Today's Lunch

Baby leaves, lebanese cucumber, persian feta, roasted capsicum, pickled cocktail onions, chipolata sausages, soft boiled egg with seeded mustard dressing. Served with a slice of fresh sourdough. Dressing a bit on the tart side but healthy!

Yorkies

I've been watching '30 minute meals with Jamie Oliver' this past week when I can - I am quite doubtful these meals can be cooked by the average person in 30 minutes, but the meals do look achievable.

I had heard of Yorkshire Puddings before but never realised they were so simple and meant to be eaten with a roast.

I'm on a baking frenzy today (cookies in previous post this morning) - whipped these up out of curiosity and craving for something to eat! I followed Jamie's recipe which he stated on the show. I forgot to heat the muffin tray with the oil in it before pouring the batter in but they seemed to turn out OK even though they were a little stuck to the pan.

1 cup plain flour

1 cup milk

1 egg

Pinch of salt

Preheat oven 220 degrees.

1. Heat muffin tray with oil in the bottom of each muffin cup.

2. Mix all the ingredients together - he used a blender, so I made sure I sifted the flour and used a slotted spoon to mix.

3. Pour batter in tin - filled 6 large muffin cups.

4. Bake for approx 20 minutes or until puffed and golden on top.

I'd been thinking before I made them that parmesan would be great in them! Alas I do not keep parmesan in the fridge as I know for me it's dangerous for my waistline!

I did eat one with a wedge of camembert and it was very good! : )

Variation of Bills Cookies

I had intended to trial a variation of Bill Grainger's Choc Chip Cookies as I remembered I had some dried cranberries I needed to use. So I thought white chocolate would pair nicely.

It's New Year's Day and my high school friend from Hong Kong texted to say I could pop over to see her 2 newborn twin nephews if I wanted to. I couldn't go empty handed given I am chinese and also given I was visiting chinese friends!

And so, the cookies were well and truly taste tested - devoured.

Look for the cookie recipe on a previous post - instead of milk/dark chocolate use one block of chopped up white chocolate and as many cranberries as you like....I poured a whole heap in so not sure how much that was!