Learning to cook by example vs a recipe is a huge difference. I taught my friend how to make dumplings and I found she was forever putting far too much filling in them so they would burst. Some thi...

I always look and I always think of what other people will think about my cart. Like this one time when we had tacks, duct tape, heavy cream and cooking oil. Oh god. What would they think?

I wouldn't want to cut them. The novelty of their their unique length would be lost. Maybe keep them in the same shape, season, oil and bake and serve in banana leaf plates?

I have heaps of containers, but once every 3 months when we go to the butchers and stock up, we suddenly don't have enough. Maybe it's a sign we should just go to the butcher more often?

Haha. I had to do this a couple of weeks ago. My friend is a smoker so I told her to go and have a cigarette. I'm pretty sure she knew what I was trying to do!

No way! My kitchen storage is in high demand. I have pots and pans and various oven proof dishes jam packed under my kitchen sink.

MegP, that's a very cute explanation.

I've also made these with thinly sliced mushrooms and/or onions and fresh herbs. It's a good amount of food for me, though my husband prefers a much larger breakfast in the weekends.

You can't renovate rental properties without permission in New Zealand either. Our kitchen looks sad, but oh well. I've got art up and cute things on the windowsill and dining table and that's abou...

Oh weird, all my plus signs disappeared...

Ginger soy sauce sugar a little flour chicken nibbles. Fry in a hot pan until brown (10 minutes), add half a cup of water and cover. Turn heat down low and cook for 10 minutes, checking to ...

I agree with pkyc0. Choy sum is not like bok choy at all. It's like gai larn but instead of a broccoli like texture in the stem, it has a stringy stem. Chrysanthemum gree...

I've never bought one as I use the internet to research recipes. But I've been gifted a few cookbooks.

Coriander, basil, tarragon.

I remember at school camp, we lined up a bunch of marshmallows on the edge of our bunks and used bbq lighter to set them all on fire. Children can be so naughty.

While I'd love to plant herbs in reach of my pet house rabbit, there's no way that this garden would last longer than a day. Our 2 rabbits once ate a 1 metre tall palm in a day. ...

Or use sheets of puff pastry for leaves of more substance.

The only time I do not wash rice is when making congee. In which case I want it to be gummy and gluey.

I've never seen uncased sausage for sale, but if I did, I would give it a go. I don't mind casing, but I really get put off when ever the casing separates from the sausage. This happe...

peas puff pastry flour tortillas meat (bought in bulk then frozen in portions) raw, peeled prawns/shrimp sliced bread bacon (separated into 4 or 2 slices)