Sunday 20 March 2011

Yakitori & Green salad

March 5, my girl went to the cooking class at Teddy's Kitchen. You can enrol your kids too.  It's fun for them to play with the food and learn some skills.  It's location is at Art's Fun Studio
Yakitori & Green salad

Recipe from http://www.artsfunstudio.blogspot.com
(those with this sign -- is added by myself)

YAKITORI
½ chicken breast
1tbsp onion (chopped)
1pinch salt
1pinch pepper
1cup Teriyaki Sauce
3-4 satay stick
-- some honey

[Step-by-Step]
1) Marinate all ingredients about 25-30mins.
2) Cut the chicken in cube size (5cm x 3cm).
3) Put the chicken on satay stick.
4) Bake at 90˚C for 15mins.
5) Brush the cooked Yakitori with Teriyaki sauce before serve.


GREEN SALAD
7pc iceberg/coral lettuce
1/4 carrot (sliced)
8 cherry tomato
1/4 capsicum - red & yellow (sliced)
1/4 cucumber (sliced)
1/4 yellow onions

For dressing
2tbsp mayonnaise
½tbsp olive oil
5drop sesame oil
1pinch pepper
1pinch salt
1pinch sugar

[Step-by-Step]
1) Wash all vegetable with ice water. Drain it dry and slice.
2) Mix all dressing ingredients in a bowl until fine.
3) Place the vegetable in a bowl and pour in the dressing before serve.

Friday 11 March 2011

Home cook food for my lil' angel's birthday

To tell you the truth, I seldom cook like this.  I only cook occasionally.  Working full time and taking care of 2 kids + 1 big one (you know who I mean..LOL)..is really exhausted.  Well, I'm blessed to be able to still enjoy my mom's home cook food everyday!!  Da best of all!!  so below is what I've cooked with hubby for my lil angel's birthday.  She is 6 years old this year and will be going to primary school next year.  I wish her good health and happiness forever.  This is the most important thing in our life.  I always talk to her how lucky we are..and every time she will tell me how lucky she is!  Yes, we are very lucky and blessed (including everyone out there)

Okay, I saw this recipe in the Ikea's book and thought it would be good to try it out.  It says:
An instant recipe to be a Swedish Chef!  well maybe mine doesn't look like the picture they have shown LOL

Crispy Lemon and Herb Butter Chicken

This meatball also refering to a recipe book ..my first try on that recipe and it turns out still okay.  Next time, I should add some prawns so then it will taste better.

Meatballs with water chestnut

Stir fried Broccoli

Homemade mash potatoes and Bacon chip
This is another dish that I tried for the first time.. normally I cook spaghetti. So this fettucine needs to cook for a bit longer. The sauce to accompany it also took me longer than usual and ended up everyone is waiting for it. This again from the Ikea's book and I'll post the recipe at the bottom for reference.
I think I'm new to this kind of taste and my family too LOL.  All the while I've been cooking the creamy sauce for spaghetti, but this time for a change, I thought why not try new things. Ended.. it's not a popular dish *^*  Maybe I should try new things when it's just a normal dinner so not to get disappointed with the taste *v*

Slow Roasted Tomato & Peppers Prawn Pasta

Lastly we have the fruits platter and all the kids enjoy it so much.  Of course I can see what they like as they only took their favourites and left the starfruit! My eldest sis was helping me with this and she should have cut the starfruit into star shape to attract them. Well I've told her the idea and next time I think she knows what to do ^v^

Fruits platter

Here is the recipe from Ikea:

Crispy Lemon and Herb Butter Chicken

Ingredients

1 fresh chicken
1 bunch each of these herbs: fresh basil, flat parsley, fresh rosemary
2 lemons
2 cloves of garlic
150g butter at room temperature
3 tbs olive oil
Salt and pepper

Method:
1. In a mixing bowl, mix them all together
   - Room temperature butter
   - Chop all the herbs
   - Grate all the lemon zest (without the bitter white of the lemon peel)
   - Grate the garlic
   - Squeeze the lemon juice

2. Carefully loosen the skin from the chicken and spread the above ingredients from mixing bowl evenly between the chicken skin and the meat.
3. Oil and season the chicken all over with salt and pepper.
4. Cook in an oven for 50 minutes at 225 degree C.

** Some tools from Ikea to help you with this ~ KOMMERS herb chopper, CHARM grater, KONCIS roasting tin.. check it out at Ikea.com


Slow Roasted Tomato & Peppers Prawn Pasta
Ingredients

A group
4 large tomatoes, skinned and roughly chopped
1 small red and yellow capsicum, sliced
1 tablespoon ginger strips
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 red onions, chopped
4 green chilli padi, crushed
4 tablespoons olive oil
50ml water
1 teaspoon salt

B group
4 large fresh water prawns (udang galah), halved
1 packet fettucine cooked according to packet instructions
2 stalks spring onions, chopped

Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 160 degree C conventional heat setting.
2. Put all the ingredients in A group into a casserole dish.
3. Cover and bake for 40 minutes. 
4. Remove the dish from the oven and turn up the oven temperature to 180 degree C.
5. Add the prawns, cover and return to the oven for a further 10 minutes.
6. Remove from oven and toss in the pasta.
7. Garnish with chopped spring onions and serve hot.

Little Secrets In Daily Life

 Some tips for our daily life *><*

1. Hot and spicy to tears, what to do?
If you accidentally eat the hot food that makes you shed tears, your first thought will be probably a glass of water. However, hot water is not a solution, it will make it more spicy. In fact, the best solution is to drink hot milk.

2. Keeping tofu firm
Soft tofu in the cooking process is very easy to break into pieces. If you want to maintain the integrity of tofu, you can soak it in salt water for about 30 minutes before cooking.

3. Soup is too salty
Making soup with too much salt, the subtle taste of the soup will be destroyed. If this happens, the remedy is to add cooked potato pieces for few minutes. The potato will absorb the salt. When soup is served, then remove the potatos.

4. Soak a little vinegar before cutting taros
Cutting taro can make your hands itching. Soaking your hands in vinegar before cutting taros will prevent you from itching.

5. How to remove the wax from an apple?
If you often eat apples with their skin, then you would need to remove the wax first before eating ....
(a) place the apple into hot water, the apple's wax will vanish.
(b) Apply toothpaste on the appple to clean out the wax.

6. How to slow down potato germination?
Potato buds contain toxic alkaloids which can cause abdominal pain and dizziness. Placing an apple in potatoes can significantly delay thier germination time. Ethylene gas produced by apple has hampered the effectiveness of potato development.
Putting apples together with papayas or kiwi will make them ripe faster. Further, apples can make persimmon astringency disappear but sweeten after a week.

7. How to make good rice?
After washing rice in water, add a few drops of lemon juice, (or a few drops of oil), cooked rice will turn out good and fragrant.

8. How to keep biscuits crispy?
When storing biscuits in a container, put a sugar cube in it at the same time. As the sugar absorbs the moisture in the container, biscuits or cookies can remain crispy and delicious.

9. What can be done if clothing stains with ink?
If ink gets on your clothing or fabric, you can use cooked rice or paste with a little detergent to remove the stain. Use your fingers to smear repeatly on the spot, stain can be removed quickly. Then soak it into fresh water with ordinary cleaning agent for a period of time before washing.

10. How to treat smelly shoes?
Put a small amount of baking soda directly into the boots, sneakers or shoes, that are obviously smelly due to dampness. Baking soda powder has the effect of absorbing moisture and odor.

11. Ring around the collar, or spotty under the armpit area of the clothing?
First brush some shampoo, shaving cream or lotion on the dirty area for five minutes. Then wash off the stain.

12. How to keep flower fresh?
Adding a little beer in the vase can keep house flowers fresh for an extended period of time. This is because beer contains alcohol whic is both antiseptic and disinfectant. Beer also contains sugar and other nutrients for the leaves.

13. How to sharpen scissors?
Stacked three aluminum foil together, then cut them with the scissors to be sharpen. You will see surprising result.

14. How to remove annoying gummed labels?
It is quite annoying when comes to remove the price tags on merchandise. To remove the gummed labels neatly, all you need is to use a hair dryer to apply heat on the label before taking them off.

Wednesday 2 March 2011

Christmas Celebration 2010

Last year's Christmas I did not do any open house for Christmas.  We were invited to this makan makan (eat eat)  *><* at Klang.  Look at this.. I like this picture! 


Home cook food is the best!  This is by Gourmet Cottage. They do sell cupcakes, cookies etc etc. Look at these food!!!  It's a lot. 

Check these out!
Ceasar Salad

Sausage Cheese Pizza & Salad with thousand island+japanese mayo+periperi dip

Cold cut

Corn slab buttered with herbs

Devilled eggs

Egg & Potato Salad

Fruits with Choc

Gingerbread man

Homemade Charcoal bread

Lamb shank

Mix Vege
Coleslaw
Raisins & sultanas golden rice

Roast Chicken

Roast Pork Ribs

Sausage cheese pizza

Seafood soup

Vegetarian Pizza

Sore throat with flu

When I travel, I tend not to drink so much water as not to be so inconvenient and it's a hassle to look for a washroom.  However I told myself that I have to drink more water no matter where I am. So I've tried my best this time to drink more water, but I think the sun is too strong with the heat and I sweat a lot and at last, I've got a little bit of sore throat when coming back from Singapore and slight flu too.  Then I remember that my good friend was telling me during CNY, when he's here for dinner, that he took raw garlic almost everyday and so he don't have such flu problem.  Well, this is what I did then
  • Take 10ml of Pure Cod Liver Oil early morning before breakfast  - "Seven Seas" which is purely oil
  • Take a spoon of pure honey - "Thepprasit honey" is pure honey (tested and it really works! We are in Bangkok then and my friend lost her voice.  So, she took this during their presentation, and the next day, she can speak better.. so this is a MUST have! ..and this is good to be taken right after you took cod liver oil as it's not easy to drink the oil *@*)
  • During lunch or dinner, take some raw garlic. You can have the garlic in soya sauce. Eat it with your rice and dish.
  • Lots and lots of warm or room temperature water :)
 I took these for 3 days and I can tell you that I recovered from it naturally.. no need antibiotics!!  Wowww that is great right?  I've always like to eat spicy food and do not feel spicy nor thirsty and so I do have frequent sore throat and even lost my voice and always have to take antibiotics.  However this time, I'm so happy that I don't need to.  Well this is my own remedy and it works for me but doesn't mean that it works for every one..so please do not depend on this to cure your sickness :)   I won't be responsible for this *><*

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Fish Spa


What a news!  This is something that most people would enjoy but now it seems such relaxing treatments could lead to the spread of infections!! Well, for me, personally I've not tried this, and I was a bit skeptical too as the fish is helping a lot of people to get rid of dead skin on their feet and legs. I mean I feel a bit yucckyy ..okay this is me :)  can't stand the ticklish feel LOL   

Read it more here ~ UK investigates fish spa pedicures on health issues

Miracle Drink - Carrot, Potato and Apple

A very good friend of mine shared this with me, and I think it's good to share here.  I believe that what we eat are what we are. So let's eat healthily to be healthy! 

This MIRACLE DRINK has been circulating for a long long long time ago.  It is worth your while to take note.  There is a celebrity Mr. Seto who swears by it.  He wants to make it public to draw the attention of people who have cancers.  This is a drink that can protect bad cells forming in your body or it will restrain its growth!  Mr. Seto had lung cancer.  He was recommended to take this drink by a famous Herbalist from China.  He has taken this drink diligently for 3 months and now his health is restored, and he is ready to take a pleasure trip.  Thanks to this drink!  It does not hurt for you to try.  
 
It is like a Miracle Drink!  It is simple.

You need one potato, one carrot and one apple that combine together to make the JUICE

Wash the above, cut with the skin on into pieces and put them into the juicer and immediately you drink the juice.  You can add some lime or lemon for more refreshing taste.

This Miracle Drink will be effective for the following ailments:



1.  Prevent cancer cells to develop. It will restrain cancer cells to grow.
2.  Prevent liver, kidney, pancreas decease and it can cure ulcer as well.
3.  Strengthen the lung, prevent heart attack and high blood pressure.
4.  Strengthen the immune system
5.  Good for the eyesight, eliminate red and tired eyes or dry eyes
6.  Help to eliminate pain from physical training, muscle ache
7.  Detoxify, assist bowel movement, eliminate constipation.  Therefore it will make skin healthy & LOOK more radiant. It is God sent for acne problem.
8.  Improve bad breath due to indigestion, throat infection 
9.  Lessen menstrual pain
10. Assist Hay Fever Sufferer from Hay Fever attack.


There is absolutely no side effect.  Highly nutritious and easily absorbs!  Very effective if you need to loose weight. You will notice your immune system will be improved after 2 week routine. Please make sure to drink immediately from the juicer for best effect.

When to drink it;
Drink it first thing in the morning with empty stomach! After one hour, you can have your breakfast.  For fast results, drink 2 times a day, in the morning and before 5pm.  You will never regret!