member blog: jamjar
jamjar
From
Melbourne, Australia
Member since
14th Oct 2007
About
Michelle (jam) is a kiwi living the urban dream in Melbourne, Australia. She works for the Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria) as the Communications Officer. Yes, yes: she does talk a lot.
She didn't like food for a very long time, but rediscovered a joy of putting simple, fresh tastes into her mouth thanks to Jamie Oliver's accessible recipes, beautiful food-photography, and awesome Tefal wok/frying pan!
She is crazy-go-nuts about blogging - and can also be found at thejamjar.com
blog posts
GENERAL BLOG
Wow I made Jamie's mac and cheese for Sunday night dinner and it was delicious. I've always been a fan of tomatoes with this meal, but tonight I topped it off with dressed rocket, parsley and finely diced red onion. Those breadcrumbs are so simple and a real game changer.
DELICIOUS!
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chee … c-n-cheese
GENERAL BLOG
So the new place is awesome, but the kitchen was made by a hippie and it's not that great.
The kitchen man came around yesterday, and asked what we wanted the kitchen to be like. After a few goes at describing, we just grabbed Jamie Oliver's 30 Minute Meals book, opened it up to page 18/19 and said "That!"
GENERAL BLOG
I would never, ever have tried Jamie's paneer potato and pea curry if my roommate hadn't cooked it.
I tend to stay away from any vegetarian section and don't have any vegetarian recipe books at all. But this was so delicious I had second helpings!
Super easy to make, as usual, and tasty as all get out. THANKS Willo (roommate) and Jamie (my hero)
GENERAL BLOG
We're still loving the Jamie Oliver iPhone app. Tonight we made leek and potato soup for some chilly old late Autumn Sunday night nosh.
Again we're just really amazed at how great thyme is. We've got quite a lot of it growing in the large pot on our apartment's balcony. It smells amazing as we pick it, and tastes even better - especially with the cracked pepper we sprinkled on top of the soup. Organic sour dough bread from our local bakery was toasted and rubbed with garlic to add a bit more substance to the dish.
Just to win the "Fans of the Day" award, we ate our soup while watching the chicken and mushroom pie 30 minute meals on the television.
GENERAL BLOG
OMG how great is the 20 Minute Meals iPhone app?
I shouldn't even be amazed at how good this application is. JamieOliver.com does everything so well - the attention to practical detail is unmatched. The recipes are easy, the photography is *gorgeous*, and the shopping list feature is flippin' wonderful. The tips and information in the videos is the show-stopper though.
Last night, my roommates and I decided to cook a simple meal of lamb steaks, baby pototoes, asparagus and a salad. We're not that confident with salads, so we checked out the iPhone app and watched Jamie's video on super salads. The part about the dressing was particularly life-changing.
We pulled together a salad of baby spinach, beet leaves, and tomatoes - took long slices of cucumber and chopped lemon thyme and mint - finally dressing in our own olive oil, lemon juice and mustard dressing (made in a jar, of course) The salad was wonderful: flavoursome, interesting, and beautifully drizzled with a simply tasty dressing.
Having Jamie in my pocket makes me very happy!