I am the first to admit that I am no natural cook. Unlike my chef of a mama, I cannot cook meals for my (tiny) family with not much planning. I am simply not the sort of person to look at the ingredients that I have and then go, Right, so I will cook this now, or This herb brings out the flavours of this condiment. Right now, I need recipes to guide me along and help me to put together a dinner for our cosy twosome.
One of my favourite acquisitions is actually Nigella Express. I know, many people scoff at her because she has a tendency to use packaged food and pastes to cook. But after watching her TV series of the same name, I find that Nigella makes cooking look a lot easier and some of her shortcuts actually make a lot of sense. Her ingredients are not exotic, her methods are definitely not complicated and it’s perfect for a newbie like myself. It helps, too, that she is easy on the eye, heh.
The mirin-glazed salmon that I made for dinner the other day was simply perfect. I love how the sweetness of the mirin and the brown sugar combined with the salmon. Best of all, this took no effort at all and cooked in a jiffy. Sometimes her recipes aren’t exactly the healthiest but all you need to do is to make a few adjustments here and there. In this case, I used less soya sauce and less brown sugar and it still tasted great.
It looks nothing like her photo, unfortunately, but the charred skin still looks sort of enticing, no?
Yannisms 
Methinks it looks great! Well done, Yanngella!
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Yay, thanks for the compliment!
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