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Recipes

Dinner and recipe – sardines in tomato sauce with onion

17 February 2010

Sardines in tomato sauce with rice, spinach and baked beans

Years ago when I shared a flat with my eldest sister we sometimes cooked this dish for dinner – tinned sardines in tomato sauce with onions, served with rice. When I moved in with Jac, I cooked it for her and now she loves it as much as I do.

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Product review and recipes: John West Tuna & Beans

24 August 2009

The nice people at Nuffnang invited me to take part in a promotional campaign for John West Tuna & Beans. They sent me a free sample of the product and laid down the challenge: to make a meal that is healthy and easy using the Tuna & Beans.

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Sandwich bento

10 February 2009

I made us sandwiches for lunch a couple of Thursdays ago, packing them in our Tupperware Sandwich Keepers.

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Chinese New Year 2009 – family reunion dinner

31 January 2009

My family celebrated Chinese New Year last weekend with a delicious family reunion dinner.

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Sundried tomato mustard and chilli chicken

12 January 2009

Jac made this dish to use up the sundried tomato mustard we had in the fridge.

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Minchee recipe

5 January 2009

I had a craving for minchee during the week before Christmas. We didn’t have any pork mince in the freezer, so we used turkey mince instead. Well, it did seem appropriate, with Christmas coming and all. I regularly get asked for a recipe for minchee, so here it is – the closest thing we have to a recipe.

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Christmas eve dinner with Juji and Jay

27 December 2008

Hi guys! I hope you’ve had a lovely Christmas. I’ve taken loads of photos over the past few days!
My sister Juji and her boyfriend Jay came over for dinner on Christmas eve. Since we knew we’d be consuming lashings of ham, turkey and other meats the next day, we decided to have a seafood ...

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Friday bento – sandwiches

12 September 2008

I packed our lunches in the Decor Tellfresh Quarters lunch boxes last Friday. I made us four different sandwiches: smoked chicken, spinach and mashed avocado; Swiss cheese and brinjal pickle (plus sliced red onion for Jac); curried hard-boiled egg with cucumber; tuna and mayonnaise mix with lettuce. I packed us each half a hard-boiled ...

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JIM (Jac's Italian Meatballs) and spaghetti

3 September 2008

Last Tuesday night Jac made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. She made the meatballs from scratch but used a jar of tomato-based pasta sauce (not enough time after work to make meatballs AND sauce – hey, I’m not complaining!).

I am just amazed and grateful that anyone would come home after working all day and ...

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Juicy ham steaks with pineapple

2 September 2008

We bought a couple of ham steaks recently, and Jac asked me what I’d like to eat with them. I said I’d love grilled pineapple rings and coleslaw. Of course this was no problem at all for Jac to do. :)

This was the coleslaw Jac had made on Sunday afternoon.

I may have mentioned before ...