HOMEMADE OREO CHEESECAKE 15 April 2010 in FOOD, My recipes, Uncategorized

It was a friend’s birthday dinner last weekend so I promised to bake him a dessert of his choice. What did he select? OREO CHEESECAKE! I don’t often make this (have done it maybe only 3-4 times) because 1) the ingredients much more $$...
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GRILLED FRENCH CAMEMBERT, TRUFFLE, MUSHROOM SANDWICHES... 30 March 2010 in Chris, FOOD, My recipes, Uncategorized

On Saturday morning, we made grilled French camembert, truffle and mushroom sandwiches for Chris’ birthday – yes, we seem to keep celebrating it! Promise this is the last one 😉 It was a completely random whim of mine… because we had that jar of...
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HOMEMADE TRUFFLE PASTA 29 March 2010 in Chris, FOOD, My recipes, Uncategorized

Since it was Chris’ birthday last week (hence our Banyan Tree holiday in Sanya), I’d decided to make him dinner on his actual birthday. We normally don’t really cook now, because 1) ingredients end up more expensive than just eating in a restaurant and...
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HOMEMADE MOIST CHOCOLATE BROWNIES 14 March 2010 in FOOD, My recipes, Uncategorized

Decided to whip up a batch of moist chocolate brownies when we were having a chocolate craving. Normally, I don’t like brownies because they’re too dry/cakey for me. I specifically like my brownies really really soft and moist, and preferably served fresh-out-of-the-oven with a...
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THE MANY USES OF CREME FRAICHE 29 December 2009 in FOOD, My recipes, Uncategorized

Made a very simple dish for dinner the other night – lemon butter salmon with creme fraiche. All it took was to wrap the salmon up in a bit of foil, popping in a pat of butter, a few slices of lemon, some herbs/salt/pepper,...
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