Monday, January 9, 2012

Our New Toy for Tan Bao Bao!

Recieved our new toy yesterday :) for you, Tan BB

Hope to capture your little feet in days to come..Still counting down...


Sunday, January 8, 2012

Steamed Egg

Next dish is Steamed Egg :)
So in future everyday, we are going to have
1) Carrot, Potato & Onion Soup
2) Stired Fried Spinach
3) Steamed Egg or Omelette

Steamed Egg

What I will need
1) Chicken Breast meat/minced meat
2) 2 Eggs
3) Soya Sauce
4) Pepper
5) Ajinomoto
6) Water

Directions
1. Chicken Breast meat to be placed in bowl

2. Add in two eggs

3. Add in one teaspoon of soya sauce
4. Add in two dashes of pepper
5. Mix them well

6. 5 table spoon of water

7. 2 little scoops of Ajinomoto
8. We are ready to steam the eggs!

Ready to eat!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Fried Macaroni and Soup Macaroni

Trying to learn enough 1 dish meal to last me for the entire 5 days when my confinement food catering is over..

Macaroni Soup

What I will need
1. Macaroni

2. Minced meat (can be replaced by chicken breast)

3. Prawns
4. Pig's Liver
5. Wan tan
6. Fish Dumplings
7. Fish balls
8. Bear shaped fish cake

9. Xiao Pey Chai

10. Soya Sauce
11. Pepper
12. Corn flour
13. Chicken stock

Directions:
  • Boil a pot of water and place the macaroni in to cook.
  • Set the cooked macaroni aside.
  • Season the minced meat and prawns with one teaspoon of soya sauce and 2 dashes of pepper
  • Add in 2 dashes of corn flour and mix well.

  • Boil the fish balls and fish dumplings to ensure they are cooked.
  • Snip off the bottom of the xiao pey chai and soak them 
  • Season the pig's liver in the same way as the minced meat and prawns.
  • Add in chicken stock and dilute with water
  • Add in the minced meat and prawns
  • Next will be the fish balls, fish dumplings, wan tan and bear shaped fish cakes
  • Add in the xiao pey chai

  • Pig's liver will be added last because it gets cooked very easily
Once the soup is ready, you can take whichever amount of macaroni you desired and add in the soup to make it Soup Macaroni :)


Fried Macaroni

Same ingredients as that of the soup macaroni

Directions:
  • Add in garlic

  • Add one teaspoon of oil

  • Add in the ingredients that of the soup macaroni

  • Add in the cooked marcaroni

  • Add in one teaspoon of oyster sauce

  • Mix well


  • There we have it- fried macaroni! :)

    Wednesday, January 4, 2012

    My Second Dish -Fried Rice

    Got my mummy to teach me how to fry rice- my first foray into making a one dish meal :)

    Fried Rice

    What I will need:
    1. Cooked Rice
    2. Chicken Breast Meat
    3. Prawns
    4. Luncheon meat/Hot Dog
    5. Carrots (Corns and peas- optional)
    6. Salt
    7. Soya Sauce
    8. Garlic
    9. Oil
    10. Eggs

    Optional:
    Fried Ikan Bilis
    1. Ikan Bilis
    2. Oil
    Directions:
    1) Cook a pot of rice using the rice cooker(the 3 of us: 2 and half cup of rice will be sufficient)
    2) Devein and deshell the prawns ( number of prawns subject to liking) then snip them into small pieces
    3) Snip the chicken breast meat into small pieces ( to ensure that they are fully cooked at a later stage)
    4) Place the prawns and chicken breast meat together for seasoning
    5) Seasoning required: 2 dash of pepper and 1 teaspoon of soya sauce

    6) Mix well
    7) Chop some garlic
    8) Shed the carrots

    9) Heat up the pot and add one tablespoon of oil (ensure the pot is dry)
    10) Add in the garlic to the pot
    11) Add in the prawns and chicken breast meat to cook
    12) Add in the shedded carrots
    13) Mix well to ensure they are all well-cooked
    14) Add in the 2 eggs and hotdog/luncheon  meat
    15) Add in the cooked rice and mix well together
                              
    Optional: Fried Ikan Bilis
    Add oil to the pot
    Add in the fresh ikan bilis
    Stir them till golden brown

    Add onto fried rice as garnishes

    My completed fried rice :)

    Ta-Ta!
    Xin gave me a 7 for effort!

    Tuesday, December 20, 2011

    Resolution for 2012!Be a cooking mama

    That's it!I'm sick of 菜饭 tingkat after having for 2 months. Yucks!
    So today, I finally got my mama to teach me how to cook at a grand age of 29 :)
    The last time I cooked was the unfortunate dinner we had at my house which consisted of super sour spaghetti and burnt hotdogs heh.

    Anyway, my two recipes for today
    1) Prawn Omelette

    What I will need
    a) Approximately 10 prawns
    b) 2 eggs
    c) Pepper
    d) Soya sauce
    e) fresh milk

    Directions
    • place prawns in a bowl
    • Add 2 eggs
    • 2 dash of pepper
    • 1 tablespoon of soya sauce
    • 2 tablespoon of fresh milk
    • Mix well
    • 1 tablespoon of grapeseed oil added to pan
    • Pour mixture into pan
    • Ensure evenly spread out and stir as required to ensure fully cooked
    • Ready to serve!
    2) Stir fried Spinach
    What I will need:
    a) Spinach
    b) Salt
    c) Grapeseed oil

    Directions
    • Ensure pan is dry
    • Add one tablespoon of oil
    • Add spinach in
    • Stir fry to ensure vegetables evenly mixed
    • Add one teaspoon of salt
    • Simmer for a while
    • ready to serve
    Ta-Tang!Hopefully I will get these edible the next time i try on my own! Cooking mama in training :)

    Monday, December 5, 2011

    Dec 2011! Jubilee Celebration and Merry Christmas!

    Xin commented that I have been lazing around during this holiday and I should do something about our lacklustre blog.. Oh well...
    Just to ensure that our blog dont go into a natural death, i am going to revive it :) instead of post foodies- i will be posting our newest member of the FAMILY, just wondering when is she going to pop out and say hello to everyone

    Recap of 2010/2011...

    Our Honeymoon- Barcelona - Madrid- Paris :) (A white Christmas)


    Our ONLY overseas trip to Bangkok Thailand in 2011

    At Cocoa Steamboat one of my many loves...


    Waiting at Terminal 3....had to use an umberalla to get on board the flight on a rainy day.
    :(

    Home bound now..when will I get to go on a holiday again


    Monday, August 29, 2011

    A post after soooo long

    The app blogpress lite has been down like since forever! And when I deleted and tried to install- I couldn't find it anymore. It has become a paid app :( oh well.... Just got to log into blogger and write my blog.

    Now trying out my iPad camera- see if it works
    The pictures are grainy...terrible. I prefer the pictures taken by my iPhone 3GS. Can't wait to upgrade mine to iPhone5 *wink wink* tyx!

    We have tried the French kitchen
    Next up, we can try
    1) jing @ 1 Fullerton
    Tim sum bunch (only on weekends and public holidays)
    Price:$38++
    tel: 62240088

    2) lingzhi vegetarian
    #05-01/02 liat towers
    Tel:67343788
    Lunch(daily) $19.80++
    dinner (daily): $24.80++

    3) Si Chuan Dou Hua
    Level 1 park royal beach road
    Tel: 6505-5722
    Lunch: (weekends and public holidays) $38.80++
    dinner: $35.80++/$38.80++
    min 4 adults
    Lunch: $19.80