What I cooked for Christmas – 2020

Christmas is a time for joy, for presents, for family, and of course, for EATING. I have to admit, out of all of the ways to celebrate the season, eating good food was at the top of my list. I was lucky enough to host my inlaws this Christmas, and I couldn’t resist planning a set of delicious meals for them while they were here. I’m sharing everything I cooked for Christmas in this blog post.

Ep. 6 – Australia – Floral Frosé + Anzac Biscuits

For Episode 6 of Cocktails Under Quarantine, we’re traveling down unda’ to ‘straya, mate!

Australia holds a special place in my heart. I lived in Sydney for 2 years, from 2016-2018. Moving abroad in general was a huge milestone and proud life moment for me, but then, on top of that, I got to fall in love with a whole new country while I was over there. Australia is probably the most beautiful country in the world, and has some of the nicest people, plus, they serve hot dogs in a piece of folded white bread at garden stores, so how can anyone not get on board with a country like that?

Chilean Sea Bass with White Bean Tomato Butter Sauce

Wow, what a treat this meal was! I recently cooked this recipe for the first time, and was so incredibly happy with how it turned out. The recipe I found actually calls for Barramundi, but our local Whole Foods didn’t have Barramundi, so my husband picked out Chilean Sea Bass. We shared one fillet, and it was probably pushing $20, but wow, it was totally worth it – Chilean Sea Bass on its own is certainly a treat, but it was so delicious in this tomato butter sauce.

Blackberry overnight oats

This is one of my favorite recent recipes I’ve found lately. I’ve already mentioned in a previous post that I love following Australian food photographer/blogger/chef Cook Republic. She mentioned recently that her most popular recipe on her blog is this recipe for blackberry overnight oats. So since I love all of her other recipes that I’ve tried, I figured I should give this one a try.

Avocado toast with a perfect fried egg

Avocado toast is by far the recipe I go to the most for at-home lunches. It’s so quick and easy and extremely delicious. When Mitcher and I lived in Australia, we lived about a 3 minute walk from work, so we often went home mid-day and had avocado toast for lunch.

I prefer my avo toast with a fried egg on top, and this recipe will show you how to make the most perfect fried egg that looks flawless. The technique is easy, but specific. So keep on reading to learn the trick!