Every Friday, my mother has the habit of wanting pizza. My dad is not a cheese pizza lover and has a habit of crying big crocodile tears every Friday. I used to take it easy on a Friday as cook the bare minimum. To stop the water works I now cook a hearty of a … Continue reading Mushroom and bean caldine

Pad thai With my mother being a vegan/vegetarian there are times when all she wants to eat is toasted cheese sarmies or 2 minute noodles. Normally I would allow that during any given day of the week but not on a Sunday. Sundays are reserved for meals that are wholesome, hearty and make you feel … Continue reading Pad thai

Veggie burgers I make meat burgers all  the time, it seems easier to make rather than buying the ready made burgers from the store. However, I have not made homemade veggies burgers before. My mother has been nagging me to try making soya burgers from scratch, but it seems to daunting as to how everything … Continue reading Veggies burgers

Potatoes au gratin 20 years ago, in my hey days, I was a EP swimmer. I gave it all up in high school. What I remember the most about those days,  is not spending weekends doing time trials, or school holidays crammed into a bus driving around the country for swimming meets, or the fact … Continue reading Potatoes au gratin

Creamy carbonara Everyone loves pasta in our household, but we very seldom eat it. I try every now and then to make homemade pasta, but seriously who am I kidding??? I work fulltime, I come home and I try to have a life and in between that I still make homemade pasta. I don’t think … Continue reading Creamy carbonara

Potatoe and pea curry Every week, come rain, sun or shine when I draw up the weekly menu and plan the shopping list, my father will always beg like a small child and have a mini tantrum and work himself into a frenzy nearing tears. What may you ask is this all in aid of, … Continue reading Potatoe and pea curry

Spiced eggplant with filo crust This recipe did not go down well with my family. Neither of my parents are aubergine fans. Yet somehow I decided to make this recipe. They were all excited when they saw it baking, but as soon as they cut into it and had a piece they were moaning and … Continue reading Spiced eggplant with filo crust

Mushroom strogonoff I have heard this dish a number of times, but I have been too scared to attempt to make it. I always somehow got the impression that it was a difficult dish to make. I guess I was mistaken. I came across this recipe in Mary Berry’s cookbook and it seemed pretty easy … Continue reading Mushroom strogonoff

Vegan wellington Sometimes, just sometimes when I forget to food prep or take out stuff to defrost. I become lost as to what to make for my mother to eat. My dad and I are super easy we just have take aways. My mother since becoming a vegetarian refuses to eat out as she says … Continue reading Vegan wellington

Boston bake beans I grew up eating bake beans, made into a curry, served with chips and even sometimes eating it straight out of the can. I can still remember trying to eat one bean at a time, before losing patience and just eating it by the spoonful. Bake beans and chips used to represent … Continue reading Boston bake beans