"It sucks. Let's go get tacos and sit on the beach.” ~ Nina LaCour A quick update with another quick recipe. As I mentioned last time I've been hella busy lately, but hopefully things are calming down enough for me to get back on schedule soon. My fish tacos taste fantastic, even if I do say… Continue reading Fish Tacos in 15 Minutes
"If you want something beautiful to put on the dinner table, pick up a sockeye, the salmon species with the most vivid red flesh." ~ Tom Douglas So, I mentioned a few weeks ago that I've been spending a lot of time thinking about cooking lately. And in doing so I've been really excited at… Continue reading Grilled Salmon With Spelt And Bean Salad
"If you want to lose weight whole-wheat bread, couscous, and quinoa are evil." ~ Jorge Cruise I've had cellulitis for the last few weeks, so I've been feeling too rubbish to articulate ideas properly or concentrate on reading anything more complicated than a cook book. So I've been thinking a lot about food. In the… Continue reading Quinoa And Pomegranate Salad With Sweetly Sour Pork
"Yeah, I think garlic bread would have to be my favourite all-time food. I could eat it for every meal. Or just constantly, without stopping." ~ Scott Pilgrim v. The World For want of anything better to do at four in the morning I decided to have a go at making my own tomato garlic… Continue reading Tomato Garlic Bread in Ten Minutes
“I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.” ~ Thomas Jefferson This week's 20SB Cooking Challenge was set… Continue reading The Fancy-Pants Way To Make A (Totally Awesome) Bacon Sandwich – 20SB Cooking Contest
“Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need.” ~ Julia Child So, over on 20 Something Bloggers JerseySjov suggested starting up a cooking competition. I was quite excited by the idea since at the moment I'm pretty much living in our kitchen anyway. I was really disappointed when I wasn't up to… Continue reading 5 Ingredient Pasta – 20SB Cooking Contest
"If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart." ~ Cesar Chavez A couple of weeks ago I talked about how following this GI style diet plan, with plenty of fish, had in the past helped me to… Continue reading Spicy Salmon Steaks with Pepper Noodles
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well" ~ Virginia Woolf I explained before that when I first started working I went through a period of a major depression. This was self diagnosed, but since the symptoms were near enough exactly the same as the major depression that I… Continue reading Mackerel and Mirtazapine
Make-Up & Mirtazapine 