I am in clean out mode around here - well, I wish to be in clean out mode, but time and my family work against me. I would love to declutter this house top to bottom but - when? and how to get around these other 3 people who complain when I touch their stuff? Ugh.
So far I've cleaned out the 2 bathrooms and reorganized the drawers and that felt good. Next up is my part of the closet and my dresser - will I continue to hold on to all these clothes that no longer fit in hopes that I WILL drop some of these pounds???? - stay tuned!
I am also going to clean up the bookcases - both reading books and cookbooks and that's what this is about.
A few years back I did a cookbook shelf clean up on Instagram and I kept meaning to bring it over here but didn't.
This is an area of my life that could definitely use some cleaning up, so I am going to go through all my cookbooks and see which ones should stay with us and which should move on so they can be more appreciated by someone else.
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First up is Simple Chinese Cooking by Kylie Kwong. A search for Kylie on my blawg reveals I got the book in 2007 (!) and that we loved the dishes we've tried. I can't remember what I made out of here in the last cookbook clean up, but whatevs.
This time we made (in order of appearance in the book):
White-Cooked Chicken with Soy and Ginger Dressing
Crispy Kings Prawns with Honey and Garlic Sauce
Asparagus with Baby Corn
Stir Fried Hokkien Noodles with Chicken and Oyster Mushrooms
While a couple of the dishes weren't quite what I was expecting - the white cooked chicken had a lot of ($$) stuff in it but was surprisingly mild tasting dish; the crispy prawn batter didn't make for a crispy prawn - everything was very good, and easy to make. I would make any of these again, along with what we've already tried, and there is much more I look forward to making.
This one stays on our shelf!
