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Monday, October 19, 2009
I love homecook food.I don't rem dragging myself back home for dinner when I was young.or maybe jus once a while, when there are temptations to hv dinner with frens.... heh heh...Im lucky that my mom can cook!and I always like to jot down her recipes and make them on my own now.Afterall, I hope bbTara will be proud of me when she grows up too...I dun need her to tell anybody if she likes my food, she only needs to whisper in my ear, and that's just enuf.
a one-pot kind of solution....easy and nice. =)
 and just the other day, my MIL wanted us to bring home the pomelo...I never like to eat pomelo on its own...so I made us the mango+pomelo+sago dessert.... =)Labels: appreciative, bbtara, dessert, home cooked food, parenthood
Friday, August 28, 2009
I last made this dish two years back...livingstone recently wanted me to do it again.so, here he goes... =)
fav lor-bak...im using my mom's recipe... =)
 Labels: home cooked food
Thursday, August 27, 2009
many times, for a chg of homemade cusine, i watched the cooking shows to get inspiration, recipe books too....one of my all-time fav (as i had mentioned before,) have to be 'everydayfood'.It intro me to many ingredients and herbs, i otherwise would not have the courage to use.this, is something i wanted to try for a while, but kept forgetting to put the buttermilk into my shopping basket everytime i go NTUC xtra....
something refreshing for me, bcos i seldom deep fry food in my kitchen, and this NO-FUSS recipe provided me with a crisp (tat is similar to deep-fried crisp) and yet i dun need to clean up my kitchen, or stained my lips with oil! hur hur...however, i dislike that the chicken tasted blend....looks like i need to modify the recipe to asian taste... heh heh...
 and this, is another breakthru for me and my kitchen!haha....u see, i seldom deep fry, or pan-fry...so, one day, i decided to make this..it took me alot of preparation before the fish goes into the pan! im not kidding. :)something like, armed my kitchen stove area with newspaper (i play safe, so dun worry), n on my service yard floor, so that they dun get too oily...blar blar...well, i think the prep pays off....cos i get minimal cleaning up to do... =)me love my fish... =)(so humble-less...haha)Labels: coris, Dinner, DIY, home cooked food, recipe
Thursday, July 09, 2009
A couple of weeks ago, Dennis told me that his dad will be away....HOW CAN I MISS THIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HIM WHIP UP SOME FANTASTIC DISHES FOR US!???so, i pestered, pestered and con't to pester.Finally, he nod his head. =)
while waiting for felin at her block, livingstone caught me sayang-ing her precious...we were then on our way to meet the LOHs at the TIMES warehouse sale.
quickly we rushed to the hse after 6pm, otherwise sure kerna nagged by the host(s)...haha
there, in the kitchen, the three of them made themselves bz...
while, we setup the makeshift childcare zone in the hall....erm....can u spot a oversize bb??Dinner is served!Let me first give thanks to the chef, and his pretty assistant, for the effort put in to the wonderful meal, and the effort in making the trip to the german stores to get the german cuts, the beautiful pretzels and the rye bread.
 
the spread was impressive! and the table setting as well! credit goes to the pretty assistant, Jess!we had a fabulous treat of food this evening, we probably lack just a fireplace to feel like we are in a foreign country!It was pretty authentic. and I do miss the german breads...
shhhh....someone is sleeping....
Pretty assistant made us agar agar in bavarian colors! jin creative isn't it?and the joke of the nite was, there was a pail of agar agar in the kitchen for us to finish after this plate. And guess what, I thought it was for real, rushed to the kitchen, and realised that they were talking abt the same blue color pail of water that dennis used to clean the kitchen floor!HAHA
and I learnt a new way of making this agar agar, hv u heard? u can automatically seperate the colored agar agar from the non-colored wan by jus beating an egg into the coconut milk! After a while, the colored agar agar will float! amazing! =)
 it was 11pm, if not for our sleepy babies, we would have chatted longer isn't it?thanks for the nite guys! sukiyaki was impressive and successful, so is this bavarian feast!wat's next? who's making something? hur hur hur...Labels: bbtara, Dinner, friends, home cooked food, quality time
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
There are some dishes that I like to repeat cook on some cooking days.Livingstone especially loves this simple baked cod fish.Seriously, the aroma of the terriyaki sauce indeed diffuse completely into our hse when I baked it...
and one day I am in the mood of steaming, and using up my BRANDS chicken of essence, so I googled and found a recipe for 'dang gui chicken with chicken of essence'
 YUM! livingstone gave this a thumbs up!(dono he got bluff me or not la)Labels: discovery, home cooked food, livingstone, recipe
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Trust me, I have been having pizza every friday ever since I made awful pizzas for them. =)Now, I am making it up for them that nite.This time, I am not allowing any mistakes. I hope I made it up frens! =p
upon jody's request, this was an attempt for bbq potato pizza, instead of chicken, we added pork!not bad, except that the potato wasn't crunchy, guess we need to fry them prior to baking them in the oven....besides this, we also made hawaiian (not in the picture).
sheryl made this, yummy!! thanks to her simple recipe, now my lunch is getting more interesting...
miss chay, who bought brownie for us (not in the picture)....
and while we were having dinner, bbtara was also enjoying her bottle of milk...
 and miss tan, who generously allow bbtara the liberty to play with her watch....haiyo....we eat, play and chat...and I suppose they were very entertained by bbTara, which im glad. at least my bb is not a nusiance....lolthe nite ended somewea close to 2am! not that bad! we still got some stamina huh!! haha...Labels: baking, bbtara, friends, home cooked food, pizza, quality time
Monday, May 18, 2009
bbTara anticipating enen and parents' arrival in our hall that evening ...
here she comes.....
she looks like daddy in person, but somehow while i was editing her fotos, i see mommy in her!!wow....
bbtara acting like a mini big sister!! look at that sweet smile on enen's face!
random pics:
 unfortunately, before we start our dinner, bbenen gets cranky....none of us could calm her...so daddy & mommy decided to bring her home....while dinner is packed for them.it's ok....things like this happens, let's learn from experience, we r afterall rookie parents! =)it will get better the next time!! =DLabels: bbfrens, bbtara, coris, Dinner, home cooked food, parenthood
Monday, April 13, 2009
we planned a few times after i delivered bbTara.It was either not available, or feeling unwell. haha...so, that nite, we FINALLY get to meet up at our place. =)I prepared pizzas, one hawaiian and one bbq chicken, but! How could I spread so little bbq sauce!??? I say my bbq pizza is an utter failure, and it was tasteless!How embarrassing....my apologies dear M1-sians! next time, i'll make up with something else. I promise.
we had salad as side, romaine lettuce with cherry tomatoes and ham, and with home made dressing that i really like.
beverage was red wine and for me, the non-alcoholic, Root Beer Float. =)
here are the ladies who was pretty obsessed witb bbTara.and thank God, bbTara was comfortable with them!
now, who's who?
heh heh....
So appreciate that they agreed to do the getherng at my place, instead of town, I could rest bbTara well, and so there was no disruption to her bedtime, after which, I can return to the dinner table to continue our chit chat session. And livingstone was there to help!Can u imagine, we indeed chatted like no tml, until ms chay said she had to leave for her sister's place, who were waiting to open the door for her. The clock read 11.30pm then.
 To pamper my guest, I made my virgin chocolate cheesecake (use to make too many oreo cheesecake la).I heart the quality gathering that nite, and thanks so much for the lovely gift for bbTara, she is playing the tunes over and over again every day now! =)Labels: appreciative, bbtara, dessert, DIY, gathering, home cooked food, pizza, quality time
Saturday, March 21, 2009
I was planning for dinner that day, and was playing back curtis stone's show from my DVD recorder (boi, that recorder has became my recipe database!).Seconds later, I decided, this is gonna be it.Brazilian Chicken.
 Simple and no fuss, what I did was to sling bbTara and went to the NTUC downstairs to get some onion, green pepper and yellow pepper. Do u wanna noe how easy?Brazilian ChckenIngredients:Chicken thigh / Drum (whatever u prefer, i used both)1 green pepper, and 1 yellow pepper1 big yellow onion1/2 bottle of white winemethod:- pan fry chicken parts till half-cooked, and leave it aside- then, stir fry the onions in olive oil until soft.- add green and yellow pepper- put chicken parts back into the pan on top of the vege- add 1/2 bottle of white wine into the pan- simmer for 15-20mins, cover pan with lid Viola, chicken, the brazilian way. =)How easy!It was good, we had it with rice. Livingstone, who doesnt' eat the capsicums, finished his share of it that nite. Try it. it's too easy to reject it =)Labels: chicken, coris, Dinner, discovery, DIY, home cooked food, recipe
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Mom has been cooking a storm in coris these few weekends, partly becos she thinks bbTara is too young to join us in the crowd in public, and mainly bcos i want to take down all her recipes! We started with curry, then we had chicken rice, and just last weekend, we had braised duck! yum yum!
 was uber-delicious! esp the preserved vege! and i had leftover duck for my lunch ..... heaven!Labels: appreciative, Dinner, DIY, home cooked food, mom, quality time
Monday, March 09, 2009
I like mac's hotcakes. But I often couldn't finish them all. Maybe I got sick of the same maple syrup.And I have been watching alot of nigella's nowadays. And she taught the making of blueberry syrup for pancakes!It got me all excited! haha...So, that day, I decided to make it for ryan boi.
Warning, the syrup can cause serious staining.... haha...
 and the recipe is soooo easy, that I shld share it with all of u!Blueberry Syrup Ingredients:125ml of maple syrup200g of blueberriesMethod:Bring the ingredients together and cook until boil. (Yesh, its that easy!)And if u need the recipe for the DIY pancakes mixture:600g of plain flour50g of baking powder2 tsp of bio-carb1 tsp of salt50g of castor sugarThen, all the above dry ingredients should go into a big jar with air-tight lid. Toss the jar so all the ingredients can mixed together. And bcos its dry, u can keep the mixture and make lotsa times! No need to buy from supermarket anymore. heh heh...Now, to prepare for abt 15pancakes, scoop 1 cup of pancake mixture from the jar, add 1 egg and 250ml of milk to the pancake mixture,whisk them together to form a batter.Finally melt 15g of butter and pour it into the batter. You are now ready to make the pancakes using a flat frying pan. No need for oil.Heat 1 min on 1 side, and half a min on the other side.Make any shapes of pancakes u fancy!!have fun!!Ryan boi was asking for pancakes on his way home at nite....I can't wait to share this with bbTara!Labels: bbtara, breakfast, DIY, home cooked food, pancakes, ryan
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Me, like any other pple, have my own childhood delicacies.Being very blessed, both my parents are good cooks. My dad, used to make 年糕for us, the deep fried method.And, coincidentally, livingstone mentioned that he too shares the same taste when he was young.So, we asked for the 年糕from my in laws place after the praying session, and its on our own now........maybe, this could well be bbTara's childhood delicacy too.... =)
the batter....plain flour and egg....
the yummy end product.
the taste brought me back to my stirling rd days immediately...i left some for my sista who was also at my place that day...wonder if she felt the same.And, my mom decided that since bbTara is still an infant, we shouldn't be travelling to settle our dinner, or to squeeze among the crowded restaurants, SO, she decided that she will cook for us EVERY SATURDAY, at my place. we are extra blessed. =)that day, it was mommy's curry on the menu.
 this was actually the leftover, which became our breakfast the next day. yum!Labels: childhood, DIY, Food, home cooked food
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