Monthly Archives: October 2012

… Coconut Rice & Miso Greens      I think I’ve lost my fifteen minute mojo! This is the fourth meal in a row that has taken more than fifteen minutes.  After last night I was really keen to get back in under the fifteen minute mark.  But I didn’t.   I did this meal for … Continue reading »

… Herby 6-Veg Ragu    I took a trip to visit my friends Andrew and Carol to cook for them.  While it isn’t as easy to cook in someone else’s kitchen, I was relatively confident with this one.  There is a pasta dish in Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals that I cook a lot.  I don’t … Continue reading »

… Cajun Style Pepper Rice & BBQ Sauce So I did this one for my friends Alex and Lisa from work and Gavin.  This meal requires a 600g pork fillet, which is quite a big piece of meat to cook in a short space of time.  This meal also requires you to put your grill … Continue reading »

… Noodles and Pickle Salad   This was another meal where I had the away disadvantage.  But I was cooking at Tom and Hannah’s house again, and they have a well set up kitchen and so there didn’t seem to be too much of a disadvantage.  I brought my own food processor.  There was lots … Continue reading »

… King Prawns & Sun-dried Pan Bread   I did not cook a 15 Minute Meal on Monday.  I went out for a meal for my friend, Ed’s, birthday. Over the course of two days I went to four supermarkets and two smaller shops in an attempt to get the large raw shell-on king prawns … Continue reading »

… Warm Kale and Bean Salad   It’s Sunday and after church I spent the afternoon with some friends.  In the evening I cooked this one.  For some reason I wasn’t feeling that I would do this one in the fifteen minutes.  I did.  Just.  This was a messy one.  Or at least I was … Continue reading »

… Spicy Black Beans & Avocado Garden Salad      The pork dish is done and thus one recipe from all eight sections in the book. This was the first meal I cooked outside my own kitchen, so I don’t have the home turf advantage.  No you’re eyes have not just deceived you.  I have … Continue reading »

It seems like there are several unintended consequences which are beginning to emerge as a result of doing this project.  I might write about some of them over the coming weeks but here’s one.  Because I have lots of nice bits of food left over, when I fancied a midnight sank last night I was … Continue reading »

… Curry Sauce, Rice & Peas   So it was lamb tonight.  Pork tomorrow and then I’ve done one meal from every section of the book.  I had a feeling this one would be quite doable within the fifteen minutes.  The cooking process was quite easy. I was familiar with the ingredients.  Also lamb can … Continue reading »

… Mint & Avocado Chopped Salad    I had a feeling I might do this in under fifteen minutes.  This one was the easiest to cook to date.  No issues, or at least no issue until it came to serving.  Everything was quick and simple.  The pasta sauce was in the pan and simmering, pasta … Continue reading »