Spicy Chicken Ramen

So it's winter here and I'm pretty sick myself. So I found this nice Ramen recipe that i can help you through this flu season and help warn off those on coming colds. I can finally say that it feels like I've been Naruto (i don't even like anime though)

This is super easy, and it taste amazing. this is the third time I've had it this week.

Serves: 2 - 4 people

What Your Going To Need:

• 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• 2 leeks, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 2 teaspoons of crushes garlic
• 1 teaspoon of crushed ginger
• 700ml chicken stock
• Splash of Mirin
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 pinch salt and pepper
• Hot Chilli powder to taste
• 2 chicken thigh fillets
• 6 mushrooms, sliced
• 160g ramen noodles
• 2 hard-boiled eggs
• 1 spring onion, sliced


How To Do It:

1. Make the broth: Heat a saucepan over a moderate temperature and add the peanut oil followed by the leeks. Sweat them slightly then add the carrots, crushed garlic, and the ginger. Cook for another 2 to 3 minutes. Next, stir in the chicken stock (I use stock powder and boiling water according to the stock container), the soy sauce, mirin and finally season with salt, pepper and chilli powder (I like mine a bit spicy). Bring to a simmer and cook for 15 to 20 minutes.
2. Sieve the broth: Place a sieve over another saucepan and strain the broth, I like to put a few vegetables back in for something a bit extra. Then put it back on the heat.
3. Place chicken, followed by the mushrooms into the hot broth. Slowly poach for about 7 minutes. Don't let it boil - keep it over a low heat. If the chicken becomes too hot it will dry out. This way it will stay moist. Using a slotted spoon, remove the chicken breast and the mushrooms from the broth and put aside. I also like to put the eggs in to the simmering broth that way you save another pot to wash up later.
4. Add the noodles to the broth and raise the heat to a simmer. Leave them to cook for about 3 minutes.
5. Moving lengthwise along the chicken breast, cut into fairly thin slices. Then take the hard boiled eggs and chop them in half.
6. Place the noodles into a soup bowl and ladle the broth on top. Then arrange the mushrooms on one side, followed by the eggs, chicken and finally the spring onions. Season with salt and pepper. Add a little more broth and your soup is ready.

ENJOY!

Nutella Oreo Cheesecake

So its been a while since i blogged. but i thought id share wit h you something amazing.

What your going to need:

2 1/2 cups Oreo crumbs

1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

16 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature

2 eggs, at room temperature

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon heavy cream

1 vanilla bean, halved and seeds scraped (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)

1/3 cup Nutella

Maltesers (optional)

How to:

Preheat oven to 160°c. 

Butter a spring form dish/tin (or 8×8 baking dish can be square or circle) and line with greaseproof paper, making sure that the paper is well pressed in. Set aside.

In a food processor, pulse Oreos until they become crumbs. Take 2 cups of the crumbs (set the other cup aside) and add in melted butter and pulse until moistened.  Press Oreo mixture evenly into the bottom of your baking dish.  Bake crust until set, about 12 minutes.  Set aside to cool.

Clean out the food processor. Add cream cheese, eggs, sugar, ¼ cup heavy cream, and vanilla. Pulse until smooth.  

Put 2/3 of the cream cheese mixture in a bowl and set aside, add the remaining ½ cup of Oreo crumbs and vanilla and mix until combine.   

Add Nutella and 1 tablespoon of heavy cream to the remaining 1/3 cream cheese mixture in the processor.  Pulse until smooth.

To assemble, spread the white and Oreo crumb cheesecake mixture over the cooled Oreo crust, being careful of the crust. Then pour the Nutella cheesecake layer on top of the white layer and spread evenly, they should be thick enough so they don’t mix.  

Bake on the center rack of the oven for about 35 minutes, or until the centre jiggles slightly.  Remove from the oven and cool completely on a cooling rack. While cheesecake is cooling down, place your Maltesers on top and press them in slightly. Then once fully cool refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

When ready to serve, release the spring form tin/dish and cut into slices or squares. You’ll need to get a glass full of hot water to dip your knife in to cut each slice. 

Enjoy!

Liebster Award

Hey guys! I've been nominated for a Liebster Award by the Sexy Maria! It's an award for a blogger who has under 200 followers. Its awesome and a great way to learn about new blogs.

These are the rules:

 1. You must link back to the person who nominated you.

2. You must answer the 11 questions given to you by the person you were nominated by.

3. You pick UP to 11 nominees with under 200 followers to answer your questions.

4. You cannot nominate the person who has nominated you.

5. You must tell the nominees that they have been nominated by you.

11 Facts About Me

1. I'm a Twin, the older one of course
2. I work at a radio station
3. I'm also a photographer
4. I'm the only one in my family to finish high school (yay me)
5. Hugh Laurie is my obsession
6. Rick Riordan is MY GOD
7. I can be super gay (like super gay) at times
8. I'm turning 21 in February and i really don't want to
9. I have a dog and 2 birds, my fish died last week
10. After 20 years i finally have my own room
11. Pokemon

My Nominees 

Elly May

Josh

and i really dont follow anyone else

Questions

1. What make you start your blog?
Because Maria wanted me to, sigh i am a good friend
2. What's the one thing you can't live without?
probably internet
3. What's your earliest memory?
me being stuck in a fence at the second house i lived in?
4. What has been your best experience blogging?
umm none really so far?
5. What was the first CD you bought?
Metamorphus Hilary Duff
6. What's something that you're good at?
i supose photography?
7. What's your favourite book?
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan or The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
 
8. What's your favourite TV programme?
House MD
9. What's your favourite clothes shop?
Jay Jays
10. Describe your perfect date?
Pizza and snuggles on a couch
11. What's been the best thing about 2013
Amazing people

Questions for you

1. How old do you want to be when you get married?
2. Favourite Movie?
3. Tea or Coffee?
4. Do you like to blog?
5. where did your blog URl come from?
6. Do i really have to keep doing this?
7. Super Heros?
8. Whats your ring tone?
9. Siblings?
10. Do you believe in Santa?
11. write your own last question.. blehhh

Halloween

It's October so it means Halloween is around the corner for most parts of the world. We don't celebrate it here in Australia, its either an excuse to throw a party (cough not that we don't do that anyway). But I always thought that all the costumes and creepiness was kinda cool to an extent. I'm not into horror films or anything like that but it'd be cool to see some wicked idea for a photo-shoot.

I've just finished do a collaborative shoot with my cousin for her beauty therapy course and my best friend was the model. And by go that was a buzz, had my studio light  and everything set up. My best friend was so patient it took my cousin 2.5 hours to do her make up and it was freaking worth it. My cousin had to do a fantasy make up on one of the models we had lined up. We ended up doing a sugar skull and it was amazing.

Just asdfghjkl; I'm so proud of this shoot everything was perfect. Couldn't have asked for better people to work with. I've got some ideas to do another spooky shoot like this in coming weeks for Halloween but I need models and time to do it with my hectic scheduled. I have to finished my IT assignments before that happens so it probably wont be till after Halloween but i guess i can buy all the Halloween make up while its out and cheap and perhaps get it cheaper afterwards.

Shot with: Canon 1100D
Edited in: Photoshop
Hair and Photos: Me
Make-up: Hannah

When work meets work

The great thing about working as a photographer and working at a radio station is that they go hand in hand.
Not to long ago I got asked to be a local bands photographer so they could have some promotion photos for their recent released single. And I did it, I normally would have made them pay but knowing they just spent all their money and then some on producing that single I said id do it if they'd give me promotion.  Because I'm sick of not getting something in return for all my time and effort. 

But anyway I did it and not only was that the shoot was the most exhilarating thing I've done in a long time. One of my photos have now been featured in the local newspaper! 

First Post and a Greeting

G'day,

So I've FINALLY decided to get a blogspot! and I thought I'd introduce myself!
I'm Liz and I have no idea what I'm doing, so I guess I'll tell you a little about myself I live on the north coast of Australia. I'm a part-time photographer and currently working at a radio station (am i cool or what?). I'm a twin, the elder of the two of course!
I like to write, in not good but I might share with you some time...
Oh god I really don't know what to write for a first post! I'm just going to end it here. Ah!


♫ Currently Listening to This Is Gospel - Panic! At The Disco ♪