Funny Notes For Food Thieves

loveliness

The other day I had some very good news. You see, I have been ill for some time, but after the last trip to the doctor's I got the all clear. Good news indeed.

I celebrated by treating myself to sushi after the dr's apt. And whilst eating my sushi I sent a text message home to share my good news. I recieved a message saying "Damn good news. we should celebrate tonight!". I thought nothing more of it, finished off my sushi and did some errands around town before heading home.

But as soon as I came home I found the mr. by the cooker - making the most amazing dinner. There were beers in the fridge. A bunch of flowers on the dinner table. Chocolates for afters... So thoughtful! Such a wonderful treat!



We had a lovely evening. Like most evenings really, but in a different kinda way. And posh dinner and beer on a worknight doesn't happen every day for sure. I'm not used to being pampered like that. I think it almost topped our roadtrip last weekend, where we went to see the eminent Ed Harcourt. That says alot.

Good news, yummy food and lovely, wonderful thoughtfulness all in the same day. Who could ask for anything more?

yummy yummy for your tummy

The other day I found a dirt cheap piece of pork tenderloin in the shop. Didn't really have any inspiration to do anything with it that same night, but last night I bought some goodies and felt an urge of experiment coming on. And boy did it turn out nice!

So here goes:

- slice the tenderloin lengthwise, almost all the way through. Fold it open and smash it a bit (I used a rolling pin) to make it flat as a pancake (but not as thin...).

- salt and pepper the meat.

- Slice a piece of Gorgonzola cheese and spread it out all over the meat.

- Chop up some fresh chantarelles and sprinkle it over the cheese.

- Roll up the meat like a Swiss roll. I used a piece of string to tie the roll together, so all the goodness would stay inside the roll whilst cooking.

I placed the meat roll in a greased, ovenproof tray, stuck it in the oven on 200 degrees for about 20 minutes. Then I poured a creambased chantarelle sauce over the meat and left it in the oven for another 10 minutes, et voila - heavenly delicious!

I sliced the meat in appox. 5 cm slices and served with potatoe wedges and an avodado, red onion and tomatoe salad.

Give it a go. You won't regret it!

yet another culinary concoction

Last night I had no inspiration to cook dinner. Nor did anything look tempting for my tastebuds as I stood with my nose deep in the fridge, looking for something to jump out and bite me and tickle my fancy.

So I started cooking aimlessly. Boiled some beetroot that's been lying around for a few days. Boiled some asparagus that were meant for last weekends dinnerparty...

... And the result was soooooo nice I thought I'd share it with you!

Boil approx. 10 beetroot, peel them and cut them in wedges. Put in an ovenproof dish.

Boil a load of asparagus and put them on top of the beetroot in the dish.

Fry a couple of chicken fillets (cut in bite sized chunks) lightly with salt and pepper. Throw on top of the rest.

Fry a packet of bacon (sliced into small pieces) and throw on top of the rest.

Pour over a bit of olive oil, some red wine vineagar, a big chunk of fresh rosemary, sage and chives.

Chuck it in the oven for a while, then serve with bits of feta cheese.

Now, if you're cooking for one you might want to at least half everything above, as we were two eating last night and it still was some leftovers. And I do think the asparagus could be exchanged for a couple of fennels (or whatever tickles your fancy). I might give that a go next time. I do love my fennel, I do.

recipe of the week

Place a little olive oil on a large baking tray and place it in the oven whilst the oven heats up to 150 degrees.

Then peel and cut the following into approx 7 cm long, thin sticks:
2 parsnips
1 yellow pepper
1 red pepper
2 large sweet potatoes
3-4 carrots

Throw the above into the baking tray and make sure the olive oil gets everywhere on the veggies. Add plentiful of salt, coarse black pepper, oregano, sage and a tad of rosemary. Leave in the oven for at least an hour, during which time you should stir it a couple of times.

For the last 15 minutes: add a salmon fillets (or chicken, corn or whatever you fancy) on to the tray.

Serve with a big dollop of Turkish yoghurt and sprinkle some feta cheese over the concoction.

Enjoy!

can't stop thinking about a spaghetti omelette

thanks emeril !

to cook or not to cook

The last week has been so hectic I haven't had time to eat properly. I've eaten more sandwiches than I could count and plenty of junk. I simply haven't had time to shop, let alone cook. And so I decided to order ready packed ecological groceries on the internet. It is home delivered together with recipies.

And when I got home today two huge bags of food was waiting for me outside my door. Pure bliss. Lots of nice veggies and really fresh products that I'd never think of buying myself. All the recipies looked scrummy and as I unpacked everything I nearly drooled.

But then I just flopped. Felt completely drained and just couldn't bare to slave in front of the cooker. And so now I'm sat in my sofa hoping I'll gain some new energy tomorrow so that I will cook!

Kif is a bit surprised with the contents of the grocery bag!

Baguio(09)

some jumpin for my harem!haha!

i dunno if that's cute!haha!

Last December, my block went to Baguio for our annual Student Advertising Congress which we organized. I actually didn't bother to roam around the city anymore since I'm no new to it. Though we discovered some amazing restaurants/cafe.

the 50's diner!
Very good food! and cheap ones too!

Kamille in her newly permed hair!


Friends much!

After lunch, ukay-ukay!!!
For dinner, we went to PNKY's Cafe.
(we were planning to eat at the 50's diner again, but it was too full to accomodate us)

this is not a vase used as a decor but our drinking water!haha!
"pag special holiday may fish!"
- Neps(friend)

the cafe's chef
I'm not convinced with his looks as a chef.haha.judgy much!
One of my friend Elena had hots for him that's why she took this stolen shot.

and look at this cute "suitcase!"
it's where they put the bill!

the owner of the cafe is a photographer/traveller so you'd see different
shots of the places she's been.

More new Cut Files

Good Evening Everyone....And Happy Hump Day to you all....I hope you've all been blessed with wonderful days and are all able to stay warm and safe from this cold weather!!!!  I've been having lots of fun lately creating some items for swaps and a couple orders I had....which included me creating some more new cut files!!!!!  Thought I would share with you my creations and the cut files!!!!!

So.....Here we go!!! ;)

This first creation is for a Christmas Candy Bar Swap for my ARTHaven Creations & Friendships Yahoo Group.......We are to design a wrapper for a Hershey's Candy Bar......this is my creation.....Had ALOT of fun doing this....the FLOWER is a Poinsetta Cut File I had designed and shared a couple months ago....if you like it you can click on the link and download the svg file for free....3DPONSETTA

The Merry Christmas on the tag I actually did with my Cricut and some mini Gel Pens.....LOVE it....I placed it where I wanted it located on the shape I wanted....placed the words on one layer in Inkscape and the scallop on another layer below it......turned the eye off the scallop layer and printed the words Merry Christmas first.....INSTEAD of hitting UNLOAD I PUSHED LOAD......then I swapped out the gel pen for the blade housing....closed the eye on the Merry Christmas...opened the eye on the scallop shape and then cut....WORKS LIKE A CHARM!!!!!  The Scallop shapes are a file I created months ago and shared also...if you like it you may click SCLP3ST to download the scallop oval file......


Ok....These next creations are for some tags I designed and created in Inkscape per a request from my boss.......I LOVE the way these turned out......

These files have MULTIPLE uses.......as you'll see on my next project........Used my embossing sleeves to decorate, embossing powders.....Tim Holtz Distress Inks...Skittles...Ribbon and Glitter.....LOVE the way these turned out and they resize wonderfully!!!  If you're interested in these files I've got a picture of the SVG files below...you can just click the image and it will take you to the page on my website where you can download the svg files for free......I do offer them in other formats for a small fee.....


This next project......Is very special to me....it's for a very dear cyber friend who is like my soul sister......I can't wait for her to get it...I just wonder if she'll be able to stay away from peaking until her package arrives....This is a Christmas Book for my ARTHaven Creations & Friendships Yahoo Group........We used 3 lunch sacks folded in half and made into a book...SUPER fun to make.......

I designed and created several different cut files to create this book.....I'm showing images of the SVG files below....if you would like to have any of them....please just click on the image below and it will take you to the page on my website where you can download the SVG file.........


Now these are all the cut files I've designed and created as of late.....the 2 tattoo cut files are drawings my oldest son Billy Duncan has drawn free hand.....I decided to bring them into Inkscape and hand trace each area on them.....WELL worth the outcome I believe...He's SO talented and I treasure his creations.....so I'm sharing with you the cut files as well........Some of the others are requests I've had the past couple of weeks....As always if you would like to have any of them....just click the image...it will take you to the page on my website where you may download the SVG file for free...they are also available in other formats for a small fee.....

I AS ALWAYS want to THANK YOU for taking time to stop by and visit with me.....Means WAY more then you'll ever know!!! I hope you've found somethings here you enjoy or can use!!!!!  I love hearing from you and I do hope you will come by and visit with me again.......I hope you all have a VERY blessed Thursday.....until next time......