Portioning and budgeting! Gammon cost £10 portioned into 4 approx 600g each. I used the Ninja, pressure cooking function. Put the gammon on a trivet, cover in water add bay leaf, peppercorns, carrots and onions. Pressure cook for 12mins, natural release. Empty the stock, portion and freeze for soups etc. Finish off the meat using …
High five to Mr Chiu who suggested that Mrs Chiu use Mash potato as a cheaper alternative to practice her piping skills. His money saving tips never cease to amaze me but this one was simply genius!
Some of you will know I am a big fan of batch cooking and freezing. Whenever I see reduced sausages (these are BlackFarmer’s) I will purchase them and fry them all up and then freeze them. These can be heated up in the microwave from frozen for a couple of minutes and they taste as …
Wai Han Smith Jan 2015 A member had recently bought some discounted cheese and the discussion of freezing cheese started. I learnt last year that you can freeze all cheeses but the cheese can change it’s characteristic after it is defrosted. I do not mind cooking with frozen cheese but am not keen on eating …
Manofsteel 28th Dec2014 Anyone eaten at these places before? There were lots of hits and a few misses, but we sure did enjoy eating our way through Hong Kong this year. Tease those tastebuds with our yummiest restaurant reviews of 2014. 1) Wan Chai’s The Spice House – Authentic Thai food at (almost) authentic prices …
Chicken slice and marinade. The quantities of the below will depend on your own taste and how much chicken you are preparing. ginger wine seseame oil dark and light soya sauce salt and white pepper cornflour Let it marinade for 30mins and then portion in bags and freeze. I put about 35g a …
A well stocked freezer provides me with alot of comfort. It also makes my life easier to have some home-made ready meals to hand as I am extremely fussy vegetarian husband and two toddlers to feed 3 times a day. Things you could find in my freezer: Cut and marinated chicken/pork Ginger and spring onion oil …
My mum has always made these and there are many variations you can make. I used pork mince, spring onions, grated carrot and I marinated the mixture with ginger wine, corn flour, some chinese spice and salt and white pepper. I let it marinade for about 15 to 20mins and then I added the egg …