February was short and sweet and now here we are marching into March. Yes friends, mix and munch, it’s the first of the month which means it’s time to catch up with Sherry and friends for this month’s edition of In My Kitchen. Let’s get to it!
I decided to unlock the next level of adulting and finally invest in a proper salt and pepper mill and I haven’t looked back. I love them and as you can see, my obsession with all kitchen things blue continues!
Overnight oats are one of our favourite breakfasts. I’d been upcycling and serving our breakfast delights in repurposed Bonne Maman jam jars which worked fine except the oats got stuck in the grooves. I invested in some jars fit for purpose and the perfect size – I couldn’t be happier.
My dear friend Jasmine who’s been my great mate since we were three, sent me these delightful marshmallows at Christmas. I fully intended to make my own smores but I was really trying to eat well and while I come from the school of eating a little of what you fancy is good for you, I thought the chocolate might be excessive. Even naked the marshmallows were divine – I have no regrets!
I shared my cousin Katie’s famous (at least in our family) Easy BBQ Sweetcorn Crunchy Corn Salad – it’s so easy and so delicious. You can literally throw it together in minutes!
I usually test a recipe and then take ages to post it but I had to make an exception with these Pantry Raid Cookies. I made a few batches because I had some ingredients to use up and they were 11 out of 10 delicious. A recipe this good needs to be shared, so share it I did!
We had a wonderful anniversary getaway to Paris where we enjoyed some great coffee, some of which was served with gavottes. These super light biscuits are like a crepe in biscuit form and are utterly delicious. The biscuits come wrapped – 2 per pack making them the perfect treat to enjoy with a cuppa. I bought the regular and chocolate varieties because of course, I had to try them all! My only regret is I wish I’d bought more!
As we’d enjoyed so many meals out in Paris, we decided to stay in for Valentine’s. In the morning, I made our favourite high protein brunch of smoked salmon, (mostly egg white) scrambled egg, cherry tomatoes, spinach, avocado and sourdough – which hits almost 30g protein per plate. I always say, “now imagine how much this would cost if you had it in a cafe.” Ha! My heart plates really came into their own this Valentine’s!
I couldn’t be faffed with making a special dinner so instead I delegated to Mr Marks and Mr Spencer who were offering a choice of starters, mains, sides, dessert and a bottle of wine for £25 – that’s about $50 AUD. I literally couldn’t buy the ingredients and make it for that money! We started with these dim sum and ponzu dipping sauce – they were almost too pretty to eat. Side note – I cannot wait for daylight savings. I am so over dinner in the dark photos!
For mains, we had salmon and prawn en croutes with green veg and to finish these super cute cheesecakes with chocolate hearts.
Talking of Marks and Spencer, I unearthed our M and S snowmen bao from the freezer – we’d bought them at Christmas and popped them in the deep freeze for posterity. They were almost too cute to eat but eat them we did!
I was so happy to find that my friend L loves Heated Rivalry as much as me… So much so that I decided to host a ‘reheat’ (as in a rewatch) of the whole series. Of course, I made tuna melts (IYKYK) but a high protein Em the Nutritionist version. I think Ilya would approve! PS. Excuse the mess!
I am still cooking my way through Em the Nutritionist’s cookbooks and our latest new favourite recipes is this immunity boosting harissa red pepper soup. It’s going to be a regular feature on our meal plan which is just as well because my parmesan toast needs some work!
Even if I never looked at a calendar, I would know Easter was coming because the hot cross buns are out in the shops in full swing. I’m coveting the Marks and Spencer red velvet hot cross buns but they were out of stock last time I looked so the extremely cheesy variety were the first buns of the season! I can confirm they were 8 out of 10 delicious!
So that’s what’s been going on in my kitchen, I’d love to hear what’s been happening in yours! Tell me everything in the comments!
