My very own Honey Mustard Chicken & Mash Potatoes

Todays breakfast:

1) My Very Own Creation: Honey Mustard Chicken (Inspired from Coffee Bean Menu)


2) Mash Potatoes My own Versions:

a) Mash On Mash
Homecook Plain Mash Potatoes top up with Mash potatoes & brwn sauce gravy, garnish with Lemon juice & shreds



b) Mash Potatoes with choc chip & strawberry jam

Hooray I'm in the top 30's . Please vote for me, pleeease!!

Dear fellow bloggers,

Thks for dropping by my blog frm time to time. Really appreciate your time.



I just found out that one of my few recipes submitted for the Maggi Mee My Way contest has been selected as one of the top 30 amonng the 300 + entries.

I'm really happy that the judges had selected my Thai Green Curry-licious Maggi Noodle as one of the top 30 entries.

Please vote for my recipe & you will also stand to win prize for the Voters Incentive category. You need to first register as a member before you can vote.

Please keep voting daily until the 18Jan 2010.

Your vote will help boost my winning chances.
Thks everyone.

Have a great day!

The TOP 10 winner announcement is finally on the AJINOMOTO Umamizone website

Referring to my previous posts on the double happy news on my recipe 1 & recipe 2 , the pictures of the TOP 10 winners of the Ajinomoto Creative Recipe Contest are finally out on the website.

Clicke here to view.

Maggi Sunday

The weather was cool & wet today.

Woke up at 7am as usual despite a beautiful Sunday. Went to market with my "littlest" to buy groceries to cook breakfast, lunch & dinner(to cut cost).
Nowadays eating out can really drain the wallet..easily RM60 for 3 meals for a family of 6 like mine. With RM60 or less, I could cook 3 meals (I mean nutritious & to my family's tastebuds food)

What did I cook this Sunday?

Breakfast:

Pineapple & Chicken Fried rice


Lunch:
My kids had pestered me to make them Maggi. So I made different variety of maggi to suit their individual taste for my entire family...but with lots of vege & protein added (to force them to eat the vege,i had to chop them finely when preparing the ingredients)

1) Mama-k Mi Goreng Tai look Min
(For my daughters who loves KON LOW(dry ) & non spicy style


2) Maggi Mee with Chicken Bolognaise style for my twins after their Taekwando


3) Maggi Goreng ALa Kampung with Ikan Kembong & Sawi (for my dear)


4) Green Curry Sausage-Seafood Maggi for myself.(taxed by my big eater 2nd twin)





After lunch especially after such a MASSIVE cooking, one will expect a lot of washing up to do. My twins washed the dishes, the girls wiped them, hubby iron clothes & I cleaned up the messy kitchen.

After that, we head to Batu Gajah again ..this time not for golf but to the historical Kellie's Castle. Stay tune for the updates on my next post on this simple outing.

Splendid Saturday for kids- cousins get together

My princesses with their cousin Ryan on his bday @KFC



After lunch @ KFC, kids have fun feeding fish @ the koi pond at my home

Simple dish for dinner:


Nyonya Chicken Stew



Tauchu fried long beans with Kembong fish

Another winning entry in Ajinomoto Contest

I praise God for this 2nd winning entry (this time under my name). If you have read my previous post, the 1st entry "Sambal Tumis Cuttlefish with Thai Mini Asparagus" was won under my hubbby's name.

‘Once A-Prawn a time in France Fried Rice’

Ingredients:
1 tbsp Cooking oil
2 tsp Sesame oil
1 small Onion, sliced thinly
1 clove Garlic, finely chopped
10 medium Fresh prawns, peeled
Some AJI-SHIO® Iodised Table Salt to taste
10 French beans, cut according to preferred size
3 cups Leftover steamed rice
1 packet SERI-AJI® Fried Rice Mix (Prawn)
3 Egg
Some AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Pepper to taste
Some Water

Method:
1. Massage some Aji-Shio iodised table salt over the peeled prawn.
2. Heat 1 tbsp of cooking oil in a wok. Quickly stir-fry prawns under high heat till they appear pink, put aside.
3. Fry a sun-side up egg (telur mata kerbau), sprinkle with AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Pepper on top & put aside.
4. Heat up a large wok with sesame oil. Sauté onion & garlic over medium heat until fragrant & golden.
5. Add in French beans. Stir-fry together. Add rice and stir-fry for a few minutes under high heat. Sprinkle 1 sachet of SERI-AJI® Fried Rice Mix (Prawn), stir well.
6. Drizzle some water over the fried rice and stir quickly till rice is light, non soggy or clumpy but well mixed! Turn off heat.
7. Arrange prawns & garnish with the fried egg on top, serve warm.

Notes of this recipe: This creatively named special fried rice is no fairy tale but simple & yummy for prawn lovers in my family- my 4 kids & my hubby!

Thanks Ajinomoto for organising this contest & allowing me the opportunity to win cash & mystery gifts!

My winning recipe in AJINOMOTO Creative Recipe Contest

Hubby received a phone call from Ajinomoto congratulating him for his entry (which I sent in his name) which has won cash & mystery gift.

Here's the winning recipe:

Sambal Tumis Cuttlefish & Mini Thai Asparagus
Ingredients:
3 tbsp Cooking oil
2 Shallot, thinly sliced
1 big Soaked cuttlefish, cleaned and cut into small pieces.
1 bunch/12 nos Mini Thai Asparagus, cut into 1 inch length
2 tbsp Ground chilli paste (cili giling)
3 tbsp Tomato paste
½ tbsp TUMIX® Ikan Bilis (Anchovy) Seasoning
2 tbsp Brown sugar
Some AJI-SHIO® Iodised Table Salt to taste
A pinch Shrimp paste (belacan) powder optional
1 Big red chilli, sliced for garnishing

(A): mix together & strain the tamarind juice
1 tbsp Tamarind juice
½ cup Warm water


Method:
1. Heat oil in a wok over medium high heat, sauté shallots till fragrant.
2. Add in ground chilli paste and tomato paste, stir well to combine.
3. Pour in tamarind juice (A) then bring to a boil. Add in TUMIX® Ikan Bilis (Anchovy) Seasoning, brown sugar & a pinch of belacan powder. Stir-well.
4. Then add in cuttlefish & Mini Thai asparagus. Stir to combine.
5. Cover & simmer for 1-2 minutes (If thicker sauce is preferred, add in a bit of corn flour mix with 2 tablespoon of water)
6. Uncover, stir and add some AJI-SHIO® Iodised Table Salt to taste. Garnish with red chilli and serve warm with rice.


This is best to eat as one of the condiments for nasi lemak, too.

My own version of Portugese Assam Fish & Prawn

So this post will be a continuation from my previous post. What did I cook for my beloved family tonight after the Twins' taekwando & hubby's Golf far away at Damai Laut?



1) My own version of Portugese Assam Selar Goreng & prawn with brinjals, carrots, & green gourd:





2) Udang Assam Jawa (Tamarind Assam Prawn)



3) Oyster Sauce Taufu with Minced Meat,Prawn & Brocolli


Yummy looking? Well I love the tastes myself, too. My family "gasak" (wallup) everything leaving all the plates empty. Must be due to their activities prior to dinner: taekwando, golfing, playground!!

Our simple Saturday

I had to run some errands in the morning & chauffer mum to buy fruits & food for offerings to dad & other deceased ancestors at the Kek Lok Seah temple at 1.30pm today.

After all the errands were done, we went out for ala carte lunch at the Wooley food court. Some ordered Vietnamese Chicken chop rice, some had Penang fried kueh tiaw, some had spaghetti & sizzling pan mee. We "ta pau" (takeaway some of my dad's favorite dishes & rice in a tiffin carrier to offer him at the temple)

After lunch we proceeded to Kek Lok Seah temple for the prayers.



After the prayers, we adjourned home & spent time at home as it was drizzling again.

At night I cooked these for my family:

1) Ku low Yook (Sweet Sour Mini Pork chops)


2) Tauchu Taufu On Taufu (First deep fry 3 taufu. Use one of it & mashed it up to cook with minced meat & tauchu, then pour back onto the fried ones)


3) Drunked Popeye (spinach with chinese cooking wine)



For tomorrow picnic: nasi lemak with tamarind sardine, & sambal cuttlefish,


Will fry burgers, sausages , popcorn chicken & fried eggs tomorrow morning itself.

Stay tune on my next post on the Picnic.

Gravy-licious Lunch & Simple dinner

What I cooked today for lunch:

1) Fried egg in tomato sauce
2) Chindian Chic
3) Fried cabbage with fishcake
4) Meat Ball anchovies Soup



Gravy-licious...kids love all the dishes....wallup everthing!
"Thk you mummy for the delicious meal!"....That's my reward..


Dinner: Just simple Salmon & Potato Fried Rice.


Also boiled Sugarcane water (Leong sui)

Quick fix for dinner saves time & $$$ frm eating out. Now watching Yasmin Ahmad's great wrk on TV3..Muksyin.

Happy weekend everyone!

Sunday special at home

Today breakfast I cooked porridge. The condiments included mini chicken chops, fried egg with spaghetti sauce & fried beansprout& long beans with oyster sauce.

Sorry forgot to take the pics as I was in a hurry to bring some of the porridge for a friend who is in hospital. She can only consume blended food.So I specially prepared some porridge with anchovies, mini chicken chop & vege in the porridge for his son to blend for her . Also made her some dragon fruit yogurt.Hope she gets well soon.

As for lunch, I cook rice & 3 dishes:
1) chicken satay with peanut sauce,
2) cincalok mix vege (brinjal, cucumber, tomatoes with cincalok)
3) fried fish with soya sauce



As for dinner, me on strike...we ate outside at the gourmet square.
Hubby & myself had dried curry noodle with shredded chicken & prawn while the kids had nasi lemak.

Goodnight! Catch up next weekend.

simple Saturday dinner at YMCA for oni RM39

Last night we had Chinese set dinner of 4 dishes & 1 soup at YMCA cafe for only RM39.00 nett.

We had:

1) Fried Shark Meat with Mayonaise
2) Chinese Green Cabbage
3) Taufu with lots of mushroom & gravy
4) Fried chicken
5) Watercrest Soup


Then after we call for the bill, we got a facial tissue for free & a complimentary dessert of chocolate agar-agar(jelly).

Not bad for a RM39 set dinner, hoh?

"Tutti Fruiti Cheesy Chicky Spaghetti" & Tutti Fruiti Yogurt

This morning I went to market to get stuff for lunch & dinner for this weekend.

So I bought nasilemak for my 10yr old twin boys (with sambal) and sambal-less nasi lemak for my 4& 5 yr old princesses. As for low kung(hubby), I got him vegetarian fried mihun & "mak chook" (wheat porridge??, bubur gandum). Then I left to do 2 locums (house calls)after sending the boys for tuition & the daddy satyed at home with the gals.

By 2 pm I came home to cook lunch....Tutti fruiti cheesy chicky spaghetti:

(As the name explains itself..I added fruits to the spaghetti sauce : natural sweetness of mango & papaya instead of adding sugar; crunchy pears & apples; fragrance of basil leaves frm my kitchen garden, some vege like celery, capsicum & fresh tomatoes). Here are some pics of evidence:





Then we made some tutti fruti yogurt with our New Toy redeemed frm Citibank redemptions points...The Click & Mix Moulinex Mixer! The twins helped me with this :





Lazy to cook for dinner...still thinking what to eat for dinner. The boys just got bck frm taekwando & the girls still sleeping.

Sickening Sunday cheered up by cows & vege!!

On Saturday 18.7.09, no mood to make breakfast...early morning someone oredi started a cold war here (continuation frm a previous night war over some stupid frogs & the MACC(Malaysian Anti-corruption Commission) issues. Don't ask me to elaborate!
So I took the twins out for a quickie breakfast before sending them to school. Left the two girls to bug HIM. I wont give in this time..not when He has gone beyond my limit of tolerance!!

After I got back by lunch all he was concern was LUNCH after spending the whole stupid morning reading newspaper & DOING nothing!!!!! How luxurious!!
I had to do marketing & then rush to prepare lunch. So as noted in my previous post, I made Penang Fried Kueh Teow & Mamak Mee Goreng for lunch with Lurve.

Then for dinner, here's what I cooked 3 dishes for rice:


Fried Spare ribs marinated with Chinese cooking wine & dark soya sauce,etc.

Fried tofu dip with mayo & chilly-tomato sauce.

Then one stir fried garlic with spinach (forgot to take picture).

Then the next morning, I fried potato wedges & nuggets for breakfast, followed by making chee cheong fun for lunch. Cooked my own chicky mushroom sauce to go with it:


Then in the evening, we went to a fren's Cow & Vege Farm : Take a look the these pics:

Big Thks to Prem for the warm hospitality!!

Today's Lunch

Today I fried Penang Fried Kueh Teow,



& Mamak Mi Goreng.:



Look what i added in the mee goreng..it's Twisties' Lurve Hot & Spicy Cruchy cracker

Sunday meals!

Past 2 weekends we had been staying at home most of the time to minimise the risk of contracting H1N1 flu. Besides, times like now, better go out less, especially to shopping malls to avoid spending unnecessarily.

So that means more home cooking, spend more indoor times with family & more dish washing & hoursechores for me!!


Breakfast: I made my family Lor Mihun( Saucy Gravy MiHun with vege & fish ball, chicken & prawn)
Sorry forgot to snap pic as i was rushing the twins to be on time for their Taekwando.





lunch: 1) fried Red snapper & sauced up with tomato& onion gravy.
2) ABC soup
3) Stir fried Chinese Cabbage with chicken burger meat
4) Sambal Fish Curry Tomato for my hubby

Then my twins made some sushi for the first time with their daddy: Not bad. I fried Salmon & prepare some cold Baby Octopus (prepacked frm Jusco). They creatively made few other varients like banana , chicken floss, fried onion & cheese suchi. Wala!! Nice:




Then we went to the nearby playground for the kids to release some energy & for daddy to burn some calories running in the field.

Dinner: we went to Sharon's Laksa (at Carnival Place where the old Antap Cafe was).
I had Siamese Laksa while hubby & kids had cheezy Yummy spaghetti.


Just put all the kids to bed as it's school tomorrow. They always name Saturday & Sunday their Special Day coz they dnt need to school & can have sooo much fun spending family time with mommy & daddy.

Nasi Tak lemak for dinner!

For dinner, I cooked Nasi tak Lemak with some dishes to go with it.

First I cooked the rice using evaporated milk instead or coconut milk, added a piece of ginger & 4 leaves of Pandan.

The dishes include:

1) Sambal tumis cuttlefish with Mini Thai Asparagus




2) Fried Scramble Eggs & Fried Tamarinated Sardin





3) Assam Tamarine Prawn



Dessert: Red Bean With Orange Peel & Corn soup ..with additional Ma Chi(Peanut Glutinous Balls)! Yummilicious..wrth my 4hour boiling .




Surprise! Look who is wokking with me?



....it's my beloved hubby who seldom steps into the kitchen area except to tease & kacau me. No wonder it's raining today despite the blue clear sky! Anyway, glad to have him around to help!