i try to cook and shoot

aesthetic notwithstanding (because cheese slices too heavy and sat into soup), the addition of baked gruyere cheese to the home made french onion soup was just sheer joy when you chew onto the hearty cheesy bits. added carrots and splash of white wine to the onions for that extra sweetness and flavor. gosh, need so many more buttered toasts to soak up everything.

made a pot of this darling over da weekend and down to this final bowl. the slow cooked beef stew only got better by the days! trick is to throw in a hectre worth of carrots and onions man!

yesterday up duper early to attempt my first apple jam for partner in life. tad too many apple chunks still and not enough of the jam. she wide eyes and shouted excitedly after tasting, "like apple!". Ahhhh huuhhhh.

home cooked french onion soup with beef cubes and cheese toast. no shame, pre-packed beef stock but i caramelized and wined my onions and added carrots and raisins to heighten stock taste. hearty soup for a sunday weekend. saved a bowl for tomorrow's walking dead. glen, please don't die.

ricotta hot cakes with water cooked bacon and caramelized banana with cinnamon dust. served with berries with cold vanilla beans yogurt and warm manuka honey on the side. we will have a good week ahead!

my bowl of tangy happiness tonight: braised cinnamon whole chicken with tomatoes, raisins and roasted cashews. supposed to finish off with 3 weeks old preserved lemon. mine was just 3 hours! ha. cinnamon and tanginess did shine through but that nutty flavor i was trying to impart was too muted. 2hrs braising was not enough for the breast meat to be fork tender though. need 2nd attempt but missus and i finished the whole bowl cleanly no less.

been a while since i used my oven. whole lemon roast chicken on bed of portobellos, small button mushrooms, asparagus and carrots. for added texture, i made quinoa crispies over the finished chicken. is freaking quite divine actually.

the usual salad mix of shredded carrot and japanese cucumber with diced oranges, selected nuts, cranberries and biscuits dressed with cold pressed extra virgin coconut oil and korean honey citron concentrate drizzled with furikake for dinner. but threw in hard boiled egg white and pan fried ginger beer chicken breast meat in teriyaki sauce reduction. like how the chickened turned out! shall try again soon!

tonight's dinner - homemade salad of shredded japanese cucumber and carrot (like AGAIN) mixed with diced crabmeat sticks, peeled mandarin oranges, grapes, cherry tomatoes and blueberries topped with caviar on wheat crackers, dressed with cold pressed extra virgin coconut oil and korean honey citron concentrate with furikake sprinkles.

because "lo hei" got to me, surplus cny stock and because i decided to randomly call today a monday-eat-clean Monday. lol. homemade salad of shredded japanese cucumber and carrot, topped with dried cranberries, peeled mandarin oranges and pomelo drizzled with furikake and dressed with cold pressed coconut oil and korean honey citron concentrate. for texture and to complete the meal, i crushed and threw in jacob's hi-fibre crackers. actually, is damn good la!

48 ladyfingers, 18 eggs, 3 cups sugar, 2 attempts, 1 tipsy man from too much coffee liquor and beating whip so much that the late MJ would be proud of, i present you the frankenstein of tiramisu.

breakfast is served, missus. yes, comes with milo with milk in your melody cup.