I felt uninspired tonight for dinner so I looked at what I had in the cupboards and looked on YouTube to see what simple recipes there were. I had a simple dashi broth with udon noodles and bok choi with a side of Japanese pickles. The recipe for the broth is below: 2 sachets of… Continue reading Feeling uninspired…
Category: Dinner
Gravy and noodles??
Have you ever had gravy with noodles? This is probably the best gravy noodles I have ever had! The recipe is by Marion Grasby. Her YouTube video recipe is below: Thai Chicken & Gravy Noodles ‘Rad Na’ – Marion’s Kitchen – YouTube Her written recipe: Thai Chicken & Gravy Noodles ‘Rad Naa’ – Marion’s Kitchen… Continue reading Gravy and noodles??
Chinese Crispy Pork Belly
I have been missing the family lately so I made food that made me think of family; Chinese crispy pork belly, also known as siu yuk. “siu” means roast and “yuk” means meat = roast meat! I got the recipe from Marion’s Kitchen, her video recipe is here How To Make the CRISPIEST Chinese Roast… Continue reading Chinese Crispy Pork Belly
Bringing Hong Kong to me
I’ve missed going to Hong Kong and eating lots of yummy food, especially the dim sum! So I thought I would bring Hong Kong to me tonight and make braised white radish with fish balls and pig skin. You guys might get weirded out with the pig skin but it’s sooo yummy in this dish.… Continue reading Bringing Hong Kong to me
Beef hot pot
This week there is no theme, just anything I feel like! So starting off with my favourite chef, James Martin! This is his recipe, written recipe is below. https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/beef_hotpot_59730 This is a one pot shop and put it in the oven type dinner. My favourite type as it means less washing 😀 This was very… Continue reading Beef hot pot
Fish soup
Second soup of the week and it’s another family favourite. Fish soup! I had to call my mum to ask how to make the soup haha. Usually you would use fish head/tail but Tesco didn’t have that so I went with the tail end of the salmon; it still had a lot of meat on… Continue reading Fish soup
Seaweed and tofu soup
No recipe for tonight, this is more comfort food than anything as I haven’t had my mum’s soup in a year 😦 My mum does amazing soups and seaweed and tofu soup is one of them. This isn’t using the Japanese seaweed, this seaweed is especially for soups. It’s a dry seaweed and you have… Continue reading Seaweed and tofu soup
Cold Soba Noodles
I’m kicking the week off with Japanese food! I love Japanese food, I would love to go to Japan and just eat all the food! I’ve never had cold soba noodles with a dipping sauce, so I thought I would give this recipe a try. The dipping sauce recipe is by Tiffy Cooks. Her written… Continue reading Cold Soba Noodles
Creamy Aubergine Curry
I used to use Hello Fresh but had to cancel due to priorities! I didn’t cancel because it wasn’t great because I really enjoyed cooking the recipes. Hello Fresh comes with recipe cards and all the ingredients so you don’t have to buy anything at all! So if you’re a busy body, Hello Fresh is… Continue reading Creamy Aubergine Curry
Pork belly drunken noodles
Last recipe of the week! Pork belly drunken noodles by Marion’s Kitchen. And her written recipe: http://www.marionskitchen.com/pork-belly-drunken-noodles/ This recipe got my sneezing left, right and centre! Tip: do not sniff after you put the chillis and garlic in the pan! I had to adjust this recipe as I didn’t have the holy basil/Thai basil. So… Continue reading Pork belly drunken noodles
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