Yes, I admit. I am still documenting my food adventures from the end of January. Our next endeavor involved something we had never tried before. It ended up being harder than it looked, so I left the details for Andrew to master. I am talking about making Ravioli from scratch.

Several weeks before my week off, my mother came across an unopened pasta maker she had won in a contest long ago. Ever since she told me about it I had been dreaming of pasta making.

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Next on my ‘To Cook’ list was Paneer in tomato sauce. My mother had wanted to make it, did not end up finding the time to make it, so I took on the challenge.  It was based on a positive recommendation from my Grandma, who avidly requested the recipe in the fall.

mmmm. I cannot get enough of Indian dishes that have sauce, especially with a tomato base. It infuses the dish with such wonderful combination of flavours. It is great to eat alone with roti or with rice. The only downside is perhaps the long list of ingredients you have to go hunting through your kitchen cupboards for  and the mess you have to clean up afterwards. See below.

However, there is no doubt in my mind, that Indian food is 100% worth the mess.

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I made bread pudding again this week and took some pictures, this time I filled my container all the way to the top so I would get more per serving. With raisins, bread, eggs, and cinnamon as the main ingredients I find it hard not to love. This love of bread pudding may also come from my childhood when my aunt would come visit and she’d always be nice enough to make bread pudding.

Thanks Aunt Doey for making me love you through cooking, I plan to do the same with Rach. I hope it’s working and she clicks to read more and make it herself. Read the rest of this entry »

This past week I had the week off school. At the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, there is a mini semester in January where you take 1 course every day for 3 weeks. Professors from all over the world come to teach a variety of courses. First year students, such as myself,  have a mandatory course: Dispute Resolution and Professional Responsibility.

Anyway, during my week off I had a lot of time on my hands. So I enjoyed it by cooking and baking all sorts of treasures. Some never to be made again, others to improve and several that made it in my good books. There are too many recount all in one post, so I will add them with time. I don’t want anyone, including myself, to overdose on some wonderful recipes.

My first day off started with Banana Walnut Pancakes — taken from www.joythebaker.com

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Let me put the recipe down before I forget.

1/2 tbsp butter
1 finely chopped onion
1 garlic clove
1 tsp red hot pepper flakes
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 can of crushed tomatoes
water (to thin it out a little)
1 1/2 tsp oregano
1 1/2 tsp basil

Melt the butter in a saucepan. After it seems to finishing foaming up, add the chopped onion, garlic, red pepper flakes and salt. Saute the mixture for 5-6 minutes.  Add the crushed tomatoes along with some water to thin it out ( put about 1/2 – 1 cup water). Add the other spices (basil and oregano). Let it simmer on low for a few minutes. Voila! If you want it thinner, add water.