For lunch today I had a shredded chicken roll with a salad before doing the grocery shopping. Going to start the wellington around 4, I think its going to take some time. Will update later this evening, I hope its a triumph and not a failure!
March 05, 2011
Wow, dinner last night was amazing. We didn't end up doing the Vietnamese thing, instead we went to Moxie's in Guelph, it was closer. We shared a mushroom and goats cheese dip for starters, and then I had a steak salad, Lee had a bocconcini stuffed veal meatball pasta. Both were delicious, and I want to have a crack at making the dip. We used Lee's new work phones camera cos I forgot ours, this is how they turned out:
For lunch today I had a shredded chicken roll with a salad before doing the grocery shopping. Going to start the wellington around 4, I think its going to take some time. Will update later this evening, I hope its a triumph and not a failure!
For lunch today I had a shredded chicken roll with a salad before doing the grocery shopping. Going to start the wellington around 4, I think its going to take some time. Will update later this evening, I hope its a triumph and not a failure!
March 04, 2011
The pizza last night was pretty good. They were small (normally when you order medium here you get big mother pizzas to feed four people) and the bases weren't thick and heavy, but we both agreed they could have cooked them a little longer to crisp up the bases a bit. I cant wait to buy a pizza stone and start making my own. I love pizza, just like I love burgers, its a dangerous passion!
On the downside of all that, I had two leftover slices for breakfast. No good Anna, you shouldn't have done that. I think where my mind is at the moment is definitely coming out in the food I am eating, so looking forward to picking that up and going back to healthier stuff.
Today is pay day so Lee was meant to go out for lunch with work mates, however nothing came of that so he came home instead and picked up some massive chicken pita rolls on the way from the Pita Factory. They were HUGE, and contained grilled chicken, alfalfa, capsicum, lettuce and onion with a smidge of light tzatziki. Delicious, but huge! Loving that it was filled with undressed salad. Cheaper and healthier than Subway.
I was meant to have a box of soup and my grapefruit but much happier it worked out this way.
Tonight we are heading back to the McGregor's and thinking of going out for some Vietnamese - great price, great food, not too fatty, so why not eh? I could murder a pho, especially after talking to Vickie for two hours yesterday, who is back in Melbourne for a short stint before moving to Asia somewhere. I am already looking forward to our conversations about food, I loved hearing about what she was eating through their travels, especially in Nam.
Tomorrow is cooking challenge day, so will be busy grocery shopping for that, and will be doing it in Guelph. Krista and Jad come home on Sunday, we will be sad to hand over Sophie but happy to get our mates back as well!
On the downside of all that, I had two leftover slices for breakfast. No good Anna, you shouldn't have done that. I think where my mind is at the moment is definitely coming out in the food I am eating, so looking forward to picking that up and going back to healthier stuff.
Today is pay day so Lee was meant to go out for lunch with work mates, however nothing came of that so he came home instead and picked up some massive chicken pita rolls on the way from the Pita Factory. They were HUGE, and contained grilled chicken, alfalfa, capsicum, lettuce and onion with a smidge of light tzatziki. Delicious, but huge! Loving that it was filled with undressed salad. Cheaper and healthier than Subway.
I was meant to have a box of soup and my grapefruit but much happier it worked out this way.
Tonight we are heading back to the McGregor's and thinking of going out for some Vietnamese - great price, great food, not too fatty, so why not eh? I could murder a pho, especially after talking to Vickie for two hours yesterday, who is back in Melbourne for a short stint before moving to Asia somewhere. I am already looking forward to our conversations about food, I loved hearing about what she was eating through their travels, especially in Nam.
Tomorrow is cooking challenge day, so will be busy grocery shopping for that, and will be doing it in Guelph. Krista and Jad come home on Sunday, we will be sad to hand over Sophie but happy to get our mates back as well!
March 03, 2011
Last night's sausages were brilliant, we both had a fairly shitty day so we decided to spend a couple of bucks and get some bread rolls. Sausage in bread really is a happy meal, but I have to say not entirely filling for the long haul, even with pickle relish, onion and ketchup. Naturally I got hungry at about 9pm so I had some Chinese instant noodles (so much better than regular two minute noodles, but equally unhealthy).
This morning I had two ryvitas with strawberry jam for breakfast. Tomorrow is pay day for Lee so we are very much looking forward to that.
For lunch I ate the left over sausage in a roll with some refried beans and a small amount of cheese. Seriously, left overs are becoming so boring! But at least it was tasty.
Now some people who read this will already be familiar with my stick-man photo editing, normally on upcoming holidays. But for those who don't, well, its pretty self explanatory, I take photos and I draw shitty little stick men in them. Naturally, not only do I find the result hilarious, but I really enjoy making them! I had to do this because this is exactly how I feel today:
Sometimes you just need pizza, and today is one of those days for us. I didn't need to convince the good guy in me to jump on board either. Diet central for the next few weeks anyway, so today we live for today!
This morning I had two ryvitas with strawberry jam for breakfast. Tomorrow is pay day for Lee so we are very much looking forward to that.
For lunch I ate the left over sausage in a roll with some refried beans and a small amount of cheese. Seriously, left overs are becoming so boring! But at least it was tasty.
Now some people who read this will already be familiar with my stick-man photo editing, normally on upcoming holidays. But for those who don't, well, its pretty self explanatory, I take photos and I draw shitty little stick men in them. Naturally, not only do I find the result hilarious, but I really enjoy making them! I had to do this because this is exactly how I feel today:
Sometimes you just need pizza, and today is one of those days for us. I didn't need to convince the good guy in me to jump on board either. Diet central for the next few weeks anyway, so today we live for today!
March 02, 2011
Dinner last night went well, though the zucchini went bad in the fridge so I had to piff it. I hate food going off and throwing it out, it seems such a waste. Also we are all out of seeded mustard which I love and always use in my bean salad, so it felt a little wrong, but we still liked it.
I did get hungry in the afternoon so I had a ham sandwich.
Breakfast this morning was a yogurt with nuts and a coffee. Very unsatisfactory but what are you gonna do?
Lunch was left over beans from last night, with the capsicum and some goats cheese. I would love to devour a t-bone steak but have to make do with left over veggies, maybe another box of soup.
I did get hungry in the afternoon so I had a ham sandwich.
Tonight we have honey garlic sausages and salad. We miss sausages, we ate a lot of sausages when traveling around California cos they are cheap, filling and we were camping. It's also part of the reason I am about 10kg overweight! So we limit our sausage intake at the moment, but they were filthy cheap.
I am really excited about the cooking challenge this Saturday, I haven't had beef wellington in years, and looking forward to having a crack at it myself. My cooking has already improved just by doing this blog because I am constantly thinking and trying to make it better, to try new things, and set myself challenges. So while I might still be unemployed my time is definitely not being wasted.
March 01, 2011
Left over lasagna last night was win, again, but thank goodness its all gone! It was nice to not have to think about lasagna today.
Breakfast as usual this morning, only a few hours earlier as we left the McGregor's to come back home before Lee went off to work. I also got hungry way before lunch so I had some baked beans on toast. Now that I am home I can take the photos off the camera, so here are some pics of the food I missed over the last few days. The batteries died on the cam so I didn't capture everything, not that you would want to see three pictures of the same lasagna!
Lunch today was a little later than normal, because of the above, but when it came around I had soup. Asparagus soup from a box. And while its fairly tasty, it was a bit bland so I added some crumbled goats cheese to sharpen it up a bit, pepper wasn't going to cut it. Score.
Dinner tonight is roasted chicken fillets with zucchini and capsicum and green bean salad. I gotta say I am really looking forward to it. Easy, healthy, tasty.
I just have to add this pic, we were in Zehrs, the supermarket, and they had loads of food on special. One table of which was obviously dedicated to maple, because it includes maple coffee cake, maple dunking biscuits, maple tarts, mini maple tarts, maple pies, maple donuts, and something else, I cant remember, I was too busy drooling. I am glad we have no money because I would have totally gone to town on this table!
Breakfast as usual this morning, only a few hours earlier as we left the McGregor's to come back home before Lee went off to work. I also got hungry way before lunch so I had some baked beans on toast. Now that I am home I can take the photos off the camera, so here are some pics of the food I missed over the last few days. The batteries died on the cam so I didn't capture everything, not that you would want to see three pictures of the same lasagna!
Lunch today was a little later than normal, because of the above, but when it came around I had soup. Asparagus soup from a box. And while its fairly tasty, it was a bit bland so I added some crumbled goats cheese to sharpen it up a bit, pepper wasn't going to cut it. Score.
Dinner tonight is roasted chicken fillets with zucchini and capsicum and green bean salad. I gotta say I am really looking forward to it. Easy, healthy, tasty.
I just have to add this pic, we were in Zehrs, the supermarket, and they had loads of food on special. One table of which was obviously dedicated to maple, because it includes maple coffee cake, maple dunking biscuits, maple tarts, mini maple tarts, maple pies, maple donuts, and something else, I cant remember, I was too busy drooling. I am glad we have no money because I would have totally gone to town on this table!
February 28, 2011
Man, last night's lasagna was so good, I wasn't even hungry this morning. We only had one piece each (albeit quite a large one) and were full. I made a simple salad of lettuce and tomato for the side. We have lasagna for lunch today, and hello, for dinner also.
I made it with roasted butternut squash and eggplant again, with a standard tomato beef sauce with mushrooms. It was so loaded with veg that the dish was really bloody heavy when I chucked it in the oven. I didn't have any Gruyère which would have tipped this bad boy over the line to a new level of awesome, but was good with melted mozzarella anyhow. Wasn't as sloppy as I would have liked but never mind.
Breakfast was one hell of a juicy grapefruit eaten over a cat that wont stop smooching us. She copped a fair bit of splatter but wouldn't budge. And the standard ryvita, and a cup of coffee. We are really feeling this Monday morning, plus its miserable outside, and our fresh couple of inches of snow are washed away by gloom of the rain. It was fun taking Soph for a walk in the snow yesterday but today... it's nasty outside.
Looking forward to this weekend because I am bored as hell in the kitchen cooking budget food then eating it for 3 days. Don't get me wrong, its still fun and tasty but I need a challenge plus I need to cook things that are a lot healthier like I used to. Crazy that health comes with a price tag, it should just be a given eh? Not saying that beef wellington is a healthy choice, but I mean regular meals. I also want to tackle a dessert once a week, we are not really dessert people, but have loads of things I want to try. Hopefully I get a job soon and fix all of this...
I made it with roasted butternut squash and eggplant again, with a standard tomato beef sauce with mushrooms. It was so loaded with veg that the dish was really bloody heavy when I chucked it in the oven. I didn't have any Gruyère which would have tipped this bad boy over the line to a new level of awesome, but was good with melted mozzarella anyhow. Wasn't as sloppy as I would have liked but never mind.
Breakfast was one hell of a juicy grapefruit eaten over a cat that wont stop smooching us. She copped a fair bit of splatter but wouldn't budge. And the standard ryvita, and a cup of coffee. We are really feeling this Monday morning, plus its miserable outside, and our fresh couple of inches of snow are washed away by gloom of the rain. It was fun taking Soph for a walk in the snow yesterday but today... it's nasty outside.
Looking forward to this weekend because I am bored as hell in the kitchen cooking budget food then eating it for 3 days. Don't get me wrong, its still fun and tasty but I need a challenge plus I need to cook things that are a lot healthier like I used to. Crazy that health comes with a price tag, it should just be a given eh? Not saying that beef wellington is a healthy choice, but I mean regular meals. I also want to tackle a dessert once a week, we are not really dessert people, but have loads of things I want to try. Hopefully I get a job soon and fix all of this...
February 27, 2011
Dinner last night was a huge success and dead easy. I skinned the chicken drumsticks (I hate chicken skin), did the flour, egg & breadcrumb thing (breadcrumbs spiked with paprika, chilli flakes and some cajun) and baked them on 380 for half an hour, turned em, then another half. They crisped right up, were not oily, and tasty as.
Lee surprised me with some maple tartlets, oh my god they are divine. So we had a few of those and called it a night. I will put together some photos when we are back at our place.
BAU this morning, grapefruit was really good too. As was the black French vanilla coffee, I love that stuff.
Lunch today was pita pizzas with mozzarella, ham, mushroom and red onion. They were really yummo but not entirely satisfying, so we conquered the rest of the doritos from yesterday.
To finish off the day, we have lasagna for dinner. I will get cracking on that later this arvo. Going the squash and egg plant route again, we don't have any Gruyère but will use some parmesan and the left over mozzarella.
Lee surprised me with some maple tartlets, oh my god they are divine. So we had a few of those and called it a night. I will put together some photos when we are back at our place.
BAU this morning, grapefruit was really good too. As was the black French vanilla coffee, I love that stuff.
Lunch today was pita pizzas with mozzarella, ham, mushroom and red onion. They were really yummo but not entirely satisfying, so we conquered the rest of the doritos from yesterday.
To finish off the day, we have lasagna for dinner. I will get cracking on that later this arvo. Going the squash and egg plant route again, we don't have any Gruyère but will use some parmesan and the left over mozzarella.
February 26, 2011
Well, today is cooking challenge day but unfortunately I have to postpone it due to the cost of the beef fillet. The beef wellington was a clear winner, which makes me one happy lady! But it will have to wait until next week when Lee gets paid. I have chosen the recipe from John Torode's BEEF cookbook, will give all the details when the challenge is in motion next Saturday. I really like John Torode, we met him in London at his restaurant Smith's of Smithfields, he is an Aussie chef who is friends with a mutual friend. Cracker of a guy, cracker of a chef. He is also on Saturday Kitchen quite a bit with James Martin, I really miss that show.
Breakfast this morning was two ryvitas with peanut butter and a coffee. We are yet to figure out what we are going to do for lunch, as we are en route to the McGregor's house in Guelph after Sophie's walk. Taking some food with us, I will make a lasagna tomorrow which will get us through til Tuesday, just need to sort out what we are having tonight.
Things were a bit calorific yesterday but for the record, I did dream about that burger and I am still thinking about it! But when things taste that good there is no room for regret, only self control, hahaha. I would like to master the meat recipe, I don't know what they did to those patties but they were out of this world.
Will update later with lunch and dinner, and hopefully some more pics.
UPDATE: Lunch was veggies & hummus with some corn chips. Dinner is oven baked chicken drumsticks and green beans, maybe a salad, I dunno yet. We are at the McGregor's and I forgot the cable to the camera so no photos for a few days, but will take them anyway and add them later!.
Breakfast this morning was two ryvitas with peanut butter and a coffee. We are yet to figure out what we are going to do for lunch, as we are en route to the McGregor's house in Guelph after Sophie's walk. Taking some food with us, I will make a lasagna tomorrow which will get us through til Tuesday, just need to sort out what we are having tonight.
Things were a bit calorific yesterday but for the record, I did dream about that burger and I am still thinking about it! But when things taste that good there is no room for regret, only self control, hahaha. I would like to master the meat recipe, I don't know what they did to those patties but they were out of this world.
Will update later with lunch and dinner, and hopefully some more pics.
UPDATE: Lunch was veggies & hummus with some corn chips. Dinner is oven baked chicken drumsticks and green beans, maybe a salad, I dunno yet. We are at the McGregor's and I forgot the cable to the camera so no photos for a few days, but will take them anyway and add them later!.
February 26, 2011, in the wee hours
Oh... my... gosh....
This is a crazy story, of two crazy people looking for a crazy burger that beats all crazy burgers, and naming this experience off a crazy tv show where they have their own crazy burger standards. I have mentioned before that our search for the Ultimate Burger stems from How I Met Your Mother, and we call it the Marshall Burger. And from this stems our story.....
We are Sophie sitting, and Soph and I walked more than 4km today in two goes (which takes forever because of the uber sense of smell dogs have, there is lots of stopping) so I was knackered and hungry after the tiny piece of pie I had for lunch.
Lee was hungry at work, I was hungry at home, so it made sense for Lee to pick up a snack on his voyage home. Well, that snack was a bit filthy... We had a Twister from KFC. Shame on us.
Sophie watched with hopeful eyes, but she knew she wouldn't be privy to such shame. And while the twister fulfilled its duty, it also didn't fill us up for very long....
I really didn't want to cook today, so we decided to go a dirty burger. But which dirty burger we had no idea. We assumed it would all be standard fare due to our experience over the last few months, outside of the fast food realm. So when our friend Julie invited us to her last shift at Boston Pizza before she moves to the Netherlands, we couldn't refuse. "How are the burgers?" I messaged her at about 4pm today.
"DELICIOUS" she replied, and so we went....
I ordered the Boston Pizza Prime Rib Burger with bacon and cheese sans BP sauce, Lee did the same but without bacon, and wanted the BP sauce. This is what I got:
All I can say about this burger is... It's a Marshall Burger. To the tee. The combination of an amazing meat patty, crisp lettuce and tomato, soggy pickles, zesty cheese and a sauce that wont quit makes an easy eating amazingness. If you think I am kidding, I never joke about a good burger. This is by far the best burger we have had in Canada, and as a standard beef/bacon/cheese burger in NA, it wins hands down. I cant wait to try out their Double Bacon Whiskey BBQ Burger, but thats going to be some time away, cant have too much of a good thing, right?!
If I don't dream about this burger tonight, it will be a royal shame.
This is a crazy story, of two crazy people looking for a crazy burger that beats all crazy burgers, and naming this experience off a crazy tv show where they have their own crazy burger standards. I have mentioned before that our search for the Ultimate Burger stems from How I Met Your Mother, and we call it the Marshall Burger. And from this stems our story.....
We are Sophie sitting, and Soph and I walked more than 4km today in two goes (which takes forever because of the uber sense of smell dogs have, there is lots of stopping) so I was knackered and hungry after the tiny piece of pie I had for lunch.
Lee was hungry at work, I was hungry at home, so it made sense for Lee to pick up a snack on his voyage home. Well, that snack was a bit filthy... We had a Twister from KFC. Shame on us.
Sophie watched with hopeful eyes, but she knew she wouldn't be privy to such shame. And while the twister fulfilled its duty, it also didn't fill us up for very long....
I really didn't want to cook today, so we decided to go a dirty burger. But which dirty burger we had no idea. We assumed it would all be standard fare due to our experience over the last few months, outside of the fast food realm. So when our friend Julie invited us to her last shift at Boston Pizza before she moves to the Netherlands, we couldn't refuse. "How are the burgers?" I messaged her at about 4pm today.
"DELICIOUS" she replied, and so we went....
I ordered the Boston Pizza Prime Rib Burger with bacon and cheese sans BP sauce, Lee did the same but without bacon, and wanted the BP sauce. This is what I got:
All I can say about this burger is... It's a Marshall Burger. To the tee. The combination of an amazing meat patty, crisp lettuce and tomato, soggy pickles, zesty cheese and a sauce that wont quit makes an easy eating amazingness. If you think I am kidding, I never joke about a good burger. This is by far the best burger we have had in Canada, and as a standard beef/bacon/cheese burger in NA, it wins hands down. I cant wait to try out their Double Bacon Whiskey BBQ Burger, but thats going to be some time away, cant have too much of a good thing, right?!
If I don't dream about this burger tonight, it will be a royal shame.
February 25, 2011
Last night's pie was delicious but sloppy and flat on the plate. I made it with chicken, zucchini, celery & leeks.
With a side salad of lettuce, capsicum, sunflower seeds and goats cheese. Yummy sloppy goodness.
I also snacked later on left over chilli. Whoops. At least its all gone, finally.
Breakfast this morning was a little different, All-Bran. The milk is already messing with me. I topped it with walnuts and a sprinkle of flaxseed, so even though its messing with me, it was tasty. Could have used some fresh strawberries or something.
Lunch today is left over pie. I am glad I used thigh fillets, definitely more flavour than chicken breast, but more fidgety. We are out of salad stuffs, again, so not sure what else I will have with it.
I have a busy day today, going to take Sophie for a walk, and have an appointment this afternoon. Then Lee will come home, we will take Sophie for another walk, then we might accidentally go out and eat something dirty from the outside world. Yes, I am starting to get sick of the kitchen, I just need a release every once in a while, like once a week! Its not just the kitchen, its being home pretty much all day every day (going to the gym doesn't count as going outside), I think I might have a touch of cabin fever...
With a side salad of lettuce, capsicum, sunflower seeds and goats cheese. Yummy sloppy goodness.
I also snacked later on left over chilli. Whoops. At least its all gone, finally.
Breakfast this morning was a little different, All-Bran. The milk is already messing with me. I topped it with walnuts and a sprinkle of flaxseed, so even though its messing with me, it was tasty. Could have used some fresh strawberries or something.
Lunch today is left over pie. I am glad I used thigh fillets, definitely more flavour than chicken breast, but more fidgety. We are out of salad stuffs, again, so not sure what else I will have with it.
I have a busy day today, going to take Sophie for a walk, and have an appointment this afternoon. Then Lee will come home, we will take Sophie for another walk, then we might accidentally go out and eat something dirty from the outside world. Yes, I am starting to get sick of the kitchen, I just need a release every once in a while, like once a week! Its not just the kitchen, its being home pretty much all day every day (going to the gym doesn't count as going outside), I think I might have a touch of cabin fever...
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