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Oh - I miss Brisbane :(
2007-03-22 13:07:00
Don't get me wrong I love where I live, but really, I am a city girl at heart. Try as I might not to miss Brisvegas, I can't. My heart yearns for her. I miss my friends so much and I feel so isolated here sometimes. Everyone really is a stranger and the comfort of being able to cuddle a friend I love and trust, is gone. Sure I can pick up the phone, but it's not the same. Everything here seems so foreign and un-lived in for me. It's a beautiful place but there really is nothing like home. Knowing every short cut, knowing the supermarket aisles back to front. The city and her buildings, the river with it's twists and turns. How beautiful is the city with her lights? I'm not moping and I am not feeling sorry for myself, nothing like that. I am enjoying the adventure that is Townsville. I just can't help but miss her. I miss breakfast at the Red Deli in Clayfield, the Chandler Flea Markets, the Cabbage Patch fruit shop and deli, Zone Fresh at Windsor, the chocolate custard cann...
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Szechann Pork Salad with Chilli Honey Dressing
2007-03-22 12:03:00
This really was one of those days today where I had no brain. Wasn't even thinking properly when I just randomly chose some items at the supermarket. I was on auto pilot. How the hell do you come up with something, that turns out a triumph, when your not thinking and have no plan whatsoever for dinner. I amaze myself. This is absolutely the best salad I have ever come up with. Truly incredible, total 100% triumph if I do say so myself. You have to try it. No really, you have to try it. Don't just pretend your going to make it. Do it, please, for me? Pretty please?Ingredients100 grams of Rocket Leaves10 Cherry Tomatoes, sliced into little wedges1 Red Onion, sliced into half moons100 grams of Greek Low Fat Feta, cut into small cubes1 Pork Fillet2 Tablespoons of Szechann Pepper groundThe Dress ing2 tablespoons of Hot Chilli JamJuice of 1 Lemon2 tablespoons of Honey 2 tablespoons of Olive OilTo start rub your pork fillet in the Szechann Pepper, all over it. Then in a fry pan heat some o...
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Chocolate Mint Stick Pistachio Cookies
2007-03-14 13:50:00
Ingredients250 g Butter1 cup of White Sugar6 tablespoons of Milk1 teaspoon of Vanilla Bean Paste3 cups of Self Raising Flour1 cup of Custard Powder100 g of Pistachio Kernels, roughly chopped or bashed150 g of Mint Chocolate Sticks choppedBeat butter and sugar in a mixer until well blended and pale. Add vanilla bean paste and milk and beat well. Fold in sifted flour with a metal spoon, replace bowl and then beat in pistachios and mint chocolate sticks, until just combined. Roll into teaspoon sized balls and place on a lined baking tray. Bake at 200 c for 12-15 Min's or until golden brown. Cool on tray for a minute and then transfer to a cooling rack. Makes about 50 cookies. We really liked them. Dave especially. Lovely with a glass of full cream milk, which is what I am doing right now while I type this. Hope you like my new combination cookie? Cheers AmelitaXoxoxoX
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Tomorrow - I am going to try a new recipe.
2007-03-13 14:58:00
How Beautiful - Bundaberg to Mackay on the Bruce HighwayI have created a recipe today for choc mint stick and pistachio nut cookies. Wish me luck and you should have the recipe tomorrow.Cheers and Goodnight everyone.AmelitaXoxoxoX
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Definately not food and definately uGLy!
2007-03-13 14:30:00
Look at him, he is giving me the evil eye. I cannot believe how many of them are up here in North Queensland. Obviously all the Cane Fields, hence the name Cane Toad. There are masses of them. I walk through the grass in the dark so apprehensively. Every time you put your foot down. One jumps at you from out of nowhere. They give me the willys. Sends shivers up my spine. This is in my carport next to my garbage bin. Another one of the local attractions here in Townsville. I am telling you they are in plague proportions. They actually pay kids for each one they catch and put to sleep humanely. In other words stick them in the freezer. I could never stand to even get close to one. Let's just say I have no choice but to get used to the nasty little suckers. But I don't want to get used to them YUK!
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What happened to those Prawns you say?
2007-03-12 14:40:00
Well this is what I did with them. I used this Tom Yum Soup paste and I changed it. Like I do when I am using this type of ingredient. Enhance it, I say. So I added a can of Coconut Cream to the directions on the packet in liue of some of the water, plus a tablespoon of fish sauce, a tablespoon of palm sugar, some snow peas and some dried Chinese mushrooms. Topped with some fresh chopped chilli and walla! There you go. Tasted really good. The prawns were lovely and succulent. My mouth was tingling very nicely from the chilli. I love fresh chilli. It was just refreshing and yummy. I love Asian soups. So there ya go that's what happened to those gorgeous prawns my new fisherman friend gave me. Cheers Amelita
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Magical Magnetic Island
2007-03-12 06:40:00
Here she comes FantaSea to carry us across Rowes Bay to Magnet ic Island . Driving onto a boat was a first time experience for us and the Patrol.I love my Patrol. Look at her on the boat. This is Jasmine she is an oil tanker we think. Magnetic Island Picnic Bay on Magnetic Just beautiful.The water is just so blue.The main street at Horseshoe Bay. Barefoot the Art Gallery and Restaurant. This is where we stopped for lunch. Amazing atmosphere. So relaxed and so comfortable. The artwork was stunning.We had lunch on the back deck. Very tropical and comfy.Great Bar. David and I had the Eye Fillet, Rosella & Redwine Jus and Potato Rosti.Simply Gorgeous :)Maddy had the Tempura Battered Fish & ChipsYummo! Steve had the Oysters Kilpatrick.Looked fantastic. Ben had the Fettuccine Carbonara.He said it was nowhere as good as mine.Right answer Benny Boy.Alex's Chips.Now these were excellent chips. Can you see the chip in mid flight? Maddy's Ice ChocolateThis is the view on the drive back to the ...
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Magnetic Island
2007-03-10 23:47:00
I can see it from the beach and I have been hanging to go over there and today is the day. So wish me luck as we put the Patrol on a boat and go to the lovely island everyone raves about. I will take some photos and see you soon. Have a great Sunday! Cheers Amelita
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Here's one I stuffed up earlier. Chocolate Pudding.
2007-03-10 13:12:00
I think I am having one of those malfunction brain meltdown days today. It started with the fact that I forgot to buy fruit for the chocolate fondue. Then it went to spilling stuff on the floor, on myself and basically any spare patch of clean kitchen anywhere. Ahhhhh Total malfunction. Yes, I to have my bad days in the kitchen and here's one I stuffed up earlier today. It was a simple recipe and I stuffed it. The top went to brown. The inside was not nearly cooked enough, even though it was just starting to burn on top. So what was a girl supposed to do. I jammed a big metal spoon into and gave it a quick fold around. Goeyness and sponge swirled around together. Then I popped it into the oven again for another 5 mins or so, then served with fresh cream. I won't tell you who's recipe I used. I don't think it was the recipe. It was me with a couple to many drinkys under my belty. It tasted good. It was rich, just not right, if you know what I mean.Also I don't know whether this ...
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Moroccan Chicken with Saffron Macadamia Rice & Passionfruit Yoghurt Sauce
2007-03-10 08:04:03
As in a previous post I said that I was going to use more dried spices. This is one of my new recipes, inspired by my new spice range. I hope you all like it. David, Ben, Maddy and I loved it. Ingredients 4 cups of Arborio Rice500 mils of Chick en Stock1 cup of WaterPinch of Saffron Strands1 scoop of Mac adamia Nuts8 Chicken Thigh Fillets, no skin and no bones.1 Large 500 gram Tub of Natural Greek Style Yoghurt2 large Passion fruit or 4 small ones1 clove of Garlic finely choppedSalt & PepperMoroccan Spice Mix, you can pick that up at any good Indian or Asian GrocerSprinkle the Moroccan spice mix all over the thigh fillets an hour before your ready to cook and allow to marinate covered in the fridge. Your ready to cook. Preheat your oven to 150 degrees. Place your Macadamias in an oven proof dish and toast in the oven. Keep an eye on them you want them toasted, not burnt. I hate nuts with even little burnt bits on the edges. Grab your rice cooker, then add the rice, 500 mils of chicken...
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My new fisherman friend.
2007-03-09 20:03:01
Look at these beauty's. So fresh. We were sitting out on our deck last night and there was a knock on the door. The kids coming running in all freaked out because we really don't know anyone here and we were not expecting anyone. Their yelling 'there's someone at the door' over and over again. So I thought, that's weird and went to inspect. It was Dave, my neighbour. Yet another Dave enters my life. Here he is, with a big smile on his face, holding a blue plastic bag for me. Prawns fresh from the sea. How cool is that? He had been out on his 40ft fishing trawler for the last 5 days and brought home a bounty of goodies, look at what I got. I am a very lucky girl in deed. My neighbour Dave is, I would say, the nicest person I have met in the last two and half weeks. He is down to earth, lives a simple life, he seems so happy and relaxed. He tells me, he thinks he is the Ferrel of the neighbourhood. I don't think so. I am starting to think he is, the only normal one. But to soo...
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Perfect Pizza
2007-03-08 20:02:06
When it comes to Pizza nothing beats homemade. We all would love to have one of those gorgeous wood fired ovens but most of us can only dream of having our own. The crispy bottom is what your looking for and what I was to. A couple of years ago I found and old but new Terracotta tile under my house. Hence I thought, what a great way to retain heat in the oven. So it began. We start with a basic bread dough and I add 1 cup of Polenta or Cornmeal it's the same thing really. It adds a nice flavour through the dough. I also sprinkle it on my tile when it's hot to stop the pizza from sticking to the tile. Gives a nice texture to the crispy bottom of the pizza as well. I then preheat my oven to 210 degrees for a fan forced or 230 degrees for a non fan forced, making sure my tile is in the oven. Take a piece of dough about the size of a cricket ball or a little bigger if you like. Roll it out into a circular shape as in the pictures above. The dough circle doesn't have to be perfect. It...
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I love where I live!
2007-03-08 20:02:06
I always thought I would be to scared to leave Brisbane behind for good. This relocation has been a complete rejuvenation. I feel alive again. The atmosphere here is one of a holiday all the time. Not that we are not working our buts off in this new destination. But its a sense, a feeling like your on holiday anyway, even though I am not. We have all been waking up every morning with a new desire and passion that we never had before. We all eat breakfast and enjoy our mornings every weekday now, not just the weekends. The hot humid breezes in the morning are just wonderful. You actually want to get out of bed, rather than wishing that you didn't have to. I don't know what it is about this place that makes you feel alive and relaxed but it does. I feel so much more positive about life and what I can do with it. I hadn't felt that way in a long time. What I remember of Brisbane now, is a shadow that had come across our lives. A stagnating just limbo sort of life. Not knowing what ...
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Chocolate Brownies
2007-03-05 07:59:04
I want to introduce you to one of my favourite cookbooks ever. Betty Crocker's CookbookEverything you need to know to cook today.I bought it in the United States about 6 or so years ago. It's a beauty, for all of you who wonder what's what in the USA food culture. I make Sloppy Joe's, Smokey BBQ Sauce, Cornbread, Southern Fried Chicken, of course Brown ies and lots, lots more. This has to be the best Brownie recipe I have ever used. It simply beats the rest and anyone can do it. They are so delicious, so rich and so much chocolate. I made these with the girls today. I know they're good Brownies , when the kids are just hanging to lick the bowl. The taste explosion begins even before they are baked. Betty Crocker's recipe is a brilliant one and you should try it at home. This is a double batch recipe. So if you only want to make a half batch, just halve the ingredients. The Ingredients230 grams Butter300 grams Dark Chocolate Buds3 and a half cups of Sugar4 teaspoons of Vanilla Ex...
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Sesame Seafood Salad
2007-03-04 07:58:01
So one of the simply amazing things about living in the tropics is how fresh and stunning the seafood is. I am telling you it is fantastic. I am talking so fresh. Smells like the sea, tastes like the sea and just mouth watering. Photos cannot do this amazing seafood the justice it deserves.But I tried. I wanted to do something special and something just decadent with it. This is what I came up with and wow, it is so good. David my personal barman whipped up this lovely drink for me while I was cooking. Melon Schnapps with Lemonade and a piece of a Tahitian lime. So refreshing. Look at how lovely these bugs are. So sweet and juicy. What you need for the salad.The flesh of 2 Mangoes diced piecesThe flesh of 2 Avocados diced pieces1 Hot Chilli seeded & chopped 2 Moreton Bay Bugs cleaned & chopped into bite sized pieces500 grams of fresh cooked Prawns peeled and cut into bite sized pieces1 scoop of roasted & salted MacadamiasJuice of half a Tahitian LimeFor the dressing.Half a ...
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Our bird equivalent!
2007-03-01 07:56:02
Which one is me? Which one is Dave?
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Sausages, Brown Onion Gravy & Mash
2007-03-01 07:56:02
Are these not gorgeous looking sausages? Chunky Lamb and Hand Cut Italian. I got them at a butcher in Belgian Gardens, Townsville. This is the best butcher I have ever seen. They have so much quality meat and gorgeous ideas. I will be doing a post on them soon for you.This is an old favourite with my own personal touch. My family just loves it and it is real home comfort food. It is very easy and a sure fire winner. All you have to do is make mash potatoes the way you like them. I like them with a good knob of butter, a good splash of cream, salt and pepper. Start your sausages off in a fry pan that has not been preheated with a splash of olive oil. Bring them up to heat slowly, fry them until they are cooked all the way through. Turn up the heat and let them brown. Remove from pan and keep warm, or zap them in the microwave for 30 secs before plating up. Now for the gravy. Fry 3 brown onions, 2 shallots and 3 cloves of garlic with a good pinch of salt flakes, in the fry pan you us...
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Beef Wellington & Salad
2007-02-25 19:53:01
I love Beef Wellington . There is something just a bit special and sophisticated about eating a Beef Wellington. I have always felt a bit intimidated by the thought of actually making them. They seem so delicate, so classy and scary to make for the average cook. Silly Hey? But that's how I felt about it. Some things, stupid recipes I have issues with trying. There is no reason for it, just the fear of failure may happen upon me. I don't like to cook bad food or make mistakes in the kitchen. I am a perfectionist. It is the same with Chocolate Mousse. I don't know why, can't do it and wont go there, just yet. I remind myself that I don't want to end up like one of those people on that TV show Maury Povich. Afraid of alfoil and kittens or even stupider things like, butterflies and sunflowers. C'mon, sunflowers really? Sorry I have digressed again. So I did it and they turned out fantastic. No recipe, just what I had seen on TV and cooking mags. I felt my way through the process an...
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The Journey Home
2007-02-24 07:51:03
Croc closes Strand again Mango TreesRoad trips are an excellent time to be able to just talk to your family, with no interruptions. We had a really great time on our trip to our new home. I have never driven from Brisbane to Townsville. I have travelled by train before to Cairns, but I must say that driving is just wonderful. Sure we got on each others nerves, but hey that's the way it is with all those people in one car and a 1 year old baby. Who threw up, in the middle of nowhere, I might add. Lovely, just lovely. We saw some strange things, met some eccentric people and laughed alot. We had an absolutely terrible breakfast in Bundaberg. I am also ashamed to say that I ate some of those riblet things from a hot box in a servo, mind you they are just sinful. We ate KFC at Rockhampton. MacDonald's in Townsville on the last leg. Just crap, crap and more crap road food. We were all dying for real food. David picked a really nice cafe in Mackay that made the most amazing breakfast. T...
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Amelita has left the building!
2007-02-15 19:43:01
Yes this is me, as a wee little one :)OK guys I will see you in about a week or so. I will be taking photos of food and the sights along the way. So get ready for Mud Crab Sandwiches and lots more. Ahhhhhh only in Queensland. Also when I come back, I will be up and running in my new kitchen and I plan on cooking up a storm. I can feel the sumptuous seafood recipes now. Plus photos of Kym's fabulous, funky, antique kitchen as promised. I will keep you in suspense a little longer on that one. But worth waiting for.The Journey Begins
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My Onion and Chilli Jam - So Easy :)
2007-02-15 13:42:04
This is great as a sandwich spread, pizza sauce, wonderful with cheese, a great all rounder.4 Large Brown Onion s - Sliced1 Big Knob of Real Butter of courseCouple of Good Splashes of Olive OilGood Pinch of Salt Flakes 3 Large Granny Smith Apples - Peeled Cored and Sliced4 Large Cloves of Garlic - ChoppedI Cup of WaterI Cup of Sugar4 Small Hot Red Chill i es - Chopped Finely including the seedsGood Pinch of Black Ground PepperJuice of Half a LemonFry onions in butter, oil and salt until browned and softened. Then add all remaining ingredients and simmer on medium heat for about 20 mins or until apples are very soft. Stirring occasionally. Allow to cool slightly and pulse in a blender, but not to much. You want it to have a little texture. Then put into sterilized jars to preserve. Every batch I make is different. I tend to feel my way with cooking, so I vary it depending on my mood or what needs to be used up in the fridge. Try mangoes in place of apples, or pears in place of apples. F...
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Rib Eye Fillets, with Ham, Banana & Hollandaise. Rocket & Sweet Potato Sala
2007-02-15 13:42:04
Photo Courtesy Lifestyle FoodSALAD AND DRESSING1 large Sweet Potato 50g Rock et100g Australian Full Fat Feta Cheese50g Pine Nuts½ Red Onion (Sliced)1 large Clove Garlic2 tablespoons Good Balsamic Vinegar2 tablespoons Quality Olive OilSalt & Pepper (To Taste)RIB FILLETS2 Organic Rib Eye Steaks (3/4 Inch Thick)100g Shaved Leg Ham2 Banana sHome-Made Hollandaise Sauce1 bunch Asparagus SALAD AND DRESSINGTiming is everything - peel and slice sweet potato into ½ cm discs.Place on an oiled grill on low heat.Place pine nuts into a small stainless steel bowl on the flat plate of the BBQ and toast, tossing regularly.To make the dressing, chop the garlic finely.Place in a bowl with the oil and balsamic vinegar.Whisk the dressing adding a good pinch of sea salt flakes and a good grind of black pepper.Remembering to check your pine nuts and sweet potato regularly.Once that is done, turn your sweet potato so that it char grills evenly on both sides.While the other side is cooking place your rocke...
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Hollandaise Sauce - So Easy :)
2007-02-15 13:42:04
This has to be my all time favourite sauce. It is so simple and can be used so many different ways. Eggs Benedict, as a sandwich spread or just use your imagination. Like in my signature dish. It stores really well in a sterilized jar in the fridge for at least a week. Great to keep on hand if you are trying to nudge a loved one into making brekky in bed ;)Ingredients3 tbsp White VinegarGround Course Black Pepper125 grams Melted Butter6 Large Egg YolksGood Pinch Salt Flakes1/2 Lemon JuicedLoveReduce vinegar with black pepper in a small saucepan until about 1 tablespoon is left. Melt butter and allow to sit for a minute, so that it separates. Place the 6 egg yolks into a clean mixing bowl and whisk together with vinegar, until fluffy. Then pour the melted butter in a thin stream while you continue to keep whisking on high speed. Leave the remaining solids from the butter in the jug. Try not to get to much in the sauce when pouring. Whisk in the lemon juice and salt. Taste for seasoni...
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Check out my Buns!
2007-02-15 13:42:04
My Foccacia - So easy :)As in my previous post on Bread Dough this is what happens when we go through a bread faze!They are marvolous. Bacon and Pineapple for the kids and Bacon, Pineapple, Kalamatta Olives and Garlic for the adults. Of course only Mozzarella and Good Olive Oil will do, plus a sprinkling of salt flakes. Made in a shallow baking tray. Bread Dough4 cups Bread Flour400 mls Water 2 tsp Dried YeastPassionPlace all ingreadiants in a good stand alone mixer, attach dough hook and mix for a good 4 - 5 mins on slow speed. Stop mixer and touch dough with finger tip. If it is sticky add a little more flour and mix until combined well. Keep testing as needed. When your finger comes away from the dough without it sticking you have finished. Pull from mixer and knead on a floured surface by hand for a couple of mins. Then place on a lined baking tray on top of warming oven at 200 degrees. Cover with a tea towell and leave to rise for 30 mins. Once risen place dough on a floured su...
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What food means to me! Chapter 3
2007-02-15 01:41:01
Alexandra Bay Noosa - Photograph by Amelita WardellThere are allot of times where I feel sexy when I am eating or I am cooking great food. Usually when I am just cooking for Dave and we are on our own. Which seems to happen less and less lately, maybe because we have a 12 month old ;) Food is such a sensual experience. It is the most amazing way of using all your senses to experience real pleasure. It starts with the look of the ingredient, when you think of sexy food most people I think, think of strawberries & cream, chocolate & champagne, oysters & a crownie, or caviar & cocktails. All these ingredients are totally sexy and absolutely wonderful. But I have some unusual favourites to add to the list.For me sexy starts with a gorgeous cold mud crab, cooked to perfection with that strong orange colour and that hard rigorous, scary shell. It has such a tough exterior, it seems so unforgiving and very difficult to imagine loving. But inside it holds a sweet succulent flesh th...
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Penne with Corn, Bacon, Tomato & Chilli
2007-02-15 01:41:01
Photographs by Amelita WardellOkay so tonight I had no idea what I was going to cook. I am trying very hard to use up lots of things in the pantry before the big move. So I came up with this little gem tonight. It was a huge success with our family and the kids didn't mind a bit of heat from the chilli. So now we have another family favourite. Cost effective as well. Makes a huge amount and Dave has leftovers for lunch. Enjoy, we did.750 grms Penne Pasta6 Rashers of Bacon, rind off and cut in half1 Jar of Italian Tomato Puree, 700 grms1 cup of water1 Large tin of corn kernals drained, 440 grms2 Large brown onions sliced4 Cloves of garlic finely diced1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce1 tablespoon of white sugar1 small hot red chilli diced inclusive of seeds1 cup of thickened creamSalt & PepperTo a large pan add a splash of olive oil and a knob of butter, then fry onions on a medium heat with a good pinch of salt flakes. When onions are softened, add garlic and fry for a minute lon...
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Pavlova So Easy :)
2007-02-15 01:41:01
OK now I have been trying for years and years to make the perfect Pavlova. It has been the one constant battle I have had. To make sure it has all that marshmallowy goodness inside and that lovely crisp meringue on the top. I have stuffed up so many Pavlovas, that it all seemed a lost cause. But then my friend Reno had been making meringues, with the leftovers he decided that he would make a Pavlova and there it was marshmallowy goodness but it didn't have the height I wanted, but still he had achieved it. So I came home and I nutted it out once and for all. What a triumph. All I did was add two extra egg whites and an extra half a cup of castor sugar and holy crap I had done it. I thought to myself this is to good to be true and I must have fluked it. So I made it again and again and again, with the same result every time. How chuffed with myself was I. All this crap about being careful, no loud noises or kids crashing through the kitchen, so it wouldn't fall into a heap onto its...
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Late night snacking!
2007-02-15 01:41:01
Okay so here I am, caught in the act of late night snacking. I love food. I love home made food. But I also love snack and junk food. Naughty aren't I? I love, love, just love, Big Macs, Cheetos, Snickers, just junk in general really. It is not food I have to make myself, it is not food that is good for me, it is just bad for me in general. With all that in mind, I still do it. When it comes to eating Cheetos, it is an art form. They are not meant to be eaten one by one. Where is the fun and satisfaction in that? They are meant for handfuls to be just shoved into your mouth and end up all over your face and fingers. Ahhhhh finger licking good. I can feel the MSG now, seeping through my veins. As for the fat content, who the hell cares. I have had three babies and the fat on my bum, tummy and arms, just ain't leavin without me. So why not let go and let my fat, meet some new fat, and make friends. To be honest with you. I love the fact that I am curvy and soft, it's just others, ...
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Burlingtons Asian Supermarket.
2007-02-15 01:41:01
OK so what do you think all this set me back? Your probably thinking I have spent a fortune. But all this only cost me $136 total. Including the Mortar & Pestle and that was only $52. Cool huh. I have been wanting one of those big heavy ones made of granite for ages. So now I have one. In those high class foodie stores this one would cost you about $120 but not at Burlington's Asia n Super market, The Valley, in Brisbane. David and I are stocking up for the move to Townsville and seeming we have not had the opportunity to figure out where the Asian grocers are there yet, I thought, I would stock up and stock up well. Most of these spices were between $2 and $4, they are big sizes also. The quality, as you can see, is excellent. Who wants little anemic bottles of spices that cost $4 to $5 a pop when you can get 200 to 500 grms for the same money. It totally amazes me at how cheap they sell them for. I love Asian grocers, they are fantastic with all their gastronomic delights. So t...
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Mars Bar Slice - My Way
2007-02-15 01:41:01
I know I have been promising you this recipe for a while now. So here it is. It is fantastic. It is always gone before I know it and it is extremely fattening, which I love and goes great with a latte. I hope you enjoy as much as my friends and family do? So Easy :) 4 Mars Bars ( I like the king size because I am a chocoholic) sliced into pieces.1 Tin Condensed Milk1 Packet of Chocolate backed Scotch Fingers ( I use home brand, makes no difference)100 grams melted Butter300 grams melting Choc Buds ( dark for the adults)Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Crush biscuits and then add melted butter, press into a slice tin. Arrange Mars Bar pieces on top of biscuit base. Pour over evenly tin of condensed milk. Do not lick the lid OK. I know it is tempting but it is really dangerous for your tongue. Trust me, I know. Bake in the oven for 25 to 30 Min's, until golden and bubbly. Allow to cool and refrigerate. Then melt the choc buds in the microwave on a medium setting ( 450 watts) Allo...
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