When I first read Kirk’s entry, I got curious of the Hawaiian Loco Moco plate he ordered. I thought the name Loco Moco sounded funny. I like funny sounding food :=) I’ve never had that before so I decided to google a recipe and I found this. I never knew it was that simple, […]

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Weeks ago, while waiting to board my plane at Heathrow Airport, I’ve decided to buy some magazines, one of them was the BBC Good Food.
My husband who loves pasta has one day asked me to make some but I didn’t want to use his usual meatballs ingredients, I wanted a no-meat pasta. […]

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This recipe was from a cookbook my husband gave me, ‘Cook w/ Jamie (Oliver)’. I’ve chosen this from Jamie’s pasta recipes because I was curious about the cinnamon and nutmeg in the sauce. And I’m glad I tried it. Not only that the recipe was simple, but tasty as well.
Farfalle with a ragu of tiny […]

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Renovation on our ground floor (kitchen and living room) is almost done, so I thought it’s time to catch up with blogging. I haven’t had the chance yet to use all the kitchen appliances (I hate reading instruction manuals) but I must say that I’m loving the gas cook top! It is really time saving […]

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‘Pasta Bella’ was how I called it when I first tasted this pasta sauce in Salzburg (Austria) during a vacation. I really liked the sweetness of the sauce’s main ingredient which was the aubergine and the after taste of fresh basil in my mouth. So I’ve decided to make for myself this sauce which was […]

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When it’s chilly outside, what’s the best thing to eat? Soup, isn’t it?
And as usual, I had a bit of this and that in my ref: chinese kool (pechay baguio), kool (cabbage), worst (dutch smoked sausage), wortel (carrot), kip fillet (chicken fillet) en volle melk ( and full milk)…needless to say, I also have a […]

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Yesterday (tuesday) was a long working and tiring day. Aside from my usual paperworks, house chores, cleaning my kiddies (pets’ houses,) doing the grocery, I also had to whip up something fast for a lone visitor last night. The guy’s nice and would always bring me flowers when he’d come over..that’s a bonus point for […]

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