Homemade pizza

Homemade pizza. Yes I finally made my own pizza and by this I essentially mean making the dough (which is super easy I might add). My fillings include capsicum, button mushrooms, bacon, sundried tomatoes and obviously cheese. The base was slightly crunchy the way it's meant to be and all the ingredients matched perfectly together. Making your own pizza at home is really worth it, not only you control your toppings but you can make it healthier. Use fresh ingredients and season to your liking.

 

Throwback in the kitchen

I was finally able to get my photos sorted today and it will be a matter of days (hopefully) to post all the dishes I have been cooking since a while. Alright, this might take a lil while longer because I have my exams next week and guess - by what I'm doing right now- I'll be doing some catch-up the coming days. Anyway this dish is one of my typical stir-fry. I think I said somewhere but I have learned how to cook pulses (sometimes it's hard to believe how things are easy before actually doing it) and it is so simple. I love pulses so much; my mum used to cook it often back in the old days- right now so old but still (unfortunately and fortunately for the best) time goes by so quickly.
Right picture time:

Ravioli

Hehehe I'm back with ravioli again. This time I did not make the sauce. We simply bought it ready made (as well as the ravioli). I however did add some garlic and mushroom to it, idea of making it more flavoursome. Maybe I will make my own someday. I just think that there are food items which are easier bought pre-cooked because it is a life-simplification, and I'm sure we can't but make good use of these handy things. So I add one whole avocado with it. I love avocados so much. They goes so well with anything. Anything.

 

 

 

Pasta carbonara

Omigosh. 100th post. Wow. Just realised this. *cheers*

Back to posting, I reckon that this week has been on really simple and quick dishes. I will continue on this trend with an easy carbonara plate. Mind me, I used thick cream instead of the readily made sauce in the jars. So basically cook onion, garlic and your bacon. Bacon flavour is just so nice. Then add the mushroom, and vegetables (I used grated zucchini to make this a more complete dish). After this add the cream. Season with pepper and salt and parsley. Pour onto your cooked pasta and mix to coat. Serve with parmesan cheese.

 

Ravioli

Let's finish off this weekend on a simple dish. Ravioli. It is simple because I bought the readily-made ones hehe. Easy yaa. Basically you only need hot water to cook them. I however make my own sauce, which is a mixture of butter, onion, garlic, button mushroom,  a canned tomato, some heavy cream and mixed herbs. Top it off with some parmesan cheese. Lovely dish. Simple and easy.

 

 

 

Tuna pasta bake

I love pasta. Last week I made tuna pasta bake which is a great dish I must admit. Easy to make. So simple and of course delicious.  For my recipe I used zucchini. So basically, I cook some garlic, onion together. Add the zucchini and button mushroom. Then mix in tuna, cream and finally the corn. Season with pepper and salt. Sprinkle with parsley, basil, any herb you like. That’s it. Then fold in a baking dish. Top with grated cheese and breadcrumbs. Spray with cooking oil and pop into the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees or until cheese is melted and golden.  Let rest and dig in. I like the sweetness that comes from the corn. Well all you have to do now is to try it.

Other night for dinner

Two of those dishes that I like to eat. Healthy, tasty, delicious, colourful, balanced. Pure goodness.
I kind of like to cook those because they combine the ingredients that I like a lot and it is fairly easy for me because I have cooked them so many times. 
I'm of course talking of my chicken, bok choy tofu dish and brocoli dish.Yummm

'Green' Risotto (recipe)

This was my first time cooking and tasting Risotto. I have heard of it tremendously lately and I was like why not giving it a try as something new.  I looked up for some recipes and finally chose the one I found easier and it was on the rice packet itself. I bought Riviania arborio rice. In the recipe it says bacon, but instead I used snow peas and zucchini. I kind of wanted a really ‘greeny’ risotto.  The dish turned out great. Well for a first time, it tasted good. I really think that it is a  really nice dish to try because you can make up your own risotto in terms of ingredients.

Recipe (adapted from the Riviani recipe):

Ingredients: 

2 tsp olive oil

30g butter

Garlic (I love garlic so I put about 3-5 cloves)

1 lg onion chopped

2 cup arborio rice

1 zucchini grated

A  bunch of snow pea,chopped roughly

1/4 cup of white wine

4 cups chicken stock, simmered

2 cups button mushroom, sliced

1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Chopped parsley

Groud black pepper

Procedures:

Heat olive oil and butter in a large heavy base saucepan.

Add garlic and onion and cook for about 1-2 minute.

Stir in rice and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until rice slightly colours, stirring frequently.

Add wine and simmer to absorb liquid, stirring constantly.

Begin adding stock, a cup at a time, allowing each adittion to be absorbed and stirring well before each addition.

After first cup, add mushrooms. Adjust consistencies with extra water/stock, if necessary.

After third cup, add zucchini and snow peas. When all stock is absorbed, remove pan from heat and stir in cheese, parsley and pepper.