Spaghetti

Ever since I started to work in the new job, today is the 1st time I experienced heavy rain after work. It had been almost a month already. Wanted to cook porridge again. I thought having porridge on a rainy day will be quite nice. BUT when I reached home, I feel like cooking spaghetti. Haiz.. This is me. Always change my mind. haha... In the end, spaghetti for dinner.
I have cabbage & carrot in the fridge and a bottle of salad cream bought by hubby. Feel like making coleslaw for him as he asked me whether I know how to make coleslaw. Frankly speaking, I do not know. haha... I was brought up in a kitchen with chinese cooking. No western cooking. I learnt how to cook spaghetti on my bintan trip. Josh taught me how to make it before. However, I did not take down the notes. I just cut the vege and put in the salad cream and little bit of salt. Taste very funny. Think I am wrong to use the salad cream. Must go and check with my shi fu later. haha :P


These are what I made for dinner 2 days ago.

Cauliflower with carrot and mushroom.

Sambal hae bee with baby kai lan

Tiramisu

Today, he bought back a cake made by inmates that he ordered few days ago. He will be posted out in Sep so decided to order the cake back for me to try. Otherwise, no chance to try liao. Verdict: Soft and not too sweet.

Teochew style porridge

I had lost voice for a few days. Finally, I regained back my voice today. But the cough still persists. Had no choice but to see the doctor again for the cough. Decided to cook something very simple but our favourite for dinner tonight after seeing the doctor. Moreover, he will be home late too after his table tennis game.

Stir fried Baby Kai Lan

French beans with carrot.

Yes and No

The cake is out. The verdict is successful and unsuccessful.

Yes, the cakes are out. No waste of the ingredients.















No, there is a crack on the loaf cake again.















If the cake top portion can be like the bottom too.... So even.....

Lunch for my family

Thinking this is a super late post. Cant remember exactly was it 3 weeks ago or 1 month ago that I made this lunch.

Curry Vegetables














Braised Chicken wings















Overall

Sigh.. and sigh...

The pooh play room had been shut down temporary for operations. However, her hands are so itchy today and wanted to bake a cake for her new colleagues. Guess what? After I put in the sugar and butter into the bowl, the cake mixer is not responding at all. It is down.... Sob.. sob... There are 250gm butter and 200gm of sugar. I really do not wish to see them ending up in the rubbish bin. It is such a big waste if I throw them away. Went over to my neighbour & see whether I can borrow one from them. BUT they do not bake so no electric mixer to lend.

Tried online at MSN but no advisor is around to assist me. I decided to use the newly purchased wire whisk and beat them manually. I remembered I beating something manually during sec school days. Its baking in the oven now. Don't know how the texture will be like. Its very tiring to beat them manually. HOPE it will turn out well.

Anyway, the master agreed to get the pooh play room a new toy. hehe... A good excuse for me to buy something. Been thinking of the mixer from KitchenAid all along. But I do not think I will get it this time round. Unlike Josh, I will not make very good use of this mixer. He can play with that toy better than me. Moreover, its so expensive. Better don't waste money. I will just get one normal electric mixer.

Too lazy or too busy??? haha...

Been too busy or too lazy to post? I also dunno. My dear hubby is on diet prog now so the pooh play room have to be shut down for operations coz no one to be my guinea pig liao. haha.. But I wanted to make something today. Will see how later. hehe...

Dinner tonight.

Been talking to Solo and Josh on what should I cook.

By the time I post up all these pictures, too tired already. No going to write a lot...going to zzzz...







The carrot cake for them to pack home

Baking time

He is trying to rush out one report so we cannot go out today. After finishing the housework in the morning. Went online and met Josh and Judy there. Discussing what should we do today. Josh wanted to go Daiso @ IMM. I decided to bake something for my colleagues to eat since I am leaving in 2 weeks' time. Initially, wanted to bake cookies and cake today. By the time I reached home, its already 5 plus. Decided to bake the butter cake 1st. It took me almost an hour to finish baking the loaf cake. After the baking and dinner, sianz already. hehe.. so no cookies.

Sambal vegetarian bee hoon for dinner tonight

Breakfast yesterday

Needed to go and visit someone at TTSH. So decided to cook some porridge. At the same time, can also asked my parents over for porridge but got mum to buy you tiao. hehe

Lunch today

When my father bought breakfast over for me this morning, he commented that he has not tasted my cooking for quite some time and wanted to come over for lunch. So asked parents, brother and SIL to come over for lunch. Think this is the 1st time that 6 of us are having lunch together at my place. oops...

Mixed Vegetables

Sliced Fish Soup

Fried Soya sauce chicken with ginger

Fried Bee Hoon

The pooh play room in action on 24 June 06

Another late post again. BUT it's not my fault. Do not know what's wrong with the memory card last night. Simply cannot find the memory card's data in the PC. Today, tried to slot in the memory card and it works. Yeah..

Ok. Yesterday, spent the morning playing in the pooh play room. hehe..

Breakfast

Wanton mee soup with prawn

Lunch

Finally, they had the chance to come over the makan session liao. been so busy since I shifted in that I had no chance or time to invite them over for makan. haha.. Sorry for the long wait, pals-(the poly group work :gang" cum "daughters" with their boyfriend and husband). wow.. We have known each other for so long liao. Sorry, no reveal of number of years here.

The overall food

Mee Goreng

Sweeet and sour fish

Chicken Rice

Dark soya sauce prawn with chilli

Chicken Dumpling Soup

Sambal Chicken with Tau Kwa

Decided to cook dinner tonight. With the half chicken in the fridge, decided to fry with sambal chilli and tau kwa. 1st attempt of frying chicken with sambal chilli and taukwa. Verdict: Nice but bit oily.

A sinful Dinner

Yesterday, decided to try to fry some crispy chicken wings since I have some left overs from the other day. Agar agar mixed some rice flour with corn starch. verdict was crispy but not fragrant enough. maybe I should add in some 5 spices powder or I should marinate them longer.

Grilled chicken wing with Spaghetti

It had been been so long since I post up something here. Here it goes.....

Char siew sauce grilled chicken wing


Oyster sauce grilled chicken wing

Fish soup bee hoon

This was what we had for dinner on one of the days last week. Another late post again. keke...

Chocolate Chip Cookies

When Newstead had finished set up the PC, it was still so early. Never cooked dinner as we just finished lunch @ 4. Decided to have "opening ceremony" of the Ariston Oven. keke...

After going thru the ingredients I had at home, decided to bake my favourite Chocolate Chip Cookies for my colleagues to eat since this friday is my last day at work.

Here It Goes

Still baking in there.....

The 1st batch of baking from Pooh play Room

1st housewarming

Invited colleagues and bosses for dinner last night. These are what I prepared for them. Sorry, the photos are not taken well as I took the photos after they started. Very typical chinese dishes. Not salad or cake. I like the NK gathering at Edith's place. A well mixture of both chinese and western dishes.

Curry Vegetables & Fried Bee Hoon


Hainanese Chicken Rice that I learnt from my maternal grandfather



Hakka Yong Tau Hoo that I learn from my paternal grandmother.



There are tau pok with the fillings, tau kwa with filling and mushrooms with fillings. This dish can be quite time consuming. Need to cook the soup base for a long time to get the sweetness. The fillings also have to be marinated before they can be filled in the tau pok, tau kwa and mushrooms. After that, still have to shallow fry them before adding them into the soup. Now, I missed the charcoal stove at my parents house. Think the soup tasted nicer with that type of heat.

Sweet & Sour Fish & Prawns

beside the sweet and sour fish is the chicken nuggets. Can you see?

Mee Goreng

This mee goreng was fried at last minute. After my colleagues, nothing much was left. So fried this for my brother and father. Luckily, still have noodles in my fridge leftover from morning. Fried mee goreng in the morning for him to bring to his office for lunch. So rare that I am on leave so can make something for him to have home cooked lunch.

Fruit cocktail jelly



This time, I used a different type of mix compared the previous the one made for V day. This mixture is softer but nicer. hehe... Made a total of 48 pieces and all are gone. Yipee....

2 large pizza ordered from Pelican. Hawaiian and Chicken Classic