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Chilli con carne

February 20, 2018 by date with a plate.

Ever wonder what the perfect freezer meal is? I can help with at least one solution: Chilli con carne (or Chili for my American friends). I mean technically there’s probably a thousand different options out there, but this is one I regularly make a giant batch of and freeze for lazy mid-week dinners when I can’t be bothered cooking but don’t want to spoil my hard work at the gym by guzzling down a burger and fries…and let’s be honest, […]

Categories: Dinner, Lunch, mid-week, One Pot Wonder, Pork • Tags: avocado, beans, chilli, coriander, healthy, pork, spices

Tropical coleslaw

January 4, 2016 by date with a plate.

New year, same me, zero resolutions and I’m perfectly fine with that. While there’s no resolutions (because I’m not really into setting myself up to fail, or as the infamous meme goes “no one likes a skinny sober bitch anyway”), but I love to set myself goals, I do it all the time. Goals feel different to resolutions, perhaps it because I do them throughout the year, an ongoing effort to focus on myself, better who I am and give […]

Categories: BBQ, Pork, Salad, Side • Tags: apple, bbq, cabbage, coleslaw, Granny smith apple, green apple, jalapenos, mayonnaise, onion, pineapple, pork, pulled pork, vinegar

Homemade Italian sausages

July 10, 2014 by date with a plate.

You know you’ve got a keeper when your boyfriend buys you a meat grinder with sausage making attachments for your birthday – I mean really, doesn’t every girl want her own sausage maker? But seriously, I was pretty freaking excited to be handed this beast of a Kenwood attachment! The boy knew I had just bought myself Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery by Jane Grigson, knowing all too well that I was eager to flex my meat skills and delve […]

Categories: BBQ, Charcuterie, Dinner, Lunch, Pork • Tags: fennel, Italian sausages, pork

Pork & Prawn Wonton Soup (my humble attempt)

April 11, 2013 by date with a plate.

One of my favourite cuisines would have to be Asian, I love the simplicity in much of the recipes as much as the variety of the flavours from country to country. Having journeyed to such destinations as Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand I have had a relatively decent exposure to the different cuisines and styles of cooking. Travelling through Vietnam I fell in love with Pho. Travelling through Indonesia I hunted for the perfect Soto Ayam. Travelling […]

Categories: Asian, Dinner, Pork, seafood, Soup • Tags: chili, dinner, flavour, pork, prawn, seafood, soup, wonton

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Chilli con carne

Tropical coleslaw

Homemade Italian sausages

Pork & Prawn Wonton Soup (my humble attempt)