Guacamole Dip

It's avocacdo season! And what do you do when you have bags of them? make some Guacamole Dip

Guacamole Dip
2 ripe avacoados
1/2 red onion
2 tablespoon of lime or lemon
1/2 or 1 ripe tomato-remove seeds
1/2 teaspoon salt
pinch of pepper

1. Cut avacado in half, remove the sead. Using a fork mash the avacado.
2. Add all ingredients and mix some more.
3. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready.
***I would probably add some chilie, since i love anything hot and it gives food that extra punch***

Nikujaga

Nikujaga is a delicious Japanese Beef-Potato Stew. It's a nice winter comfort food and the easiest Japanese food to make. I've eaten this 4 times in a row now! I can't get bored, it's just rich with flavour.

Nikujaga
Serves 2-4
5 potatoes
2 carrots
1/2 sliced onion
200g thin sliced beef or minced
1tablespoon oil
2tablespoon sake
1 and half cup water
1tablespoon sugar
2tablespoon mirin
3tablespoon soysauce
pinch of salt and pepper

1. Peel, wash and cut the potatoes and carrots into pieces and boil until soft and drain.

2. Heat pot and add the oil, fry the beef add a pinch of salt and pepper.
3. Add the potato and carrots. Add sake.
4. Add water and bring to boil.
5. Add sugar, mirin and soysauce.
6. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5-10mins then add the onions and simmer again for another 10mins. The carrots and potatoes are already soft so you shouldn't have to simmer for too long, it's up to you. You can make the potatoes & carrots softer by mushing it with a spatula. The longer you simmer the more flavoursome it becomes.

Serve with rice and you're done! I also find it really goes well with peach water!

Pea and Ham Soup

The best thing about winter is the comfort food! I tried this recipe and it was tasty. The only thing I did differently was to put it in a slow cooker overnight which saved me heaps of time. After that I would blend in batches, add cream and re cook.

Great way to start your day

Jamie Oliver Inspired Steak Dressing

I watched Jamie Oliver cook up an amazing dressing for some steak. I didn't get all of the recipes only the technique but I finally was able to recreate the steak dressing. And my God I'm good~☆

Steak Dressing
In a bowl add and mix together
a hand full of chopped parsley
1/2 squeezed lemon
1 teaspoon of mint
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 teaspoon oregano
pinch of salt
2 tablespooon of red wine vinegar

You can change the amounts of ingredients, i usually add more parsley because..I admit I LOVE parsley. I'll also usually add more red wine vinegar.

1. Marinate the steak with rosemary and salt.

2. Cook the steak on medium high in olive oil. When heated add steak and don't move it for 5mins then turn over. Cook for another 3-4mins for medium rare.

3. Spread dressing on cutting board and add the cooked steak on top. Cut the steak diagonally, and cover the steak with the dressing. Or just place to dressing over the steak and serve :)

Breadsticks

Few days ago I was watching Glee and one place they always mention was to eat breadsticks at a place called Breadsticks. I though, wouldn't it be awesome if we had a place like this? so after watching I got an instant craving and had to make my own.

Breadsticks
If you like Cheese and herbs and more...!!
2 ½ cups of Flour
½ a cup of Milk
1 Egg
1 teaspoon of Sugar
½ a teaspoon of Salt
¼ cup of Melted Butter
3 teaspoons of Instant Yeast
3 teaspoon of Seasoning (Italian)
1 teaspoon of Garlic
2 a cup of Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon of Butter (softened)
¼ cup of hot Water

1. Blend the bread flour, yeast, salt, sugar, garlic, Italian seasoning, grated Parmesan cheese as well as the softened butter. Then stir together hot water and milk and slowly pour in this mixture until the contents turn into a ball.

2. Add the egg and knead the dough. Once that is over, take a large bowl and lightly oil it. Then coat it with oil. Later take a damp cloth to cover the dough and place the dough in a warm place till it doubles in volume. This should take about an hours time.

3. Take the dough out and punch it and then put it out on a surface that is lightly floured. Then roll the dough into a rectangle and slice the dough lengthwise into about ten strips. Later cut these strips further into half. Use the melted butter to brush the top of the strips and then sprinkle the strips with Parmesan cheese.

4. Cover the breadsticks for 30 minutes to let it rise. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees. Brush the breadsticks with parmasan cheese and place the breadsticks in the oven for about 25 minutes. Or until cheese turns golden brown

Very crunchy, cheesy and herby(?)

Definately would be a great appetizer for any occasion!

Butterbeer

After watching Heston's Feast I was inspired by my idol Heston Blumenthal in recreating the 1588 Tudor Butterbeer! It looked oddly delicious and I too wanted to conjure up this historical recipe. I found the exact same recipe Mr Blumenthal's used from the website here. For many Harry Potter fans, you'll also know it as the beverage Harry, Ron and Hermione have at The Three Broomsticks.

It was suprisingly delicious. You can really taste the spice, beer and butter! and they all blend in perfectly. Those Tudors really knew what they were doing!!

Aussie Meat Pies

One of my favourite food is meat pies, I absolutely love it! When I was a kid, I use to eat it at least twice a week. Only problem is sometimes we don't know what companies/brands put into their food. I once found something in my pie that put me off pies for a good couple of years. After years of not eating pies I got the sudden craving and thanks to this recipe I think I am now the master of pies! I can make damn good pies! haha :D it was a family hit! not only do I know what I am putting into my mouth, but it is the best pie I have ever eaten~☆!

What better combination then to eat ☆meat pies with chocolate milk☆! mmm ♥

Marshmallow Shake

Love marshmallow? Love Milkshake? Why not blend them together? I found the recipe here. Like most of us not living in the USA, we don't have the luxury of a Laboratorio icecream; so vanilla icecream and vanilla milk yogurt will do :D It's a sweet, cold drink perfect for a spring/summer holiday. And because I am trying to be healthy I didn't add the whip cream like it says in the recipe, don't want to get diabetes lol :P

Chunky Shepherd's Pie

I decided to make Shepherd's pie on the weekend from the recipe here. I did not follow it word for word, use mince beef instead of lamb and instead of cooking it for an hour and a half-i only cooked it in the oven for 40mins as I started this dish a bit late ..oops. My customers were already pacing themselves up and down the Kitchen! Haha. the taste was delicious you can really taste and smell the worcestershire sauce! Love that sauce. Overall the dish was tasty but next time i will cook earlier in the day and leave it in the oven longer- this way the beef would taste much tender.

Cheese Straw

One of the most addictive food is Cheese Straw, the cheesy-ness, crunchy-ness and taste of herbs makes me go back for more. Unfortunately for one straw it cost $2.00! Finally I made these and they were gone in half an hour :) Using the recipe from here. They are easy to make (twisting into the shape was a bit difficult) and it doesn't take long for it to cook. I will be making more of this again very very soon!

Onion Soup & Steak Salad

Usually when I cook dinner I only have time to cook one main dish but this weekend I decided to make two. 'Simple Onion Soup' and 'Steak Salad' both recipes from here and here. Both were simply delicious and went well together, probably the most gourmet food I have ever made. My Dad especially loved it, he brought out his favourite wine :) aww Thanks Dad♥! The steak salad recipe had blue cheese and red onion. I didn't add the red onions as we aleady had onion soup and I didn't add blue cheese because the one I bough-Danish blue cheese didn't really suit our taste buds... I guess I have taste for cheap cheese。・°°・(＞_＜)・°°・。!

Kimchi Croquettes

Everytime I visit my Korean friend's restaurant I will always order their delicious Kimich Croquettes but like any luxury restaurant the portions are so tiny...and I'm never satisfied (yes, I'm greedy) :P :P Luckly my tastebuds remembers food so I decided to make my own and after a few attempts I've mastered it (so proud of myself!) ☆〜（ゝ。∂）

Kimchi Croquette

Makes...a lot!

8 potatoes

100g-250g kimchi

3 cups of shredded cheese

2 eggs

5 cups corn flour

pinch of salt

pinch of pepper

1. Peel, wash and cut the potatoes into pieces and boil until soft. While waiting cut the kimchi into small pieces (use gloves if you don't want your hand smelling like Kimchi :P)

2. Once soft, mash the potatoes and mix in the chopped kimchi and cheese (frozen shredded cheese=ok). Add in the egg yolk but leave the white yolk in a bowl. Add salt and pepper. Empty the corn flour onto a plate

3. With your hands grab half a palm of the mixture. Roll into a ball. Dip into white yolk then cover with corn flour. Deep fry and eat with sauce (see below)

***If you like Kimchi by all means add more, if your stomach can't handle the heat add less. Same with the cheese, if you love cheese add a whole lot more :) ***

Korean Sauce

3 tablespoon sesame oil

3 tablespoon soy sauce

1 tablespoon water

*The ratio is for sesame to soy sauce is 1:1*

Crunchy on the outside, soft and cheesy on the inside~♥♥!

Red Velvet

Honest to God, Red Velvets are the most delicious cupcakes in the world and are my absolute favourite out of all the cupcakes out there. The only problem is where I live there is no such thing as a Red Velvet cupcake or if there were it would be extreamely rare. When I went to America, of course it was pretty much in every cupcake store! Today I decided to make these mouth watering cupcakes and they were absolutely D-eeelightful! I used the recipe from ::here::

Topped with Cream cheese frosting ♥ mmmmmmm