Re: Menu Plan

Yeah, re: the menu plan? It went pretty down hill after Tuesday when we RAN OUT OF GAS!! So I pretty well have all of those meals on the menu to still make this week! To fill in the week we enjoyed a night out, and some take-away Thai Frenzy (mm… thai frenzy….) oh, and did I mention that on Wednesday morning when we realised we were out of gas, we still had PEOPLE COMING OVER FOR DINNER THAT NIGHT?! Crazy. They still came, and I conquered the electrical cooking thing!

I did a bit of modifying of Zoey’s risotto in the rice cooker, and also did some pre-cooking at M&D’s. I wasn’t 100% sure how this risotto would turn out, considering when I put in the 1.25L of stock, my rice cooker was full and yeah, it was like twice as much liquid as I normally put in….

But it turned out AMAZINGLY! Like, I will probably never make risotto the regular way again! If anything I put the vegies (pumpkin and sweet potato) in a little too early and they were too squishy, but it was seriously yum anyway! PERFECT rice from this little trick! Have a bit of a try. I used 1 cup of rice and it served 4 people. It was enough for me, and hopefully enough for everyone else too!

Also, on another note, This is a link to an a pretty cool conversion chart for recipes that aren’t designed for the slow cooker. So now you don’t have to wonder how long to cook it for!

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Tags: gas, menu plan, menuplan, rice cooker, risotto, slow cooker

Cooking without Gas.

Being sick is a little like cooking without gas- you’re going nowhere. Fast.

Unfortunately for me today, I am ‘cooking without gas’ in more then one sense of the word. I am sick, yes. I have the day off school to re-coop, and hopefully feel better tomorrow so that I can continue with my internship.

Luke and I have also, run out of gas, and so my atempt at cooking bacon this morning was thwarted, as was my attempt at making custard for lunch. Fortunately I found alternate cooking methods- yay for sandwich presses that run on electricity and microwaves!

I have had a somewhat beneficial day though- I got lots sorted as far as design goes, on Sarah’s Pantry Tea invitation (they are going to be SUPER cute!), watched some of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, and intend to work on the 1000 word essay I have to do by tomorrow, and also read my bible. If I get time, washing up and eLA stuff is on the agenda as well.

Tags: bacon, cooking, custard, gas, Internship, School, sick