tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371129482012-01-30T22:38:05.780+10:00Katy gets away with a mediocre performance in the kitchen by dusting things with icing sugar, drenching things in sauce, or cheating with mashed potatoes and frozen veggiesKatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04719499416161693833noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37112948.post-1166313685971384002006-12-17T09:59:00.000+10:002006-12-17T10:01:25.976+10:00

It's my 21st Birthday today!I'll be having friends around, my parents came down last night and are staying with us. It will be great fun. BBQ for dinner and lots of junk food. I haven't opened presents yet because my parents are in the shower and they want me to wait, lol. I've been up since 7:30am!Yay for birthdays!Of course, 18 is the big legal-to-drink-alcohol birthday here in Australia, but

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Puddy is picky. Yes she is. She'd rather sleep on the tiles than the Cat House we got for her. Yes, tiles. My poor cat. So we went shopping to get something for her to play with or sit on. She likes her simple scratching post, but there's nowhere for her to sit or sleep, so we wanted to get something uber-cute and uber-fluffy.We found something.Pink and beautiful. It's a scratching post and a

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Hey just a quickie, we've moved into the new house. We're living on Mac and Cheese and things like that, so I haven't had time to take pictures. Puddy was terrified of the stairs to begin with but she's got the hang of them now, and bolts up and down them three at a time. I can just see her tripping someone up...My parents come down Saturday (tomorrow night) and then we are all on holidays for

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Whoa. I interrupt my packing and cleaning to bring you ... mutant food!I was cleaning out the pantry (this is rather difficult as in entails first off throwing out mouldy/not going to be eaten within the next two days food, sorting out what is mine and what is not (ie. belongs to my housemates) and then packing it without squashing the pasta or breaking the chips) and I came across two rather

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That's right kiddos, we've finally been accepted for not one but two houses out of the three we applied for. We still haven't heard back about the third one, but I don't think we will get it anyway. The one we picked is a townhouse and it's wonderful, so close to work and public transport, and a huge shopping centre - it's great. I'm so excited.The best bit?I get to quit my job.The second best

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Well seafood isn't a huge part of my diet, so I thought I'd give it a go. Basically there was some seafood on special and so for once I could actually afford salmon. It's so expensive here and on a student's budget, it's rather difficult to scrape enough together for 'luxuries' like that. I have never cooked salmon in my life, so I had no idea where to start. My boss said something about cooking

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Yes, sadly, I have started having allergic reactions to Puddy.The allergist told me ages ago that I am allergic to cat and dog saliva in one of those scratch tests (amongst a lot of other allergies) but when I said I don't have any allergy symptoms when I'm around cats, he said if I am exposed to it more, the symptoms might appear and they might get worse. Well, less than a year after we took in

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Wow I am a busy girl today with my pets and duties!First off, my boyfriend and I went to the opening of a new pet shop near where he works - it's pretty awesome - instead of plastic bags, they gave out material bags with their details on, free of charge! Saves me having to buy a new university bag, haha! Since we bought heaps of stuff, we got two. We got some mouse bedding, two bags of mouse food

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Last night I was bored (yes, at like 10pm) so I made cookies. As you do.They were good - but very sugary and very chocolatey. They reminded me of the cookies you get from Subway, which was really impressive, I was pretty pleased with them. Here's what I did (if I can remember!) I got a large bowl and put 1/2 cup soft butter, 3/4 cup white sugar (next time I'll only use 1/2 cup!), 2 eggs and a

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Sorry about the lack of updates, I've been trying to find a house as soon as possible because I want to move before Christmas! It's already December 1st, and I'm running out of time. Last night I decided I wanted a nice homecooked meal so I thought I would try something new. Chicken Drumsticks and Capsicum Tomato. Now if you don't like capsicums, I would strongly suggest avoiding this dish

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I am in love with rhubarb, especially apple and rhubarb pie. But the annoying thing is, it's impossible to find fresh rhubarb where I shop. Even the frozen pies have been discontinued.So yesterday when I was shopping, I nearly squealed with happiness when i spotted a bunch of fresh rhubarb on the shelf! I almost dove for it, but my boyfriend stopped me with a "look" and reminded me that cooking a

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I've been sick since last night - stuffy nose, sore throat, groggy head - you know the drill, so I decided chicken noodle soup was a good idea for dinner. I had ulterior motives though - I wanted to make heaps so I could put it in the fridge and just reheat it for a few days instead of cooking. I know, I know. Lazy. I didn't take photos while making it because I forgot, but I've got a few

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Well I made the mistake of looking at The Food Pornographer's blog while hungry, haha. I read this post about her having some delicious-looking pies from the bakery, and I decided I had to have some. Only problem was I couldn't get to a pie shop, so I decided to make them. I had two pieces of topside steak in the fridge that I had defrosted. I cut them up into little cubes and put them in my

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First off I am so sorry I haven't updated in ages. I've been flat out with exams, but they are over now! Over the exam period I haven't really been eating proper meals, like Spaghetti Shark Shapes for one. This was dinner a couple of nights ago. They were yummy. My favourite were the dolphin shapes. I took some photos:I was also walking through the shops the other day and I saw this amusing Santa

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My friends and I went out to celebrate after uni yesterday and we went for cheap pizza. Cheap because between 3-6pm pizza is half-price. Yum yum. We got three pizzas between us - Chicken and Pineapple, Arriverderci Special and Roma Something-or-Other. Here they are:They were quite nice. It equated to about $5 each, which was also good because we are all poor uni students. The chicken one was my

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Today after my exam my friend and I went to the local pub to pig out on greasy food. I don't want to talk about the exam. It was that bad.Anyway for lunch I had calamari and chips with Caesar Salad and my friend had crumbed snapper with chips and a garden salad. The meals were about $12 or $13 each and the plates were huge. I didn't finish mine. The calamari was good, better than usual. The chips

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Last night's dinner was a cheat. I was tired, stressed from studying, so I bought a tub of Tuna Bake Pasta Sauce, a 450 gram can of tuna in springwater and a packet of squirley noodles. It's really simple - just cook 2 cups of pasta, then drain. Pour pasta into oven-proof dish and add the can of tuna, also drained. Mash with a fork so the tuna breaks up. Then add the tub of tuna bake, stir,

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What a complicated title! I was going to call it "Sundried Tomato Pesto and Bacon Stuffed Crumbed Chicken Breasts" but that seemed overkill. Anyway, now that Blogger is allowing photos to be uploaded again, I shall post. This one is a variation (aren't they all?) on a simple recipe that's relatively healthy and really low-stress to cook. It spends most of its time in the oven, which is not a

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Ok last night I made my version of Beef Stroganoff. It's my version because half the ingredients I needed, I didn't have. So I improvised (as I do). It turned out okay though and we didn't get food poisoning, so that's a good sign!I started out with one large onion, chopped finely (well, as finely as I could before I gave up due to runny eyes) and a few cloves of garlic. The garlic is to taste -

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I woke up rather late this morning so I decided to make a joint breakfast-lunch thing of chocolate pancakes. I justified the chocolate because a) it's only cocoa powder and b) it was after noon by the time I actually ate them.First off you need to add 1 cup of plain flour, 1 tablespoon of baking powder and 2 tablespoons of sugar into a bowl.In a separate bowl, combine 3 tablespoons of melted

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