This Victoria Sponge Cake recipe is so easy to make gives absolutely delicious results. It’s butter and not too dry and delicious with a healthy heap of cream.
Recipe: Lemon Snack Cake
This cake was super soft with a delicious layer of lemon curd and a topping of not too sweet frosting. You can make lemon curd from scratch if you’re up to that task but I just buy mine in a jar (no judgement).
Lemon Snack Cake
Adapted from The PKP Way
Recipe: Crab Cream Croquettes
I absolutely adore these. They’re pretty simple to make and you can use real lump crab, canned crab or surimi (krabstick) to make them. Personally I usually use surimi because it’s cheap and easy. These can be eaten plain but they also go well with a variety of dipping sauces and you can make them ahead of time and freeze them for an easy lunch or dinner.
Crab Cream Croquettes
Adapted from Japan CentreWeekly Lunches: #6
A pretty good week if I say so myself. I never seem to get the hang of side dishes though which is such a shame but I guess it’s fine as long as I’m happy eating my own food huh?
Breakfast burritos, hashbrowns with hot sauce 
Vegetable Quiche, salad, blueberry yogurt, and plums 
Vegetable stir fry, salad, orange 
Chicken noodle soup, carrots and hummus, grapes 
Piroshki (one cabbage, one meat and onion), boiled egg, salad, orange
Menu: Coffee Festival
I have a series of sweet recipes coming up which is great but I always feel bad because I don’t think of sweets as real food but on the other hand I rarely post dessert recipes so this evens things out a little I suppose.
Saturday coffee festival
out @ ???
Sunday eggs and toast
tazitziki chicken, roasted potatoes, green beans
Monday peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,
coconut lentils
Tuesday eggplant parmesan, salad, fruit
sweet and sour chicken
Wednesday coconut lentils
vegetable and biscuit bake
Thursday sweet and sour chicken, rice, kinpira, fruit
eggplant parmesan, salad
Friday vegetable and biscuit bake
homemade tortellini
Things to Make
eggplant parmesan
coconut lentils
sweet and sour chicken
vegetable and biscuit bake
Shopping List
canned tomato
white beans
ketchup
pepper
cucumber
carrots
squash
kiwi
banana
zucchini
salad
flour
spaghetti
bread
eggs
mozz
parm
milk
butter
yogurt
chicken breast
mixed veg
cat food
Recipe: Chicken Tamale Pie
This was delicious and it was just about the ugliest thing I have made in ages. In the future I would probably add some jalapenos and pickled red onions on top but this was a big hit as is.
Chicken Tamale Pie
Adapted from Or Whatever You DoWeekly Lunches: #5
Andrew was working from home but I still managed to knock out five full lunches so I’m feeling pretty good about myself right now. Maybe not the best food on Earth but any food is good food.
Creamy Crab Croquettes, tartar sauce, rice with vegetables, apple, mandarin
Chicken, mashed potato, garlic green beans, trail mix, apple 
Piroshky (cheddar and spinach), salad, carrots and hummus, apple 
Red curry shrimp coconut risotto, carrots and hummus, plum 
Pasta with turkey and vegetables, salad, mandarin
Menu: High Tea
Another birthday weekend but this I’ll be hosting an afternoon tea for my friend which I’m making all sorts of sweets and treats for. Hopefully it will go really well and maybe at a future time I can hold bigger tea events for more people.
Saturday afternoon tea
out @ Flamm (probably)
Sunday eggs and toast
vegetable stir fry
Monday coconut lentils, naan, salad, fruit
matzo ball soup, bread
Tuesday vegetable stir fry, carrots and hummus, fruit
breakfast burritos
Wednesday matzo ball soup, bread, salad
coconut lentils
Thursday goat cheese and vegetable quiche, salad, fruit
pasta with vegetables
Friday breakfast burritos, roasted potatoes, fruit, yogurt
homemade pizza
Things to Make
matzo ball soup
breakfast burritos
quiche
coconut lentils
vegetable stir fry
Shopping List
oil
tortilla
black beans
canned tomato
salsa
carrots
salad
pepper
celery
cherry tomatoes
asparagus
zucchini
potatoes
apple
kiwi
banana
onions
coffee
rice
stock mix
flour
eggs
cheese
yogurt
butter
sour cream
milk
cat food
cereal
chicken legs
mixed veg
puff pastry
Recipe: Goat Cheese, Pesto, Tomato Tart
This is a pretty simple recipe though it takes more time to come together then I thought it should. The result is absolutely spectacular though and worth the effort. I’d suggest using really good goat cheese and the freshest tomatoes you can find because there’s no hiding behind bad ingredients here.
Goat Cheese, Pesto, Tomato Tart
Weekly Lunches: #4
I think this was a pretty successful week actually. I might have actually made everything that was on my menu in the correct order actually which almost never happens. I think the results are that are great because it’s so colorful and nice.
Couscous with harrisa and vegetables, plum, kiwi, cashews, raisins, chocolate cupcake with cookie butter frosting
Biscuits with mushrooms ragu, apple, carrots and dip, salad
Chicken vindaloo, rice, salad, kiwi
Bubble and squeak with a fried egg, corn salad, kiwi and grapes
Homemade ravioli (crab and goat cheese) with brown butter sauce and peas, salad, cherry tomatoes