Cheese guys... Yes, guyS, as in Plural. There's two of em. Their names are Alex and Dennis. Eheheehe...
I love Vic Market. :D
Nak usha lagi sebab kena usha tadi. XD

Aaaaaanyway, I gotta buy a hand blender so I can make soups. How lovely.

Alright, to be completely honest, winter isn't as inhospitable as I had thought last. I still don't enjoy being cold all the time, don't get me wrong.

What I do with leftover filo pastry: Strawberry filo tarts topped with whipped vanilla cream. And it was delicious, perhaps though too much of it. Next time it'll be just two layers of filo and jam instead of four... and in smaller, cuter ramekins. I, again, have forgotten to take pictures but for future reference, here's the rough recipe.

Makes 3-ish small ramekins of tarts...

tarts:
250g fresh strawberries
2 tbsp brown sugar
filo pastry sheets

vanilla cream:
thickened cream or whipping cream
some sugar
some vanilla essence (better if you had a vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds to plonk in)

1. cut strawberries into bitesized chunks and put into a saucepan on medium heat, cook with sugar until syrupy and as thick as you want (it'll dry out further in the oven). Remember to taste and adjust the flavour as you cook it into jam.
2. arrange the filo pastry in the ramekins so that it resembles a small cup and put a few spoons of jam. make two to three layers of it.
3. (Preheat the oven at 200degreesC) When it's at the appropriate temperature, put ramekins into the oven and let bake for 25 minutes.
4. While it's baking, whip the cream til soft peaks then add sugar and vanilla and beat to hard peaks.
5. When ready to serve, put a dollop of cream onto each tart and garnish with fanned out strawberry.

I'm mentally chastising myself for not taking pictures. It was pretty but now it's in my belly. XD

Things I have learnt about myself:
- I think I'm some kind of genius when I come up with quips when I'm all alone.