March 2015

  • Weekend Cooking: Air-fried Peri-peri Wings

    Weekend Cooking: Air-fried Peri-peri Wings

    Yeah you read it right: air-fried.  The other day I put my Philips HD 9220 airfryer up for sale via the Preloved group on Facebook, since I’ve had it for years and only used it less than 5 times. When one of the potential buyers asked me to test it to see if it still works, I…

  • Weekend Cooking: Mac and Cheese

    Weekend Cooking: Mac and Cheese

    I wanted something to go with the peri-peri wings I made yesterday, and decided on a comfort food classic – mac and cheese.  I’ve tried all sorts of recipes before, and honestly not a single one of them blew my mind, even though they were generally good.  This time I based my recipe on the…

  • Weekend Cooking: Smoked Duck Risotto

    Weekend Cooking: Smoked Duck Risotto

    So recently Merv managed to score some smoked duck for me (thanks so much, Merv!), so I began hunting for ideas on what the heck to do with them.  I had quite a few options, including pasta, pizza, risotto, and gumbo, but I decided to start with risotto, since both using smoked duck and making risotto…

  • Weekend Cooking: Roast Duck with Bubble and Squeak and Stir-Fried Vegetables

    Weekend Cooking: Roast Duck with Bubble and Squeak and Stir-Fried Vegetables

    For Chinese New Year, Tesco started stocking some frozen duck, so I decided to pick one up and try roasting my own.  I ended up trying out a recipe by Jamie Oliver instead of the usual Asian-style roast duck, but the results were really satisfying.  Duck meat stays so moist and tender even roasting for…

  • The terrible HDMI circuit

    The terrible HDMI circuit

    (Had this drafted months ago, but thought it would be pointless. Recently though, my sound bar / AVR somehow reset all its settings and I had to figure out how the wiring goes again. After sorting everything out, I thought I should make a record just in case I forget again :P) #Start of…