I'm going to cook the dinner I planned to last night (beef with cashew nuts). I didn't realise I had to do the beef in bicarb overnight to make sure it was really tender, and once I cut it up I realised I hadn't bought enough 😔 So I ordered fish and chips and it was unfortunately the worst fish and chips I've ever had in Melbourne! However I cook tonight's dinner, it will not be anywhere near as bad as that!
Sorry about my food styling but I'd started eating 😆 The kids didn't like it much, and Mr P "did (his) best" eating with bung/absent teeth. It tastes awesome to me, but if everyone else in the house is lukewarm about it then that's a fail unfortunately ❎ I look forward to eating it at work and being praised by my colleagues, who seem to appreciate my cooking better than my family 😌
Edit: my MIL had a bit and she loves it and said it looks "pretty" with the colours 😀
bicarb overnight
ooh you'd get away with 30mins!
I thought similarly; one suggestion I saw said an hour, but Mr P insisted overnight 🙆🏼♀️
Velveting is absolutely worth it.
Tonight is carbonara but along with garlic / butter prawns.
A combination from heaven
Change of plans. Kfc
Leftover stir-fry is awesome for work lunches, indestructible in the microwave.
Miraculously got some panko veal schnizel on discount yesterday. Came out of my pan blackened on the outside but tasted perfect.
My digital thermometer seems to top out at 100 so should get a cooking thermometer some day.
Super late, but I bought a "coffee thermometer" from Officeworks for 50 cents. Apparently office people weren't crazy about the coffee thermometer idea. I repurposed it for cooking, and although it also caps out at 100, I've never cooked food to 100 inside without the outside being complete charcoal.
I do have a digital one that still has a little prong which is for BBQs and goes up to 150, but it takes about 30 seconds to accurately read the temperature, usually updating a few degrees every 2 seconds or so
Cheesey pasta salad I got on discount tonight. Nothing fancy.
Leftover stir fry. Yes!!!
