Kitchen Venture #12

Sunny days in Perth! The rain and dreary grey has blown past us. Unfortunately, that also means I no longer sleep past 7am no matter how late I sleep the night before. The sunrays like to creep into my room and wake me up cheerily. I cant get quite angry with it though because I truly love sunshine.

Anywa, winter/spring brings around fresh produce of strawberries here in Australia. And they can get quite juicy! I never hesitate to grab a couple of punnets when I do my grocery shopping. They make for great tasty brekkie, snacks and desserts!

Here's one way of having them after a meal, dessert! With whipped cream and honey. A fresh papayashake sits behind it. Some have it with sugar... me, perhaps brown sugar and cinnamon!

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And recently, I had a snack attack and since its past dinner time (which I didnt quite have)... decided to improvise. Instead of my usual strawberries and honey, I added a slice of cheese and melted it for about twenty seconds in the microwave. Should have added honey after the cheese melted instead of leaving the honey in to melt as well because it just turned watery. BUT YUMS!

Quick and easy snack, healthy too ;)

Till my next kitchen venture, Mayy xo

M's Food Find #59

Honestly, this was one of those days where its deceivingly sunny. But its super cold out. By the way, more food coming your way right now. Just a little snack here.

Our little Fremantle weekend spontaneous trip landed us with hungry tumtums and snack attacks all the way. This is one of our pitstops: The Mexican Kitchen, right along the main strip nearby Monk and Dome.

Really kitschy and colourful decor. Perfect for a cocktail or two on a Sunday afternoon.

Service was pretty good given how we only ordered one item to share and they still treated us alright. I know places where they would literally show their unhappiness.









The Chicken Nachos! Chicken shredded strips were hidden in the middle of it all and we asked for extra cheese. If you are not a fan of olives like a few of us were, I would suggest telling them upfront when ordering you don't want it. I mean it just saves the trouble of having to pick your way through!

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The nachos were still crunchy and everything was very very generously topped. For AUD24, its a tad expensive but we shared. The next table had this particular order with paella and some melted cheesy thing which looks SUPER good. And the steak on a hot plate with wraps provided smells yummy. I love all the hands on approach.

However, you head down to Freo once in awhile for those who do not live closeby, there are just so many other better choices out there... Nothing to rave about except the unique decor. Would I return? Hmmmmm, hawwwwwwww, don't reckon so. Maybe the slightly rude racist family on the next table tarred the experience.

Till my next food find, Mayy xo

Kitchen Venture #4: Easy Pasta!

For students studying overseas, particularly those without cooking experience, I understand it is very daunting going through the supermarket shleves not knowing what to do. I mean, I experienced it firsthand myself. I didn't know what to eat. I was thoroughly lazy and when hungry, I want food ASAP.

I don't want to waste time in the kitchen preparing and cooking with my tummy growling. And when NOT hungry, I want to do other things and not spend time in the kitchen preparing for when my tummy is hungry. Food overseas is NOT cheap, so we cannot eat out all the time like in Singapore or Malaysia, mostly Asia.

I spent the early days of my overseas period eating microwave tv dinners. But too much of them really ain't too good for you. What I am recommending in this post is admittedly not very healthy but at least it does make things easier for you. You can also choose to add in healthier foods and make it your own version. All these recipes are just default and the basics anyway.

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This pasta dish is REALLY SIMPLE. And can be done in matters of SECONDS. Perfect for exam periods and satisfying those mad cravings for junk food. Not using those packets of pasta you got to boil for ages, it is CANNED Pasta. Any kind will do, any type that catches your fancy. Normal tomato flavour, ham and cheese, cheese, meatballs etc! From Heinz to SPG or isit SPC? Haha.

What I did here was microwave it for 30seconds. Add chopped ham and cheese and microwave for anothe 10seconds. You can see the googey melted cheese! Slice cucumbers thrown in to balance out the junk. I ran out of tomatoes that day, otherwise there would be fresh round tomatoes slices too!

You don't have to microwave it too, you can pour it into a pan and stir it over the fire. Add tomato sauce if you want the tomato flavour. Throw it chopped tomatoes for a real punch. Cooked chicken pieces, chopped sausages, peas, broccoli (frozen so you can just microwave), anything!

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Munchables snack box!!! is my little sceret weapon in my fridge. It has crackers, ham slices and cheese slices with gummi sweets or mini m&m's depending on which colour you get. It is in the chilled section of the supermarket near the yogurt and cheeses. I can keep this box with its ham and cheese slices for a longer period of time. So with my dishes like this pasta one, I can chop the ham and cheese up almost anytime I want. The little sections divided also ensures I don't over-buy or over-eat.

Keep this in mind and stock up on these items in your pantry and fridge. You will never go hungry again during those dreaded exam periods or when you are just plain lazy...

Till my next kitchen venture, Mayy xo

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