From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Bacon, French toast and golden tomatoes

30 November 2008

Last Sunday I woke up around 9am, walked to the local deli to buy a copy of the Sunday Times, then came home and cooked myself breakfast – three rashers of bacon, really eggy French toast made with multigrain bread, and panfried golden tomatoes. I poured maple syrup over the French toast (a little maple ...

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One or two dinners

30 November 2008

The last time I bought a takeaway dinner from Taka (150 Barrack St, corner Wellington St, Perth), it was delicious, but not filling enough. I decided not to buy a large sized meal this time though, because the large meals come with miso soup and I didn’t want to carry a cup of hot ...

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Happiness is a… bacon and egg toasted sandwich

28 November 2008

You know what’s better than knowing the weekend starts as soon as I finish work today? Knowing that the weekend starts as soon as I finish work today… as I bite into a bacon-laden toasted sandwich.

I recently had a check-up and blood tests to check my blood sugar, thyroid function and cholesterol levels. Well, for ...

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Friday bento – Chicken McNuggets, salad and potato salad

28 November 2008

I had McDonald’s for dinner last Thursday night and bought an extra pack of Chicken McNuggets so I’d have some protein for my bento lunch the next day.

Yes, I know McNuggets aren’t the healthiest food item. But I packed lots of vegetables to eat with them, so it wasn’t all bad!

I packed blanched broccoli and ...

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Good teriyaki chicken, bad teriyaki chicken

28 November 2008

Good teriyaki chicken – a small teriyaki chicken and rice from Taka (AU$5.30, Barrack Street, Perth) – tender, moist skin-on chicken with perfectly clumped rice that was a pleasure to eat with chopsticks. Eating this was sheer pleasure. I just wished I’d bought the large size.

Bad teriyaki chicken – teriyaki chicken and rice from ...

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Bento – sandwiches, salad, fruit, cheese and mini sesame snaps

27 November 2008

Since I had leftover barbecue chicken, a bag of rocket and spinach leaves and half a loaf of multigrain bread to use up, I made sandwiches for my bento lunch last Wednesday.

The sandwiches I made were (left to right):

Curried barbecue chicken and spinach
Chicken, mayonnaise and French mustard and rocket, with a layer of barbecue stuffing
Honey ...

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Fish and chips

27 November 2008

I got myself fish and chips – well, a seafood basket – from our local fish and chippie for dinner on Tuesday night. In this seafood basket, you get: two pieces of fish, two prawns, two scallops, four squid rings, two crab sticks and of course, chips. I also got myself a pineapple fritter ...

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Tuesday bento – barbecue chicken, stuffing, salad, grapes and Tim Tam

26 November 2008

I packed myself the other barbecue chicken thigh and drumstick with more stuffing for my bento last Tuesday, with lots of vegetables – rocket and spinach leaves, baby roma tomatoes, mushrooms and blanched broccoli and sugar snap peas.

A few people have asked me about my blanching of green vegetables for bento. Well, ...

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Barbecue chicken, stuffing and salad

25 November 2008

I didn’t feel like doing much cooking last Monday night, so I picked up a barbecue chicken from a supermarket on the way home. I threw some fresh vegetables together – not really a salad – to eat with the chicken.

I ate the thigh and drumstick, – my favourite parts of the chicken – ...

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Black forest birthday cake

24 November 2008

It was my workmate R’s birthday last Monday. She brought a black forest cake in for morning tea.

It looked pretty good, but I had no idea just how good it would be!

The chocolate sponge was soft and fluffy, but the best thing about this cake was that the layer of cherries in the middle wasn’t ...

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