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I am so addicted to watching the Australian Masterchef and Australia’s Junior Masterchef. I know they’re just reruns but it’s just amazing how they cook and how the end result is presented. I’ve compiled some of the recipes they cooked, especially those that have the ingredients available here. I hope in a couple of months I can try and cook some of them, but I’d love it I can make something really easy and fun with my little Missy.

But before I can go on a cooking adventure, I think an update on my cookware set, specially my bakeware and ovenware, is needed. Why do they need an update? Except for the pressure cooker which we invested on, all the other pots and pans here are the cheap kind. It’s the kind that burns food if you don’t watch what you’re doing even for just a couple of minutes. I opted to buy those when we first started living in our own home because of our limited budget.

Until recently I haven’t had problems cooking with them because I gave cooking my full attention.  Lately though, since my little Missy is in her terrible twos stage, I found myself burning garlic and onions because I constantly need to check what she’s doing.  Good thing I usually burn them at the saute stage so I can start all over again.

Now that she’s growing up and is showing signs of interest in cooking as well, or maybe it’s just habit that kids want to get their hands on what mommy is doing, I’d like to invest in a good set of non stick cookware.  I think I’ll benefit a lot from it especially if I’ll teach her how to do basic cooking in the near future.  Aside from cookware, most of the easy recipes I got from the show were baked, refrigerated, or frozen so I would also want to have assorted molds and cups, in all shapes and sizes, and also those little trolleys than can come with us when we go around the kitchen for our little projects. (all photos courtesy of Tesco Direct)

I’m so excited about all this.  Why? Because we’re looking at having our home built soon and with a new home comes new things, cookware included.  I’m sure the little girl and I will have such a grand adventure in our own kitchen, in our own home.