I'm gonna miss you like a Child misses their blanket (After all I'm glad I'm not your type)

I started my weekend, politely stating (screaming) this:

I'm going to explain this one last time, because it's clear neither you or the HIV whore get it, (Just to be clear she doesn't have HIV she got tested, the nickname however may stick) You DO NOT owe me an apology for choosing the HIV whore, you made that choice after I was gone, you owe me an apology for not treating me with respect or like my feelings matter, I do not and never have expected you ...

to announce your un dying love and introduce me as your girlfriend, I did however expect you to not lie about why we were together, You seem to lack the ability to stand up for yourself, your so called friends are allowed way too much influence in your life. I can honestly say if you had simply said I enjoy her company and like sleep with her, I would still be with you. However you treat girls like they are as disposable as condoms, which with your current "option" is true, and while this is clearly acceptable behaviour to your "friends" I have reached a point when I have out grown this behaviour and you... So if one day you wake up and realise just how hollow and empty your life is, my amazing faith in the good in you and my ability to be the better person means a well worded apology may gain you a friend, however I hold no hope of that ever happening, even if occassional lapses in memory and judgement see me appealling to the great man I used to see in you, I'm resigned to the fact he died a while ago and no amount of CPR will fix that..... So now if you BOTH don't mind FUCK OFF!!!

 

A full day of being abused by my ex's current thing because he sent me a booty call and I sent him a you've change and are no long worth me reply, pompted that outburst, so clearly my weekend was off to a great start, but then coffee with Miss Mary, (who is my friend despite the fact we share that ex) made me realise just how much all of us excluding him have grown up, it also made me realise I need something to keep me busy until the universe works out away for me and the Tattoo Boy to get together. I also got to start at a new cafe, the joys of working for a chain of cafes but at least it's busy and in the most gorgeous location by the beach, on a fishing wharf with sun and sparkling water.

 

But this blog is not about him, it's about my cooking and the project I want to start to expand my cooking skills , JCups is a fun little hobby wanna be business but it doesn't give me........ I dunno but I'm looking for something, and besides while my baking in wife worthy... my cooking is a little safe, so since I'm a huge fan of the Anti-fast food movement championed by Jamie Oliver, I'm starting a 30 minutes meal real life challenge.... I really want to add in a few food challenges that I've always wanted to try like making Pate, and making food related christmas gifts so... guess I better get started

 

I will post as many recipes as I can but all recipes can be found at Jamie's offical website JamieOliver.com

 

 

 

 So what recipe to start with, a quick search of the fridge, yeilded little more than some mince... which means I'm starting with a mince recipe, I choose the Meatball Sandwich, well it is sunday after all.

The best part of this book, it has complete meal recipes so you even get dessert. Included in the Meatball Sandwich is Pickled Cabbage, Chopped Salad and BANANA ICE CREAM, now I have a confession I did not use Jamie's Banana ice cream recipe, I used the one that is so popular on pinterest, it's my project and I can do what I want... plus Jamie's recipe called for the bananans to be completely frozen and I didn't have time for that

Bad news :Jamie uses all sorts of fancy kitchen blendery thingies that I don't have or know how to use... who the hell knows how to use a slicer attactment anyway, Good news: I hand sliced everything, and not only did it taste amazing it still only took 30minutes WIN

As stated at the start of the book the recipe is laid out in a timeline so that everything will be ready at same time, which means multi tasking and swapping between tasks and generally making life confusing, I did try following the recipe but found it easier to do one then the other with minial multi tasking and still done in 30 minutes told you WINNING

 

I started with the meatballs, basically you mix the mincemeat, seaded mustard and basil with some olive oil and a egg yolk, roll into balls and drop into a pan to brown add panchetta or if you live in WA and can't find any (grr!) prochitto works too, then place the whole thing in the oven with the bread , then after 10 or so minutes it will look like this

When the meatballs are in the pan, getting all brown and yummy, you can start on the pickled cabbage, again really easy, and the Chopped Salad... look at the cabbage aren't the colours pretty

Assembly time, I admit at this point I stopped reading the recipe which is why my Chopped salad was served on the side but who really cares

But it was sooo Good now for dessert

RECIPE, note: I halfed my recipe and still served 4 so the below will proably serve at least 6

Ingredients   

• 500g minced beef
• 1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard
• ½ a lemon
• 1 egg
• Handful fresh basil
• Olive oil
• 8 slices bacon
• 2 ciabatta loaves
• 4 slices Jarlsberg cheese
• ½ red cabbage
• 1 red onion
• Small bunch of mint
• ½ a lemon
• Salt & pepper
• 1 fresh red chili

Method

1. Stick the oven on 160°C/320°F, and get a large frying pan on a medium heat.
2. Roughly chop the basil and put into a bowl with the beef, mustard, zest of ½ lemon, 1 tbsp olive oil and the egg yolk. Season and mix.
3. Add a splash of olive oil to the pan, then scrunch the meatball mixture together with your hands.
4. Divide into 16 and roll into balls.
5. Cook the meatballs for about 12 minutes, until browned all over.
6. Slice the cabbage in a food processor, then add the red onion, chili and mint and chop all together.
7. Tip into a large bowl with some olive oil, the lemon juice and seasoning. Toss together.
8. Lay the bacon around the meatballs and pop into the oven, and on a different shelf put the loaves to warm through.
9. After about 5 minutes get the bread out. Cut them open and drizzle with olive oil.
10. Lay the cheese on. Scatter over some of the cabbage salad. Top with meatballs and the bacon.

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Number of servings (yield): 4