Raw vegetables

Slow cooker beef cheeks with roughly mashed sesame oil flavoured sweet potato

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Slow cooker beef cheeks with roughly mashed sesame oil flavoured sweet potato

This week I enjoyed a new sweet potato treat and I now have a hankering for some sweet potato.

Jervis Bay Territory and Sweet potato scallops

I had to visit the Jervis Bay Territory (JBT) for work and I asked about a good place to buy lunch. I was told to visit Huskisson and check out the main drag.

I came across “World Famous Fish and Chips, Huskisson” and was recommended their sweet potato scallops. I wrote a short review here.

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Sous vide steak and mashed potatoes

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Sous vide steak and mashed potatoes

Sous vide steak again! I have nothing new or exciting this week. This is a simple meal for one. Granted it’s not a frugal meal, and I’m not cooking everything from scratch. I just want to demonstrate that cooking for one, doesn’t have to be from scratch and there’s nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed about by using prepared products like mashed potato and gravy.

Life’s too short to be mucking around if you’re short of time and you want something tasty and simple to prepare.

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Corn cheese and sous vide lamb rack

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Corn cheese and lamb rack

Corn cheese may not be low carb, but I’m guessing it has less carbohydrate than macaroni and cheese.

I haven’t cooked a lamb rack lately, nor have I used my Anova Culinary Precision Cooker for more than a month. Sous vide lamb rack and some cheesy corn seemed to make sense.

It may well be Spring (here in Australia) and the days are getting warmer, but something comforting like corn cheese on a Saturday evening is certainly very satisfying. The crunch of the spring onions and the creamy texture of the mayonnaise and bocconcini cheese makes for a great mouthfeel.

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Would you like some gentleman’s relish on your roast beef? Gentleman’s relish and slow cooked beef

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Would you like some gentleman’s relish on your roast beef? Gentleman’s relish and slow cooked beef

Two weeks ago I slowly cooked lamb and then last week I slowly cooked pork (ham hock). This week, I’m slowly cooking beef.

Earlier in the week, I was watching the “Sorted” program on YouTube, and the hosts were doing a chef versus chef sandwich challenge. One of the chefs made and used some gentleman’s relish. I’d never heard of gentleman’s relish before so I went to Google and discovered it’s an anchovy and butter paste. It sounded right up my alley.

Just the thought of the savoury buttery taste and consistency had my mouth watering. I thought it might taste really good on some beef along with some raw vegetables.

I did some searching online and discovered that apart from the anchovies and butter, gentleman’s relish also requires breadcrumbs. Given my desire to minimise my carbohydrate (CHO) intake, I thought about what I could use instead of breadcrumbs.

I’ll take any opportunity to exploit one of my favourite foods, viz., the Queensland nut (genus Macadamia).

As far as I know, this is an original Yummy Lummy recipe.

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Pulled ham hock and raw vegetables

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Pulled ham hock and raw vegetables

Last week I pulled lamb so today I want to pull some pork. I thought about buying some pork shoulder, but I like the saltiness of a ham hock.

I’m also trying to increase the number of raw vegetables I eat, especially now that Spring has sprung (here in Australia). So I’m accompanying my pulled pork with some finely diced vegetables and flavoured with some lime juice and olive oil. There’s also some kick with dried chilli flakes.

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