Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Tuesday, 7 April 2015

{April A-Z Challenge} The Letter F

F is for ... Flapjacks



I found this scrumptious recipe on Tables & Thyme and decided to surprise my boyfriend for Valentine's Day. If you know me at all, you will know that I do not cook very often at all, but I do love to eat.

The mixture was easy to whip up and it contained buttermilk, which I think is it's secret ingredient -  we finished all of our flapjacks and were stuffed.  The berry compote was a delicious sweet topping. 

We paired the meal with some Twinings Strawberry & Mango Tea and the flavours all worked great together - Berry deliciousness!

To get the recipe, visit Tables & Thyme here


Wednesday, 26 June 2013

July Recipe a Week Cooking Challenge

Week 1:
Challenge: Cornflake Chicken
Level: Easy
Food Photography: Flippen Difficult
Result: 7/10

End Result

I chose this recipe because I love KFC's deep fried crispy skin and it is just sooo bad for my hips.

The food prep is really easy and even a novice like myself had no problems.

Buttermilk, some spices, cornflakes and you are ready to go.
("Use a rolling Pin to crush flakes" Don't own a rolling pin? Novice Cook Tip: Use a can of tomatoes instead)

Cornflake Coating


The smell of the paprika permeating the air had me waiting in anticipation to taste what I had created.



I had problems with my chicken taking much longer than 25 minutes (on 220) to cook, so I was somewhat disappointed because I had to keep returning it to the oven. (This being a new oven and with a few previous meals, I suspect that I have to add on extra time.)

The result looked amazing. A very crunchy, healthy alternative.

Next time I will attempt this recipe with chicken fillets as I think it may be alot easier to eat without cutting the chicken off the bone.

Side Dishes:

Coleslaw
Garden Salad
Dessert:

Friend's Homemade Chocolate Fudge Ripple Ice-cream 

To make this meal yourself, view it on Simply Delicious's blog



To join the challenge - click the button to Claudz's website on my homepage, or here: Purple Lips & Perfect Smiles


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Sunday, 27 May 2012

Weekly Recap

This past week has been a very busy one!

On Saturday was our regular book club meeting.
This week the theme was 80s.
I had alot of fun with my hair crimper and blue eyeshadow & wish I had taken a close up photograph.
This was the overall result:


On Sunday the girls & I went to watch Dark Shadows and had sushi for lunch. I do love Johnny Depp in these roles, however I felt that a part of the storyline was so random & a bit over the top, but otherwise it was entertaining enough for a day out.

On Tuesday I went to my friend AC to watch Vampire Diaries, I do so enjoy that series!

Wednesday was a girls night out movie at Ster Kinekor and we watched The Lucky One with Zac Efron. I expected to cry more seeing as it was a Nicholas Sparks adaptation, but it was a good movie. Taylor Schilling is an actress I have not seen before, but I must be honest and say that she really irritated me for some reason. I can't put my finger on it, but I didn't enjoy her acting too much.
The love scene with Zac though, that man's body is delicious and his eyes - oh I could get lost in them. I have always had a weakness for dark hair and blue eyes!

On Thursday we had dinner with a supplier at Mythos and I tried a steak topped with feta cheese and olives. Simply delicious.

Friday was a frightfully dreadful day at work, making me happier that I at least sent in my Top Billing audition papers. That night I did some home decorating and put up my new wall art vinyl stickers in my bedroom as well as revamped my fridge:







It was harder than expected, & instead of going to the gym, I curled up on the couch with my kitties and watched quite a few episodes of Secret Circle. I am loving this series too!

Saturday I had breakfast with my friend at Design Quarter and then went on a huge window shopping spree. I didn't buy anything, but then got home and regretted it.

I even cooked a meal for myself (we should be getting snow) I cooked roast chicken last week and this week was a delicious fish and salad. Who knew I had it in me.
Lately after my body has decided to reject everything I usually eat I am having to become more innovative and it seems cooking from scratch is the way to do it.

Today I went back to the shops and bought a new pillow - I have not slept well these past 2 weeks and I am hoping that apart from stress, that it is because of my pillow.
I also bought a gorgeous photo frame which I can now fill with photos and put up on my wall.


I bought a totally unnecessary mug which says "faking It" My life motto is 

If you don't Feel it, Fake it
So you can understand why  I bought it! :-)
I also finally invested in a spaghetti spoon, I make too much mess trying to dish spaghetti up with a fork.

I am now off to the gym. Bleh.

While the rest of you are sitting on your couch snuggling, think of idiotic me and shake your head as you ask what on earth I was thinking.


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Monday, 18 July 2011

Goddess Maybe.Domestic Goddess - Never!

As a way to cheer my friend up after being dumped over Blackberry Messenger (yes really) I promised my friend M that I would cook for him. From Scratch.

I am single woman - a social butterfly. I do not cook from scratch - what is the point? Woolworths' (Marks & Spencer) livelihood depends on us single people to support them.

They do a lovely array of steam dishes that take a whole 2 minutes to heat. Chicken, veggies... you name it. They have pre-packed soup and vegetable mixes, all you need is a pot and voila!

But being dumped calls for some good ol' fashioned cooking.

Now I can cook a mean roast chicken if I do say so myself, so I decided to try something a bit different.
Our local supermarket stocks a Roasting bag complete with spices, so I decided to give it a try.

Lemon & Italian Herbs. Chicken goes into bag, bag securely tied.


Shake bag to evenly coat chicken .... not such a good idea

The bag tore, chicken bounced onto the counter coating my Blackberry in spices.

Plan B: Cook in tin foil.

Worked out well in the end - M was impressed & after dinner we looked through old school albums and reminisced about the past.
Got to bed at 4am - who knew I still had it in me!?

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