Weekend Overview #3

I tried not to cook too much this weekend as I have a cold and didn't want to pass it on to my family.

Friday

We had a sort of cottage/shepards pie thing. Beef mince carrots, onion in a sauce topped with mash sweet potatoe. I really enjoyed this meal, was heart and warmed us up but the best thing is it was on the healthy side.

Saturday

I didn't cook, but I did use my baking knowledge to invent a cake. I'll write up the recipe and post it mid-week I think. I made this for Craig to cheer him up, well he did most the work, I didn't want to embed germs into the mix. It turned out well and would make a great layer cake!

Cyber Candy!

If there was ever a reason for me to head into the bustling city of Birmingham, it'd be Cyber Candy.

I've loved this store since it opened, such great choice, some amusing sweets in there!
So, Craig and I went in there, not sure what we really wanted, though I was dying for some Reese's Pieces.

Here's my stash:



Vanilla Coke (how I've missed thee) Reece's Pieces and a Reece's Pumpkin! So peanut buttery, I love it.

I didn't photograph it but Craig had Mountain Dew Adrenaline, 2 packs of Twix Pods (bogof) and the pumpkin shaped Reese's.

They have so many things to choose from, I usually have Pocky. I love this store, perfect for a treat.

Crusha Milkshake Pudding

Vanilla
Strawberry
Banana

Do you remember when Crusha first appeared a few years ago? The cats, that advert was brilliant. I still sing it in the style every now and again, it's one of their jingles that stick in your head.

I saw these in Tesco (3 for £1) and couldn't resist trying them. As a lover of the milkshake mix I couldn't wait to try these.

I can say that these didn't disapoint. I am a lover of milkshakes, and these are just like milkshake.

Actually, if you like the Crusha milkshake mix, then you'll love these.

I am yet to try the chocolate one, and there's jelly too, Crusha even have their own form of Angel Delight.

Weekend Overview #2

Top: Burger and Chips
Bottom: Enchiladas

Hiya, me again. So I guess it's time for another weekend overview. You know it's nearing Christmas when your mother/mother-in-law tries to poison you with sprouts, like everyone else, I dislike sprouts, being a foodie doesn't change this.

Friday

I cooked burgers for dinner, turkey and spring onion, made from scratch.

When I started this cooking run I couldn't handle meat. I was actually very squeamish about it, the raw, slippery flesh. I guess I was still in vegetarian mentality, I'd been vegetarian for over a year and still eating mostly meat-free food. The first meal we did included fresh salmon, which I was hesitantly handling. Fast forward a few months and I have minced turkey and raw egg up to my wrist, as the best way to mix meat is to handle it. I genuinely enjoyed the experience.

So, this is the recipe we used: Thai-style Turkey Burgers

We had to deviate from the recipe as Craig's mom was having them too, and she doesn't like chilli, and we left out the coriander because we couldn't find it in the supermarket.

I made these burgers and had fun doing so, whilst Craig's mom taught us to make chips from scratch. These I didn't eat, as I don't really like potato, actually I loathe it.

These burgers were great with ketchup whilst watching Kickassia on dvd.

Saturday

Ok, I was tired, so we kind of cheated by making Enchiladas using the Old El Paso sauce instead of making my own, and following their instructions religiously. Though next I make Enchiladas, I'm making the sauce myself. I did learn how to make the delicious creamy sauce that's inside the enchilada itself...cheese! Mind. Blown.

Sunday

I'm not cooking today, though we did buy decorate your own pumpkin shaped gingerbread cookies, fun!


Note

I love ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com I can watch it for hours, the character of Dr. Insano is, my favourite I guess, well Spoony too, so for some insane reason I bought Insano goggles (I saw. I wanted. I purchased.)Also, for some reason, just for our own amusement I was wearing them whilst cooking on Friday night, Craig took a photo of me and tweeted Spoony... he ended up retweeting it, that made my day. So I'll leave you with the photo.

Until next time.

Weekend Overview #1

Top: Saturday Night Salad
Middle: Cupcakes
Bottom: Sunday Tea

I would've cooked on Friday night, apart from I was ill, ugh! So, I settled for a slice of Craig's pizza. One day off cooking and he's resorted to junk haha!


Saturday

So on Saturday I decided to bake, I baked 12 vanilla cupcakes with vanilla butter-icing topping covered in sugar stars.
I don't know about you but I love the look of cupcakes. I adore watching Cupcake Wars on the Food Network and I've never made them by myself.
I have all the kit! Silicone cases and an icing bag with an assortment of nozzles. I'm really proud of these! I got the recipe for them from cupcakerecipe.co.uk this is the perfect base recipe that I can eventually experiment with, I already have ideas to use ginger and spice. That recipe cannot go wrong, they're so light and fluffy, truely wonderful.
Though I did run out of butter-icing so I quickly made up some normal white icing.

I'm really confused as to why we have this insane heat in October! So we decided on a simple salad. We had a base of little gem lettuce and cucumber, though Craig had grilled Southern Fried Chicken and mayo whereas I had pickled beetroot.
It was just too hot to properly cook, and you cannot go wrong with a simple salad.

Sunday

We're not the biggest fans of the Sunday Roast, so I usually cobble something together. This was turkey breast fried with red onion and green pepper with ginger and cajun spice, served on a bed of rice. I really love onion. It didn't take long to cook at all, as I did cheat and use microwavable rice, but we were hungry, and sometimes life's too short.

Welcome!

Hello there, and welcome to Lozzy's Tasty Buds!

For anyone who doesn't know, I enjoy cooking, I enjoy food, I enjoy eating food.

This all started when my fiance and I decided we'd try cooking recipes we found online instead of eating fast food, take out or ready meals all the time. That was a few months ago, and now we even brainstorm our own recipes.

I cook, and I do come up with alot of the base of our own recipes, but I wouldn't make anything that Craig wouldn't eat.

Everytime a meal is cooked a photo gets taken, this is then uploaded to Craig's Facebook where we get a fair few comments on the food, mostly envious ones.

This blog has been created as a kind of food diary, recipe/restaurant review and a place where I can share my tips and some of my quickest recipes.

You may be wondering; "What gives her the right to discuss these things? What are her qualifications?"

Well, I have no certificates from any cooking schools, hell the things I learned to cook at school were terrible! The only one I remember is orange juice with a sugar frosted glass (not even kidding). In all honesty most of my cooking ability comes naturally, though I learn through trying out recipes, watching cooking shows and doing. Seriously, I found out that white onions fried in butter to almost burnt taste (and smell) amazing!
My mom and nan both taught me to bake when I was little, so my baking ability comes from the best place, generations of knowledge.

And yes, I am inspired by Julie & Julia, I've already seen the movie and now I'm reading the book.

Currently I cook out of my mom's and my mother-in-law's kitchens, I can't wait to have my own.