To tell you the truth,... one of the main reasons for having this blog is so i have a place to store cool links/blogs that i find.. ( i surf a LOT) like a virtual notepad. I log in very often, just to run through the links, most of which are updated very often..... today i'll feature a few gems from on of them. Cribcandy Its late and i'm sorry i sound so flat. Yes, i can literally hear myself.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Featured Link
To tell you the truth,... one of the main reasons for having this blog is so i have a place to store cool links/blogs that i find.. ( i surf a LOT) like a virtual notepad. I log in very often, just to run through the links, most of which are updated very often..... today i'll feature a few gems from on of them. Cribcandy Its late and i'm sorry i sound so flat. Yes, i can literally hear myself.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Fried Rice
Fried rice is probably the one thing asian that i cook most over here. Well one reason why is cause, SO can't get used to plain white rice. So i have to add some flavour to rice if i want to eat rice. Sure I can eat it alone but who wants to cook twice.. thats just plain crazy.
oh, anyway. Well sure i don't make nasi goreng like we do in KL or at the mamak stall. But then again, bear in mind i've probably cooked nasi goreng like twice in my life till i got here, so i would know where to begin anyway. I'm just wondering randomly, what is the one simple thing that you cook most and what goes into that.
I never follow recipes, and whatever i cook changes everytime i make it depending on whats in my storage. Here was what was in my fried rice this week. (it was accompanied by half a roast chicken - bought)
Oil - almost half cup, 1 medium onion, 4 cloves garlic, 3 tbsp oyster sauce, 3 tbsp soy sauce, 1 small packet of fried rice seasoning meant for 1 bowl of rice - probably equivalent to 1 stock cube, pepper, 3 slices ham chopped, half cup tomato passata/ puree, 2 handfulls frozen mushroom, frozen green peas, 4 bowls cooked rice, 3 eggs. Kinda in that order. As you can see, i just throw whatever needs to be used up before it gets spoilt really. Tasted good to me. Served with a goo tomato ketchup! :) - you could probably feed 5 hungry people with this.
oh, anyway. Well sure i don't make nasi goreng like we do in KL or at the mamak stall. But then again, bear in mind i've probably cooked nasi goreng like twice in my life till i got here, so i would know where to begin anyway. I'm just wondering randomly, what is the one simple thing that you cook most and what goes into that.
I never follow recipes, and whatever i cook changes everytime i make it depending on whats in my storage. Here was what was in my fried rice this week. (it was accompanied by half a roast chicken - bought)
Oil - almost half cup, 1 medium onion, 4 cloves garlic, 3 tbsp oyster sauce, 3 tbsp soy sauce, 1 small packet of fried rice seasoning meant for 1 bowl of rice - probably equivalent to 1 stock cube, pepper, 3 slices ham chopped, half cup tomato passata/ puree, 2 handfulls frozen mushroom, frozen green peas, 4 bowls cooked rice, 3 eggs. Kinda in that order. As you can see, i just throw whatever needs to be used up before it gets spoilt really. Tasted good to me. Served with a goo tomato ketchup! :) - you could probably feed 5 hungry people with this.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Recycle Glass Jars!
Tip from Apartment therapy site.
Well it sounds simple but i think its cool to actually use these pasta sauce jars. Although i don't really use premade pasta sauce, so i have to start looking for food products in jars. I think they would look cool for storing odds and ends... esp since i have tonnes of space on my shelves/ book case.
10 simple ways to reuse pasta sauce jars
why i think this idea is cool.
1. Plastic is bad, glass is good!
2. Like the idea of making infused olive oil stuff, salad dressing.. etc
3. Love the idea of using it as a shaker thingy
What other uses can you think of?
Well it sounds simple but i think its cool to actually use these pasta sauce jars. Although i don't really use premade pasta sauce, so i have to start looking for food products in jars. I think they would look cool for storing odds and ends... esp since i have tonnes of space on my shelves/ book case.
10 simple ways to reuse pasta sauce jars
why i think this idea is cool.
1. Plastic is bad, glass is good!
2. Like the idea of making infused olive oil stuff, salad dressing.. etc
3. Love the idea of using it as a shaker thingy
What other uses can you think of?
Monday, August 18, 2008
Grilled/ BBQ Chicken Recipe
Had some inspiration from a recipe from recipezaar then went about doing some modifications. Loved the results. If you want to try it go ahead. And tell me if you dig it.
12-15 chicken wings/thigh
3/4 cup bbq sauce
2 tbsp hoisin sauce
1 tbsp honey
1 medium heaped TEAspoon salt
half teaspoon each of turmeric, cumin, black pepper
2 tbsp olive oil
optional - dash of garlic or ginger powder or minced 1 clove garlic/ half inch ginger
Mix all ingredients well and leave to marinate covered in fridge for 2 hours. Mix well before grilling. Use medium heat, as honey tend to burn easily.
Serve with a lemon wedge, cold cucumber yogurt salad, tzatziki
Ps - Believe it or not I already had ALL the ingredients (cept the chicken) already in my fridge. Hehe, not bad huh?
12-15 chicken wings/thigh
3/4 cup bbq sauce
2 tbsp hoisin sauce
1 tbsp honey
1 medium heaped TEAspoon salt
half teaspoon each of turmeric, cumin, black pepper
2 tbsp olive oil
optional - dash of garlic or ginger powder or minced 1 clove garlic/ half inch ginger
Mix all ingredients well and leave to marinate covered in fridge for 2 hours. Mix well before grilling. Use medium heat, as honey tend to burn easily.
Serve with a lemon wedge, cold cucumber yogurt salad, tzatziki
Ps - Believe it or not I already had ALL the ingredients (cept the chicken) already in my fridge. Hehe, not bad huh?
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Offbeat Brides
Yes, I know I am already married! But as you can see I still have links to wedding planning sites and I do pop in to see whats new once in a blue moon. PLUS i have a few friends who are looking forward to their weddings soon, so i can't help but be nosy and send them whatever catches my eye now and then. (whether they like it or not)
Found her on www.theknot.com
There are kookier designs on her site, which I couldn't post them on here as she was using flash for the website. Kookie yet wearable i must say.
Featured dress designer
Suzanne Ermann
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Bed
Saw this lovely feature on Indian Summer blog
i
must
have
this
bed
!
See more of Tucker Robbins stuff... esp the beds!
So much catching up to do
I have so much catching up to do ... so many bloggers to visit!
Havent been around too much .. got carried away with life :)
Have just had a recent spurt of inspiration and would just love to have a couple of days of just painting and painting and snapping polaroids and dying cloth!
Here is a feature for today. I have many inspirational blogs linked on the left. Here is http://www.absolutelybeautifulthings.blogspot.com/
Some gems that she has featured on her pages. Really had a wide variety of styles.
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