Archive for the holiday cooking Category

Beef fillet with a gratin of mushroom

Beef fillet with a gratin of mushroom

Christmas Eve dinner was easy last year. Easy or I should say easier because I only prepared a 3-meal course rather than the usual 5. This is what we had for the 2nd course (main). I was lucky enough to have found a 4-piece pack of beautiful Argentine beef for this Gordon Ramsey recipe. Got it from his 'Secrets' book p. 73. By the way, this book has got star awards from users (see Amazon.com) Both my husband and I aren't really fond of steaks. But I'll surely prepare this recipe again

January 9, 2010 2 Comments Full Story

Slow cooked spiced cabbage

Slow cooked spiced cabbage

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! MAY 2010 BRING US HAPPINESS AND GOOD HEALTH, CHEERS! It's January 1st and I thought I should start the year right by updating my foodblog. It's not a joke maintaining 6 blogs (each serving a purpose) but I must not complain because all 6 are my babies. Alright, let me share with you a side dish I made for our Christmas eve 2009 dinner (for 2). I made a 3-course dinner but decided not to post all at once. I found the recipe for this online 2 days before I was to

January 1, 2010 No Comments Full Story

I'll be gone for a little while

In a few hours, we will be performing a SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE see you when I get back! ~Thess~

January 22, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Prawn Croustade

I was supposed to post an entry for Lasang Pinoy, Rice is the theme this time. Unfortunately, my laptop where all the photos are in, malfunctioned and wont start anymore. There's no way I can retrieve them so instead I will just continue posting my Christmas spread, and for this entry, my second entree (remember the first one was Gordon Ramsay's Langoustine Cocktail.) This recipe I have taken from a tiny French cookbook I bought 7 years ago. This required diagonally sliced of bread (triangle in

January 2, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Langoustine Cocktail – A Gordon Ramsay inspired

s This year's Christmas dinner was i think the simplest I have ever made. During the past years, I have stayed quite late in the kitchen preparing from the first up to the last course. This year I didn't had to. And my father-in-law and husband enjoyed eating the four easy - course dinner as much as I had fun preparing them. I will post them per course, and I'd start with our first course. I prepared two first courses and this was the first. Langoustine Cocktail by Gordon Ramsay (inspired)

December 28, 2007 No Comments Full Story