No more room for excuses...

Another Disclaimer here guys. Once again I had "started" this and, welll, it never went anywhere, but as you can see, I referenced it in the "Another Sunday .... Home Made Ravioli", so thought it best to publish it (and finish it while i was at it). 

We all have excuses. Especially when it comes to why were too busy. Mine was getting married. And that was 13 years in the making. So now when my best friend pointed out that her expectation was for me to now start seriously blogging, I really had no excuse.

There have never really been any reasons for my to not blog consistently and professionally, but there were always excuses, and the littered debris of my previous attempts can be seen scattered all over the Internet landscape.

So now I start for real. This is one of 4 blogs I intend on keeping manned (the librarian in me simply wont let me have one single hodgepodge of a blog), and this one in particular is dedicated to showing the world the food that comes into my life and out of my kitchen. More of a collage of snapshots of my food experiences than a long and detailed journey of my food meddling (these can be found on the other 3 blogs: 8 days a week,What I cooked on Sunday and Hungry yet?). And it even has an accompanying Pinterest for those who prefer to salivate over the pictures rather than the words :)

And the most apt place to start seems to be the trip overseas we took with our friends to celebrate our recent nuptials. So enjoy:

Our Mickey Mouse ears (not food related, but i had to include them)

Stromboli & Calzone!!!

A sub sandwich that could only come from america. Jalapeno poppers, mozzarella sticks, chips, roast beef, gravy, mayo chicken chippies.

And Mr G's hot dog, for comparison.

Pretzel Dog with warm cheese dip

Beaver Tail: Fried dough, topper with banana and nutella. Almost killed me.

Amazing burger and fries in Banff, and I kid you not, a Yorkshire pudding stuffed with pulled pork!!!

Some of the dinner i made for the crew

Coolhaus Ice cream sandwiches

Baby's Badass burgers Grilled cheese Burger (with bacon & cheese grilled cheese sandwiches for the buns).

Hot Dog, Chilli Fries. and a Patty Melt

Smoked Salmon scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, chorizo & a bagel

Stuffed french toast

I don't remember what we ate, i just remember it was amazing!!!

Poutin with pulled pork

Cheers

While you were away ...

Ok.

I am going to apologize in advance.

This is going to be a massive dump. No words, just a whole lotta photo's i have on my phone from stuff we have doing in the kitchen since i have been away for the last year (or so *ahem*).

I will try an remember what was what and name each photo... but no promises.

And unfortunately no recipes, because some of these i don't even remember making :)

Ok, I think it is one of the snack selections from our epic game days. Looks like cheese stuffed meatballs, Chicken wings (siracha and lemon maybe) and my favorite "something in pastry"

Ah! The pizza experiment. I thought i was a bit risque with ham, salami, capsicum, prawn and avocado. But the Mr G pulled out the big guns and created his monstrosity that was cheese spread, bonito, hoisin, anchovy. There was more, but i have blocked it from my memory. Eating it was like being punched in the face.

Teriyaki salmon and Soba Noodle soup

I don't know but it looks like it involved cheese, ham and a very good time

Homemade tomato soup with a cream and cheese float

Homemade potato and leek soup with smoked salmon

Watermelon Jam

Candy Apple shards

Grilled Cheese bruschetta night 

More random snack foods of gaming. I am going to guess samosa's and caramelized onion and goats cheese tartlets 

Honestly. I have no idea.Maybe Rainbow pork and fried rice???

Homemade Chicken Cordon Bleu with Hassleback potatoes and salad

It looks like jungle curry with meatballs and Lebnah

Homemade Pies. A general fixture in our household.

Homemade ravioli and pasta. I'm sure a have a post about that around here somewhere. Now where did i put it? ...

choucroute, potatoes, dumpling

Nope. Got nothing.

Apple katsu curry with chicken karage. And from previous nights, mapo tofu & caramelised sesame chicken, Moroccan chicken couscous with homemade flatbread, chopped salad and mint yoghurt.


Mapo Tofu and Caramel Sesame Chicken.



Chicken pot pie with herb dumplings and mash. Perfect for rainy weather


Teriyaki Chicken Rice with Japanese Pickles





Tomato Tarte Tatin with Truffled Balsamic Glaze and Baby Basil Leaves.

Cabbage and kransky soup with homemade maple wheat breadrolls.

Tonkatsu ramen. It took a week to make, but it was worth every minute.



Fresh Tomato and Lemon Soup with 3 Cheeses.

Sweet and sour fish with crispy noodle and prawn chips

Chicken katsu curry


Spinach, kale and feta tart, topped with smoked ocean trout, served with chargrilled Mediterranean vegetable salad and confit garlic bread.


A random selection for Mr G's lunch while cleaning out the fridge.