Sazzy's Degustation Diary

Friday 5th February 2010

Mum went to a friend's place and came home with some homegrown jambu - otherwise known as water guava. I love this fruit! It's like a watery pear. The're abundant in Singapore.

Vernon and Victoria came over for dinner tonight.

We had apricot whips before dinner.
Apricot nectar, ice blocks, vanilla ice cream and milk.

Vernon can't seem to get enough milk.
He also had an ice chocolate.

SUNDRIED TOMATO & CHEESE STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST WITH SEEDED MUSTARD & THYME CRUST

Ingredients:

1 chicken breast

2 Tbn Tasty cheese, grated

2 Tbn sundried tomato, chopped

2 Tbn Masterfoods seeded mustard

pinch of dried thyme

sea salt & cracked black pepper to season

1 Tbn olive oil

Method:

Trim excess fat from chicken breast. Make a slit lengthwise (being careful not to cut all the way through) to create a pocket.
Stuff the pocket with the cheese and sundried tomato. Fold the top of the breast over to seal the pocket.
Combine seeded mustard, thyme, olive oil and seasoning in a bowl. Spoon over the top of the breast.
Bake in 180C oven for about forty minutes.

I also poured a bit of Vegeta stock into the tray halfway through cooking. I rarely eat chicken breast because I find it can be very dry. I served the meal with roasted potatoes and carrots in butter and the pan juices from the chicken.

We had Affogato with the Nespresso after dinner.

Thursday 4th February 2010

Lunch
Instant Ramen with Fish & Bean Sprouts

I spent the day crossing things off my 'to do' list. I cleaned out the aquarium, gave Simba a bath, paid bills online, updated my budget spreadsheet, went out for groceries, did some online shopping, and tidying.

Dinner
Scotch Fillet Steak - rare
with Green Peppercorn & Mushroom Cream Sauce
& roasted Buttered Potatoes

As you can see, the steak was really rare!

I took out the Nespresso machine that I was given and plugged it in to make a coffee. I finally got around to going to Myers in the city to check out the range of coffee pods.

I bought the 'Welcome Pack':
250 x Nespresso pods
and a free Nespresso pod display box

All for $179 - so it works out to about 71 cents per pod. Nice.

I don't have the Aerocino that froths the milk but I'll have to keep an eye out for it and buy it later on. For now, I'll be content with just expressos and warming my milk on the stove.

The crema on the Nespresso coffee was nice and creamy - a sign of good quality coffee. I warmed some soy milk on the stove and poured it in to make myself a flat white before bed.

Wednesday 3rd February 2010

Aah, my days off work are finally here!

Lunch
Chicken & Mushroom Farfalle

Tonight we had an impromptu dinner at Carvers at Burswood.

Roast Lamb - Oops! Wrong light setting!

Dessert
There was a poor selection of desserts tonight. Mango mousse, pavlova without any topping, yellow jelly, cream...see an emerging pattern? You don't need any teeth to eat these desserts...and they're all lovely shades of yellow. Might have something to do with it being a Wednesday and pensioners getting their allowances today.

After dinner, went to the Spice Lounge for a drink.

When dropping Marissa off home afterwards, we couldn't resist an invitation to come inside for a cup of coffee. Her family and some friends were having a coffee so we joined them.