Chicken Divan from “Weight Watcher’s Microwave Cookbook”.

(The author’s name is not included anywhere I can find in the book, hence the omission.)

I was curious what the meal containe and how it differed from the Women’s Weekly similar recipe which was not a success. This is normal as whenever I hear, read, watch a person praise a recipe or meal some investigation is warranted. Often there is disappointment; for example when you find out a cookie is a biscuit, a biscuit is a scone, Oreo’s are not as good as Delta Creams, etc. (A Delta Cream is made by Arnott’s and, in my opinion, is better. Oreo’s actual biscuit is gluey and the filling reminds me of the filling of Tootsie Rolls or Twinkies, which were another disappointment.)

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Random Recipes: Stuffed Zucchini (Hobakseon) From “Korean Home Cooking” by Soon Young Chung.

Korean food can be very good, if you like octopus, kimchi, seafood or potato chips with sweet cheese. Unfortunately I am not fond of any of the previously mentioned food but do enjoy some recipes from Korea e.g. Bibimbap.

This cookbook has been on the shelf for some time and in the immediate queue of 5 cookbooks which are due for the Random Recipe test.

The people tasting this meal, Lindsay and Harper were not averse to the idea of this recipe (which is good as Lindsay did not show any interest in one of the previous choices. In that instance Lindsay was correct.) Continue reading