Breakfast: Blueberry and Cornmeal Muffins

Last night I was up coughing so hard my ribs started to cramp, in other words I'm really sick and it's a horrible feeling! I would take a runny nose over a cough any day!
But because I have so much dedication I decided to make Blueberry and Cornmeal Muffins :)
Okay, first problem cornmeal!?! It doesn't sell in Melbourne so my mother bought polenta which is the same thing but the grains are a tad bigger. Making the batter for the muffins was easy, it seamed runnier than the picture in Nigella's book but thats okay.


Tip:
When making muffins with any type of berries in them always put the berries in the mixture once it's in the tin or the berries will break and your muffins will turn purple, yes that is very cool but not very welcoming.

Apart from leaving a stain on my fingers the blueberry muffins turned out fine, not amazing just fine, like if the muffin man ran out of chocolate chip muffins and he only had these left I would still buy them but I would watch and envy the other kids who got a chocolatey treat.
Oh well I still have at least 100+ more recipes and chances are 95% are going to be A-MAZING!
Hopefully tonight I'll have a better sleep so I can cook like crazy tomorrow :)


12/04/11

Breakfast: Mortadella and Mozzarella Frittata

I'M BACK!

China was a blast, the food and the people are so different to those in Australia.

Just to let you know Scorpion isn't that bad, it has a dry after taste and a crunchy first bite but other than that they taste quite... delicious?

Anyway, today I began cooking through approximately 179 recipes which are to be completed by the due date of this project, which I'm unsure when that will be.

Nigella Lawson:

When I was little I used to cuddle up with my mum and watch Nigella's famous T.V shows. I used to love the food she cooked (mostly the desserts) and now in 2011 I'm cooking through all of her home style recipes and maybe even adding a little flare of my own.

Mortadella and Mozzarella Frittata

This is the first dish in the book and also what I thought would be the easiest of them all... I was kind of right.

I came downstairs this morning ready to go and I suddenly noticed that I had forgotten to buy parsley and mozzarella cheese, so my loving father rushed down to the supermarket and fetched those items for me.

Everything was great until it came to the cooking of the frittata, I put it under the grill for three minutes instead of five (Oh no she didn't!) and then cooked the rest of it on the stove... bad idea... I really should have left it in the oven for longer so the top could cook the bottom of the frittata took on a nice brown colour... I really should have cooked it less on the stove and more in the grill.

But the end result looked quite good, you would have never known it was burnt

As a person that hates EGGS! This was a big step for me to cook let alone try, but it tasted alright even though it was a little over cooked on the bottom.

My dad on the other hand loved it, i quote "It's light and fluffy, smells good and... tastes amazing" - Andrew Dawson.

One down many more to go, tonight I'll will be cooking Pasta alla Genovese with potatoes, green beans and pesto.


09/04/11

After China

Hello my name is Natalie Dawson.

I am a student and I am doing a assignment for school called a Choice Journey, where you have to choose something you want to complete in your life that you never really get the chance to.

For example some students will make dresses and others will run a marathon, but I have decided, based on the movie Julie & Julia i will cook through a cookbook by Nigella Lawson, within the time limit that is set and write a blog about it.

For school we also go to China so thats what I will be doing in 3 weeks or so, from the 03/03/11 to the 07/04/11 I will be in China with my class, then when i get back I will start my assignment.

Follow my Blog to watch my progression in my  Choice Journey.

Natalie Dawson x