Remember the Omega Juicer I blogged about a short while back. Well, I ordered one. Specifically I ordered the Omega Juicer 8005 (the cool looking chrome one).
As mentioned previously, the juicer is not available locally in Singapore/Malaysia so to get it means to factor in shipping costs from US where it’s available widely.
Out of good luck (or bad depending on how you see it), the website that I go to get my supply or Krill Oil (I’ll probably talk about that another time) had a Free Shipping offer for almost all their products in conjunction with the infamous Black Friday in the US. And the free shipping applies to international shipping as well.
So thanks to Mercola.com for providing this Free Shipping offer. Effectively I have saved at least SGD100 for shipping alone (well, I have spent like SGD360 on the juicer).
So now, based on the latest delivery status. The juicer has left the US and is on it’s way to Singapore. Will blog about it when it arrives.
By the way, Mercola.com is quite a good resource for health related stuff that deviates from mainstream health recommendations that we’ve grown up with. Definitely a good resource that I recommend to everyone.
Published on
February 8, 2009 in
Food.
Good food can be fast food..
No I’m not talking about those fast food like McDonalds, KFC and such. I’m talking about home cooked, real good food and fast.
Juicy Ribeye Steak
My dinner for tonight was a nice juicy Ribeye Steak with asparagus that I cooked. How long did I take? 30 mins for 2 portions of it, minus the time it takes for the meat to defrost as I bought frozen ribeyes. It’s less time than I take to go out and grab myself a takeaway or even to order a delivery service. Including eating it and doing the dishes, it’s slightly over an hour.
So what do you think? Fast enough?
Published on
February 1, 2009 in
Food.
Was out almost the whole afternoon today doing some shopping. Bought myself a decent set of knives for the kitchen. Maybe I’ll blog about that later once I have used it a few times.
Anyway, was at Carrefour and manage to find some frozen Duck Legs. Duck parts is something I can’t really find at the neighbourhood NTUC. Ducks are almost always sold whole so seeing the frozen parts, I immediately bought a pack home to try out.
So here you go, my braised duck leg dinner. A first attempt at it though as the only other duck dish is know is ginger duck.
Duck Leg with some greens
Didn’t really know how to cook the duck initially. Seen quite a few recipes for ducks from books as well as on the internet but unfortunately it was either way too complicated or I didn’t have the necessary ingredients.
So I just did a quick seasoning with salt and black pepper, browned it in a pan and finally braised it with sauteed onions and chicken stock. So luckily it came out decent (at least for myself and the mrs).
A close up of the succulent meat. Yummy
Well, still got 2 more duck legs in the freezer. Maybe I can attempt a roast duck leg for those….
Published on
January 18, 2009 in
Food.
My First Steak Attempt
This is what I had for dinner tonight. Steak, and yes I cooked it myself. It’s loosely based on the Steak Diane recipe from Gordon Ramsay’s Cookalong series. You can find the original recipe here.
Loosely based cause I don’t have all the ingredients in hand. Replaced the single cream with whipping cream (bad idea I tell you.) and missing a key ingredient, cognac. I didn’t have any cognac left other than my unopened Cordon Bleu which I really didn’t feel like opening up to use on my first steak attempt.
Anyway, the dish turned out fine albeit a little sweet (due to the cream) and the colour is not as nice and rich (I’m blaming it on the cream again) as Gordon Ramsay’s dish. So the next time I attempt steak, I’ll be sure to follow the recipe more religiously. Time to get some cognac!!
