If You’re Hungry & You Know It, Clap Your Hands!
Hehe… I’m trying to think of unique titles for my blog posts and this was the first thing that came to mind. Anyway, I’ve been putting off blogging about food because I wanted to save them up for a big post. But I think I’ve waited too long. This one is going to be a ridiculously long post with tonnes of food pics. I won’t apologise because I know you love it!
I have two new cooking toys. I finally got myself the V-slicer a couple of weeks ago and I’ve had quite a bit of fun using it. First thing I made was apple chips. The V-slicer lets me cut the apples soooo thin and it turned out really crispy. I forgot where I got the recipe from but I basically sliced the apples thinly, dipped into sugar syrup and baked it slowly for a few hours. So nice!
The second thing I made was onion rings. Oh my god. Slicing onions have never been so easy. This is the BEST onion rings I’ve ever had. I must add that the only other onion rings I’ve had is from Burger King/Hungry Jacks. Nonetheless, they were divine as far as onion rings go.
Recipe
And of course, I’ve been using the V-slicer to chop up onions. This time its for a Thai Green Curry Risotto and it was a reader-submitted recipe from a recent Woman’s Day magazine. She (the reader) must have a tongue of steel because I quartered the amount of green curry paste recommended and it still nearly blew my Asian head off! If you have seen the recipe, try it as it’s so simple to make and absolutely beautiful. Just use 1-2 tsp of green curry paste so you can really enjoy all the flavours.
My second toy is actually Richard’s birthday present in a way. I had enough Flybuys points to redeem a Tefal frypan and I love that I can use metal utensils on it. So we bought a couple of fish steaks and pan seared them on the new pan. I found this wonderful recipe which had the most perfect viniagrette to match the fish. I don’t normally have anything on my fish as Australian fish is just beautiful as is. But this viniagrette really enhances the flavour of both the tuna and the salmon. I will definitely be reaching for this recipe often.
Ok just two more raves. I picked up the “40 Winter Recipes” booklet from Coles and actually tried two of their recipes. The rasberry and white chocolate muffins turned out okay but I think the recipe (pdf) I posted ages ago is a lot better and idiot proof because I can stuff up recipes even when I’ve made them before.
On the other hand, the Bread & Butter Pudding recipe in the booklet was yummy! It’s really a perfect winter dessert. It’s not your regular bread & butter recipe though. It uses fruit loaf, orange marmalade and fresh oranges. So decadent!
The last food item on my list wasn’t cooked by me. Richard made an impressive mushroom quiche for dinner tonight. We had company and we all enjoyed it. He had to modify this recipe slightly because he only had a piece of flaky pastry left. He used this pastry as a lid instead of lining a tart dish with pie dough as recommended. It was beauuttiiffuulll! I was halfway through the meal before I remembered to take a photo! So between mouthfuls, I took a quick snapshot of his masterpiece. Thank you darling!
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wow that is alot of cooking, luckily I just ate breakfast and my mouth wont water as much.
I love so many of these dishes thanks for linking the recipes
Man, that is all delicious looking. Loved all the food photos.
waghh i’m sooo hungry right now and breakfast is still 3 hours away -yes its around 5.30am and I can’t sleep! that green curry risotto sure looks good !
You sure have been really busy cooking up a storm! Gosh! Those food look really, really good! ^_^
oh my. they look really good. I’m going to try one of your recipes again. how are you enjoying your holiday?
Thanks everyone for your comments! Makes blogging very worthwhile.
Btw Erna, holidays are going good. As you can imagine, I’m doing lots of knitting and cooking. So nice not to have teenagers screaming around me for 6 hours a day!
Salihan,
last week we cooked the tuna recipe you linked to in this post and it was devine!
im amazed by how lovely the flavours blended together and how quick and easy it was.
thanks for the link!!
HELP….i need that thai green curry risotto recipe! do u have it still??