Showing posts with label My Cooking Diary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Cooking Diary. Show all posts

Monday, April 3, 2017

Back dated happenings in March

Just came back from a short holiday, will be blogging about my hanoi trip when I sort out my photos. 

There has been a few happenings in March I haven't blog about.

As 清明节 is coming, Sis in law texted us to make a date to pray mother-in-law. 1st time we need to prepare for 扫墓 , didn't know what we need to get. Sis in law send us a photo of food to purchase. In stead of buying ready cooked food from different food store I decided to make it myself. Hummmm it's only one whole chicken, one fish, one pork and some fish cake. Not so difficult to do actually. The only challenge is the chicken cause I didn't know how to cook the chicken I know is just use water boil lah. hahaha Asked my mother how to do and how long need to cook the chicken and I think I'm good. 

Wake up early to get the food ready, and meet sis in law at temple. I had a little argument with a Aunty there who took the whole 2 tables for praying, she refuse to move some of her stuff to let us pray too. Super selfish Aunty, I was super angry but I didn't throw my temper there. In the end we use the other side, but I am still angry with the Aunty. > <

The praying stuff we prepared.... and I forgotten a bowl of rice is needed so hubby & sis in law went to buy. 


After the praying we bring home some of the food and we had it for lunch. The chicken is nice hahaha in future I'll have no problem to cook that chicken. :P 

Then past few weeks I was coughing badly, sis in law ask us to see TCM. She introduce one that is very good at Jurong, yes Jurong! So damn far! Hubby has been nagging about my health, keep complaining about my cough. Somemore my asthma came back to visit quite often recently. So no choice loh I went to the TCM on a weekday. Knowing me, I didn't like to visit TCM had bad experience in my childhood. So I only believe in western doctors, but I do believe some of the herbs are good for woman lah. Somemore now need to travel all the way to Jurong! It's like asking me to do 2 things I hate at a same time. Travel far and see TCM. 

In the end I called car from grab to travel there, the grab car uncle was quite nice to talk to. I told him I'm going to a TCM there and he said he did bring his daughter to a TCM in Jurong before and the doctor was very good. He dropped me at the location and he came to the clinic also he said its the same clinic and he took a name card from the staff so that he can recommend people there. Hahaha well thanks for giving me more confident to see this doctor. 

The clinic is a small old style shop, wasn't crowded on a weekday. Or I should said I'm the only one there? I waited one patient come out and it's my turn. The doctor is a woman doctor, talk super fast sometimes I can't really catch what she was saying. But she seems quite good, and explained very clear and make sure I understand. Keep telling me to cut down on my carb intake, not to drink fruit juice, not to drink soya milk, need to exercise. She say my body get fat easily, so need to reduce carb. Whole process was very fast, even staff who gave me the medicine talk super fast. 

I saw some online review about this TCM, not very good review saying she will recommend people to one doctor for medical check up before she will see them. But for my case since I already have done all my checks she didn't ask me to go any doctor. Maybe will see her again one more time and see what she will say. The medicine wasn't very expensive for the one week she has given me.  

This year I really did a lot of adjustment to my eating habit, I even changed my rice to mixed brown rice. This week I also reduce to eat lesser rice too, and I went exercise 3 times within one week. hahaha couldn't believe myself too. Anyway just hope that my body will be healthy from now on.

Sunday, March 5, 2017

My baking story

Recently I'm also very much into baking, well I guess I got too much time. So I need to find something to do. Hahahaha And since many people bake with air fryer so I shall give it a try too. It seems so simple to bake with air fryer. 

I love banana cake, and saw this recipe from The Hedgehog Knows.

https://thehedgehogknows.blogspot.sg/2015/02/banana-cake-using-air-fryer.html

This blog offers quite a few different baking recipe for air fryer. So far I have also tried baking cookies. This time round I decided to go farther to bake a banana cake, must make good use of my air fryer to impress hubby. hahaha indeed he was impress with what I can do with the air fryer. It no longer is just for frying frozen fries, nuggets, etc. 

My end product.



The cake is a little hard not those super soft ones, I think it was because the temperature I set too low when I first cover with foil. Improvement needs to be made, need to adjust the temperature of air fryer when I cover with the foil. Will try again next time hope it will turn out better than this time. I saw another recipe online maybe I'll try the other recipe next time too. But I'm happy with what I'm having now too. :) 

Happy Baking!

Friday, March 3, 2017

Good bye Feb

Was really lazy recently thus didn't update any post of my life at all. Was always practicing my drawing & painting everyday in Feb. Didn't realize I didn't post anything about Feb in my blog. 

So here's the make up for Feb post. 

As mentioned I was practicing my drawing & painting, I post all my artwork in my Instagram you can check it out. 

I also signed up a cooking hands on by Chicken Up to make Korean Bibimbap. The demo is just $25 and they give you $25 gift voucher from Chicken up after the workshop. Well the workshop is as good as free! You even get to eat what you have done and bring back home. I think it's quite worth it so I signed up for the Bibimbap class. The class is taken place at the Orchard Centerpoint outlet, total there were 12 people in the class that day. We got to share the cooking equipment, at first it was quite weird we will take turns to cook the ingredient. Some will do the cutting, some do the cooking, some will make the sauce. 

But the chef was a Korean lady, she is quite friendly and a tall lady. Here's some photo I took during my workshop. 






The day I attended the class is also my Wedding Day Anniversary, hubby came to pick me up that day after lesson and have dinner with me. We decided to had our dinner at Chicken up since we didn't eat here before. 

Dinner at Chicken Up



In Feb only manage to meet up with Kelly for dinner, didn't take photo with her that night. After dinner with her I went to meet up with Hubby & friends. They went to Switch by Timbre for dinner, which I only get to know when I reach there. Didn't know they so happening when I'm not around. hahaha. While I was enjoying the music and food I so happened to saw a familiar back view. So I log on to Facebook to see if she post any photo, and I was right she was at the same place. So happy to saw there and went to look for her to say hello. 

Happy night.


Saturday, November 30, 2013

My cooking diary

When I'm sick at home usually soupy food suits me well, if I got the energy I'll cook my own lunch or dinner.

This is one of my favourite! Miso soup macaroni.
From blog

Sunday, November 24, 2013

My Cooking Diary

As mentioned many of our weekends dinner are cooked by me. So I try as simple dish as possible, steam food is usually the best dish for me. Steam only ma how difficult can it be right?

After I have purchased the thermal pot I start to cook soup as well. I'm happy with the purchase it really helps a lot and the soup taste ok to me.

Of cause there's more room for improvement but I'm still happy with what I'm cooking!

Photo by LH, 1st time cooking for outsider. ABC soup, Hot plate egg, steam fish, Stir fried pork & sotong.
From blog
My lunch Miso soup udon.
From blog
Another weekend dinner, ABC soup, steam fish, stir fried chicken & mushroom.
From blog
Tonight's dinner, Steam beer prawn, Luncheon meat, stir fried chicken with mushroom and egg tofu, Old cumber soup.
From blog

That's all so far there will be more updates on my cooking diary. :)