Oh, silly mother for showing up with stawberries and little, store-bought sponge cakes then forgetting them when she left. A little homemade buttercream, some warmed preserves and I have a feast! A feast of sugar! BWAHAHAHHAAAAH! *coughs* Ahh, ouch!

Almost a chili, yummy pinto beans, left over roasted turkey legs and a couple of strips of regular bacon simmered for 3 hours in salt and peppered water. Add a little tobasco, some crackers and voila!

Made my first ever re-fried beans! I basically just decided to try stuff until it worked instead of finding a decent recipe, but it turned out great!

I’ve decided to start counting my bento all over again in an attempt to get back into the habit of blogging them – let’s hope it sticks this time! Baked chicken, broccoli and rice with stir fried peppers, sausage crabs and meatballs.

Okay, so maybe not Spa-Peggy and Meatballs, but definitely a delicious plate of spaghetti with some even more delicious meat sauce. I can’t stand Hunt’s canned pasta sauce, there’s just something too bitter about it. So I cooked up some spaghetti, browned some ground beef and added the pasta sauce + [...]

Long time no see! I’ve been snapping pics of everything, but I haven’t had time to come on and post for a bit – sorry about that! I may yet still be a bit shaky getting back into it, but I’m giving it my best! We made a couple of hand-tossed [...]

I found this great recipe for cinnamon rolls at AllRecipes and it looked too easy to be very good – but it’s about the best dough recipe for cinnamon rolls I’ve ever come across! Here are the pics of my *almost* step by step process (my phone battery died on [...]

Not a very fancy bento today, in fact this awesome little ‘bento box’ is one of the plastic take-out containers from China King (which is why it’s a tad too big for my bento today). Here’s what deliciousness awaits you: BBQ Lamb Onigiri, Sweet Wasabi Chicken Onigiri, Hard Boiled Egg, Carrot [...]