Foodie Storytime
Category: Healthy living
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
Eggs Royale
Myself and my other half had eggs royale for Christmas breakfast. It was my first time making poached eggs and I am so proud of myself! So you have eggs benedict; this is poached eggs with ham. Eggs royale; this is poached eggs with smoked salmon. Eggs florentine; this is poached eggs with spinach. I… Continue reading Eggs Royale
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
Hainanese chicken
This is the very first time making Hainanese chicken, well very first time poaching a whole chicken! This is a recipe by Marion’s Kitchen. Her recipe is in the video Written recipe below https://www.marionskitchen.com/hainanese-chicken-rice/ I don’t eat alot of breast meat as I think it’s too dry but OH MY GOD, this chicken breast is… Continue reading Hainanese chicken
Lamb in tomato and garlic sauce
I fancied a slow cooker meal tonight and this one sounded quite nice! It called for feta cheese and pine nuts but I’m not keen on them so my dinner is less Greek lol There was no pre cooking the meat so it was just put everything in the slow cooker! There wasn’t any small… Continue reading Lamb in tomato and garlic sauce
Homemade egg noodles
So I bought a pasta roller and I thought I’d test it out with egg noodles first before I start on pasta! I can now say that I can make egg noodles during lockdown. The egg noodles recipe is by The Woks of Life. Written recipe is below: Homemade Chinese Egg Noodles At first it… Continue reading Homemade egg noodles
Firefly drink
No, this is not a drink with Fireflies in it! It’s actually a very refreshing drink. I bought this from Rice Up Wholefoods and they sell alot of drinks that I’ve never heard of, so I thought I’d give this a try! I didn’t know what to expect from this drink but I thought it… Continue reading Firefly drink
The Oriental Foodie 