops, Ginger & Orange Sauce with Cavalo Nero

So T decides to try out this new vegetable she saw at the market... it was labelled "Tuscan Cabbage" and none of us had ever heard of it before although it did look very familiar to me...

Anyway, afterwards I had to google it and turns out, "Tuscan Cabbage" is actually Cavalo Nero, or sometimes known as Kale... but Cavalo Nero I DO know! 

Boy, what a wonderful vegetable. We loved it very much here!

But yeah, anyway we had extra pork chops from last night so because it was so darn awesome, we cooked the same pork chops tonight as well. I actually think it was better tonight because the meat got to marinade for an extra day for EXTRA flavour!

Earl grey pannacotta, with some dodgy looking viet mint
But delicious. Perfect everything, nice work sister!

Just when I thought the pannacotta was already perfect, the sister adds a touch more perfection to this.
Can you believe it can possibly be even more perfect? No?
Well, how's about adding chocolate coated coffee beans? Yeah? YEAH!
*DROOLS thinking about it*

Oh and this was lunch for Wednesday... zucchini slice...
Words cannot explain how bloody delish this dish was...

Here's a close up.
Zucchini slice, with beetroot salad and yoghurt

*sigh*
sooooo good

lunch packed.

15 November 2011 - Steak & Salads

The original plan for tonight's dinner was supposed to be a chicken salad, but plans go awry and we have come up with something better!

As Sims had a sale on their Porterhouse, we just had to get some... and since we were getting steak, well.. who could resist a steak?! So steak for dindins it was.

Chicken salad will have to wait another night...

Steak, medium rare.
Cabbage, apple and caper slaw (I love love luuuurrrve this salad!)
Risoni, tomato, parsley and spinach salad with lemon dressing (And this one is pretty darn good too)

DESSERT!
We actually have dessert tonight!
Lemon and poppy seed muffins

Now which one of you is the poser?
Which one of you has the potential to be the star, the solo artist??

The chosen one
Smile at me darling... *click* *click click click*
Lovely dahhhling
That's gorgeous!

Oh.
Cupcake orgy.

14 November 2011 - Thai Fish Curry with Coconut Rice

Home made Thai fish curry (that's right, curry made from scratch!) - Dory, eggplant, beans, cherry tomatoes, galangal , lots of spices and lots and lots of fresh herbs!

Yep, this one is definitely a posed shot :Þ