The Grouchy Goomba

Pan-fried Pork Ribeye Ingredients: 2 pork ribeyes ⅓ tsp salt 0.25 tsp black pepper 0.25 tsp dried oregano Instructions: 1) Mix the salt, dri...

Pesto Sauce Homemade pesto sauce tastes worlds apart from store-bought ones. And it is not difficult to make as well, though it requires som...

Mediterranean-Style Sole Taken from Massimo Bottura's Masterclass. I love this dish; it is simple, healthy and delicious. The fish can b...

Steamed Pork Ribs Most recipes for steamed pork ribs involve using black bean sauce, but after it induced a gout attack for me I stopped usi...

Stir-Fried Chicken Breast with Vegetables This is an easy dish, and the chicken breast can be replaced with thigh meat if you wish. Similarl...

Pan-Fried Pork Chops Taken from Food Network . Ingredients: 2 pork chops 0.25 cup of flour 1 teaspoon of butter Cayenne pepper Salt Black pe...

Swordfish Steaks Ingredients: 2 swordfish steaks 1.5 tablespoons of butter 1 teaspoon of minced garlic 1 teaspoon of parsley 0.5 teaspoon of...

Minced Beef and Peas with Rice This is an extremely easy recipe - almost zero skill required, since it's mostly "throw everything i...

Miso Glazed Eggplant Referenced from pickledplum . Ingredients: 2 small to medium eggplants 0.2 cup miso paste 2 tablespoons of mirin 1 tabl...

Braised Beef Brisket/Shin Ingredients: 600g beef brisket or beef shin, cut into 5cm chunks 4cm ginger, sliced 2 star anise pods 1 cinnamon s...

Pan Fried Tom Yum Chicken Breasts Ingredients: 4 boneless chicken breasts Salt 2 tsp olive oil 1.5 tbsp clarified butter OR olive oil 2 Knor...

Garlic Butter Pork Chops The best part of this recipe is that the meat does not need to be marinated in advance. So it can be prepared on sh...

Pasta with Bacon and Asparagus (serves 2) Ingredients: 150g pasta 75g to 100g bacon 350g asparagus 60ml creme fraiche 1 egg 50g to 75g parme...

Steamed duck legs This is easy to make, and the process actually extracts most of the fat from the duck legs.  Ingredients: 2 duck legs 1 ts...

Roasted chicken with root vegetables (serves 3 to 4) This is again, another recipe from Thomas Keller's masterclass. I used two lemons i...

Oven-roasted lamb rack (serves 2 to 3) This is slightly different from a previous entry, as it utilises dijon mustard and has a different co...

Roasted zucchini (serves 2 to 3) Taken and summarised from Thomas Keller's Masterclass. My pan wasn't large enough to fry the zucchi...

Confit of eggplant and garlic (serves 2 to 3) Modified from Thomas Keller's Masterclass. Ingredients: 2 eggplants 1 whole garlic, in clo...

Glazed carrots (serves 2 to 3) Taken and summarised from Thomas Keller's Masterclass. It is slightly different because he recommends usi...

Sautéed salmon with long beans and mushrooms (serves 3) Ingredients: 2 slabs of salmon fillets, cut into cubes 200g of long beans, cut into ...