A jar of bread crumbs – how many dishes can you create???

November 5, 2009 arale79 Leave a comment

Whenever  I visit my local supermarket to get sandwich loaf, there are always 2 for a fivers deal, good price isnt it but for a small family, how am I going to be able to finish those loaves in a few days times!!!

I guess I have a few options one is to freeze one loaf to keep it fresh or if I can’t finish it in a few days times i will just make my own bread crumbs.

Here are a couple recipes that I have tried before

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Rice 8.0 – Minced Pork Herb Salad Rice

November 4, 2009 arale79 Leave a comment
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Minced Pork Herb Salad Rice

When I am at the market, I saw all different herbs available for sale, do I need Coriander? Yes how about Mint? Yes Basil? Yes Spring Onion? Yes. Oh oh some vietnamese mint would be nice in beef soup too and then when you get home, you realised that your fridge is a herbs Galore!!!

Next things you do is every single meals is themed with herbs ha ha. here is one easy one Mince Pork Herb Salad Rice. I used this Minced Pork Recipe and Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

Herb Salad

  • Carrot
  • Onion
  • Mint
  • Vietnamese Mint
  • Coriander
  • Cherry Tomato

Enjoy

Arale79

Sliced Beef 3.0 – Spicy Beef Salad

October 27, 2009 arale79 Leave a comment

Spicy Beef Salad

This is my 10 min warm spicy beef salad, you have the options to marinate the beef first or just omit the marinate step.

I think beanshoots  is the easiest vege to cook, I can have beanshoots everyday and night (probably not a good idea but I sure dont mind), for me beanshoots is better  under cooked than over cooked as i love the slight crunchy texture.

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Sliced Beef 2.0 – Stir-Fried Beef with Asparagus

October 18, 2009 arale79 Leave a comment

This dish is very flexible, if you have asparagus at home its all good, you can replace it with Capsicum, Cucumber(remember to de-seed), zucchini or even brocolli.

Asparagus Beef

Asparagus Beef

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Sliced Beef 1.0 – Sukiyaki

October 12, 2009 arale79 Leave a comment

Even though it is spring now, the weather is so unpredictable that I still feel like in the middle of winter, its when times like this that I feel like having Sukiyaki.

Sukiyaki is Japanese Steamboat Style (Nabemono) which normally consist of Sliced Beef, Tofu, Assorted Fresh Mushroom, Glass Noodle, Chinese Cabbage and Leek (Negi).

Sukiyaki is my type of dish as there is only one pot to wash and a few plates hahahaha (oops lazy). Give it a go, let me know if you like it.

Enjoy
Arale79

Sukiyaki

Sukiyaki

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Freebies 1.0 – Free Cookbook @coles

October 11, 2009 arale79 Leave a comment

I am going to hijacked my own blog to make this announcement. I am pretty sure lots of you out there would know about this already.

Coles (or I should actually say Philadephia Cheese)  is offering Free Cookbook if you buy any of 3 Phila products.

I saw the book near the counter few weeks ago but as I was rushing so I thought it is for sale.  so now i end up with too much Phila Cheese and a cookbook. oh well at least i will know what i need to cook to finish up those cheeses anyway ha ha.

Arale79

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A pack of sliced beef – how many dishes can you create???

October 2, 2009 arale79 Leave a comment

Nowadays, in many Asian butcher and groceries shops, you can easily find thinly sliced beef either fresh or frozen.

I love cooking with slice beef as it tooks only minutes to prepare and minutes to eat as well ha ha. I used it in soup, stir fry, stew and bbq dishes.

One Ingredient ~ Number of possibilites
Lets say I am preparing dinner for two. What will i serve? What is your fav slice beef dishes?

Snack – Mini Smoked Salmon Quiche

September 29, 2009 arale79 Leave a comment
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Mini Smoked Salmon Quiche

I have been meaning to make quiche for a while now and finally I did it last weekend.  Surprisingly it is not hard at all. I think next time i might add spinach as well.

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Tamarind Dipping Sauce

September 23, 2009 arale79 Leave a comment

Tamarind Paste is frequently used in South East Asian Cooking.  I sometimes replace tamarind if I don’t have lemon/lime at home.

This tamarind dipping sauce is very yummy and easy to make, you can have it as dipping sauce with Thai Fish Cakes or Prawn Rolls also goes well with seafood as salad dressing.

Tamarind Dipping Sauce

Tamarind Dipping Sauce

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Side Dishes – Thai Fish Cakes

September 21, 2009 arale79 Leave a comment

Hello all, I am back. Yes I have been cooking but not blogging ha ha.

I lurveeee Thai Fish Cakes, this is one of my must ordered entree when I dine at Thai Restaurant and guess what?? it is also so easy to prepare at home and use only four ingredients

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Thai Fish Cakes & Home made Tamarind Dipping Sauce

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