Stir fried tomato and egg on rice

Over the years, my tastes have changed and as a result, my cooking has changed. This blog has seen me start to learn to cook. Experiment with all sorts of things. Buy a Thermomix (there are lots of Thermomix recipes here), go paleo, and now an Asian phase. There's still a huge mix of Western and Asian in my cooking but I'm expanding my horizons progressively. This is a journey.

Easy stir fried noodles

For years and years, I have said that I would not cook Asian food and if I wanted it I would go eat at my mum's house. Well, that's not exactly working right now with the quarantine and lockdown, is it? And recently, I've really gotten into watching Asian cooking videos on YouTube. I finally bit the bullet and started stocking Asian grocery staples in my pantry (don't even ask me about trying to find space in my pantry for it all!!) and started cooking my own Asian food. It's noodle and rice dishes mostly, but also some curries as well.

Asparagus and bacon frittata

A few years ago we went paleo and ate a lot of eggs. Lots and lots of eggs. While it didn't necessarily put me off eggs, after we went off the paleo diet we didn't eat as many eggs as we did during the diet. I guess I needed a break. The Boy has been asking for dishes with eggs more frequently because I guess he's missing them.

Chinese sausage "lap cheong" rice and egg

It's been a very long time since I've posted a recipe. No, I haven't stopped cooking but I have not been creating many new recipes and I've been getting a lot of my inspiration from YouTube videos. A particular favorite is Marion's Kitchen right now for a lot of Asian dishes. If you are interested in seeing my dishes from recipes inspired by others, I'm happy to share them.

Apple cinnamon quinoa bake

Since we went paleo we've been having a lot of eggs for breakfast. Scrambled eggs, sweet potato hash with eggs, mini quiches, etc., so it's always nice to do something that's healthy and a break from eggs.

Paleo sweet potato and bacon hash

So I'm on a bit of a roll with cooking blog posts recently because I've been trying out some new recipes and I'm cooking a bit more. Don't get me wrong, I cook all the time, but quite often I redo old favorites, like dinner tonight, for example. Meatballs in tomato sauce with zoodles. It's an easy recipe that I do all the time.

This one is one of my favorites. We've been doing a lot of experimentation with breakfast lately because I like to keep it fresh but this is a favorite. I cook this at least once a week with leftovers for the rest of the week or once every two weeks so we don't get tired of it.

Paleo tortilla Espanola con chorizo

My breakfasts have become pretty standard and I was looking for something a little different to add variety into our meal choices. With paleo, there's a lot of eggs and a lot of bacon and a lot of sweet potato, not that I mind but I don't want The Boy to get bored and I like to change up our meals.

We've been doing a lot of the breakfast bake which The Boy loves and also a sweet potato hash which is a personal favorite but I wanted to change it up a bit.