Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts

Thursday, 29 September 2011

Last CookOff


29th Sept11, Thursday. Exactly a week away... i decided to cook all the minced meat there is in the freezer! I wanted to cook on Tuesday but i drag it till later afternoon and when mum was popping by tpy, i invited her to dinner thus i pushed it t Wednesday! Yesterday i was feeling so sick, so stuffed up and really tired... and i had a good chat with a friend thus no cooking. Today is the day! Tried out something new with baby R and she did well helping with the the washing of the brown mushrooms (chosen by baby R over white mushrooms) and tomatoes, while i do the slicing!


heated up the italian sausages in the toaster oven to make it easier to slice them up! got the spag cooked while i slice up the mushrooms, tomatoes, cooked sausages and onions. When i asked baby R Penne pasta or Spag... she has already chosen spag and i asked her again - Mimi, i chose spag already! cos mummy wanted penne pasta but my gal was pretty sure what she wanted!


the bacon bits were good cos i didnt have to spend time slicing... cos i really had a hard time being on my feet for too long! Once the onion was soften, the rest of the veg and then minced meat and lastly sausage with a bottle of spag sauce went into the pot with some seasoning. 


my gal told me its DELICIOUS! she didnt say yummy but kept repeating This is Delicious! 

Called my gf Ser to ask her to recommend some reading materials to stop me from throwing quick shouts at my gal... esp since Tuesday... i am so easily worked up that i can really shout so loud at my gal and when she teared up and say sorry to me.. i felt so bad but i was still mad inside cos she really pushing her luck... baby R kept doing things i told her not to and she would not listen to me when i try so hard to control my temper and telling her nicely doesnt work till i burst out, she would pay attention and stop her nonsence! but she melts my heart whenever she thanks me, kisses me, hugs me and esp when she say sorry to make up with me... i hope this shouting stops... i need to work on it!

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

evenings in the kitchen



13th Sept11 :  instant noodles with fishballs, frozen packet prawns and luncheon meat for daddy's dinner
14th Sept11 : marinated veyr pepperish chicken wings for dinner
15th Sept11 : Didnt cook, we head out for porridge



16th Sept11, Friday. I wanted to clear the chorizo sausages i bought so i decided to cook garlic pasta with chorizo... i wanted to buy the garlic infused olive oil but i changed my mind cos i was thinking after giving birth to baby #2, i won't have too much time to prep dinner... so i used bottle minced garlic instead...


i got baby R to count 20 pasta for daddy and 20 pasta for mummy and 10 for her on her own... started by watching her do till 6.... but when i heard her count 8... i heard pasta dropping on the table! baby R tried to pour the whole packet out! i gave her the counting job cos i needed to keep her away from me as i was using the knife and tot it was a fun activity for her... apparently she had no patience after awhile... next time maybe i will give her a string to do threading with these penne pasta to keep her busy while i cook!


i love my pasta strainer and after this is taken out i use the same pot to heat up oil and fry the chorizo slices 1st and then take them out. Next in goes the garlic and pasta and chorizo! Worried about the oil from cooking, i didnt let the garlic cook very long, didnt use alot of oil... pasta was alittle dry and tasteless without the garlic oil and fresh garlic...

tried to get baby R to feed herself but she was more interested in eating the pasta i was preparing...
so i make sure i fed her and she finished her porridge before i started eating.


prep my favourite soup with oven toasted bacon bits...


pasta looking good but lacked in flavour but gx still finished it all cos he say he can't taste anything with his bland sick tongue... thou it was my favourite tomato soup... i didnt take more than 3 spoonsful... gx never fancy the soup so it was a waste... baby R enjoyed the pasta even thou she finished her porridge, she managed a few pasta and wanted more!