Week 14 of the Cookbook Challenge, theme is Japanese. I love eating Japanese food, but I’ve never really tried to cook it properly, like with an actual recipe. I’ve had this Women’s Weekly Japanese cookbook for over 10 years so I think it’s time now to give it a go. I decided on 2 recipes – Beef and Vegetable Rolls and Sushi Rolls. Beef and Vegetable Rolls 2 medium carrots 6 asparagus...

Week 10 of the Cookbook Challenge and the theme is Cool. I happened to be in an Asian grocery when thinking of inspiration and decided on rice paper rolls. I went with a recipe from a Marie Claire cookbook called Cooking, which is actually written by Donna Hay. Ingredients 12 rice paper sheets 1 cup snow pea sprouts (I’m not sure what this is, I just used bean sprouts!) 1/2 cup shredded carrot 1/2 cup...

Week 3 of the Cookbook Challenge and the theme is Hor d’oeuvres (appetisers). I dug out a cookbook I usually only use for cooking soups, called Soups, Starters & Salads and picked this eggplant recipe. Ingredients (makes 12 fritters) 3 1/2 coarsley grated eggplant 2/3 cup grated parmesan cheese 2 eggs, beaten 4 tablespoons plain flour (I used gluten free flour) vegetable oil salt and pepper For the...