Dinner on 04/07/08

Menu: salad, fried bacon, boiled new potatoes

We bought a bag of new potatoes, and decided to have a very summery dish. I seasoned the boiled potatoes with olive oil, sage and black pepper. When we have boiled potatoes, we always use these three ingredients to taste. We also bought a bag of mixed salad, and sprinkled some fried bacon on top. I made a dressing for salad using olive oil, white wine vinegar, lemon juice, mustard powder and black pepper. It was really nice and refreshing!

Dessert on 03/07/08

Golden Syrup Sponge pudding

This is one of our favourite puddings! My husband is good at making it. It seems to be easy to make using a microwave. When we want something after dinner, that's something he would make as long as we have the right ingredients.

Dinner on 30/06/08

Menu: mince pork & vegetables on rice

This is something I would make when we have a leftover pork dumpling filling. Or if you have some mince meat and some vegetables, you can easily make this dish. I used pak choi, red peppers, carrots and onions for vegetable stir-fry, and pork, ginger, oyster sauce, sesame oil, black pepper for the meat. You can use any type of vegetables, I think. You can use cabbage instead of pak choi. It tastes great, and extremely easy to make.

Baked on 26/06/08

This is a Dundee cake which I baked for my husband's grandfather's funeral. Apparently, he used to bake this cake quite a lot, and he was telling me about it as well. When I last saw him at the hospital, I asked him for this recipe, and he told me which recipe book to look for. I told him that I would bake this cake for my next visit, but sadly it didn't happen. So I decided to bake this cake (well actually I baked two!) for his funeral. That's something everybody in the family remember - his Dundee cake - and I wanted to give it a go. I was a bit nervous as I had never tried this cake in my life. The cakes came out really nice, and everybody enjoyed them.

Dinner on 25/06/08

Menu: pork with ginger & soy sauce on rice

I simply made pork with ginger & soy sace, fried some vegetables and put them on rice. It was nice and easy. Click here for the recipe.

Dinner on 24/06/08

Menu: wholegrain pasta with tuna & vegetables

Well I didn't really know how to call this dish as I just made it up, but it was quite nice. I used pak choi, carrots, onions and tuna. I can't remember what I put in to taste, but I'm guessing I added soy sauce or oyster sauce.

Dinner on 20/06/08

Menu: pasta with tomato sauce & prawns

I cooked really nice pasta dish using prawns. I was impressed with this dish :) I made some simple tomato sauce first, and fried some garlic in a frying pan, added prawns, tomato sauce, and fresh tomatoes. I put in black pepper to taste. I sprinkled parsley on top. Hopefully I can write a recipe for it some time. Everybody who tried this dish loved it, so most of you would like it as well.