Day 126 : Homebaked Angel Pie

HOMEBAKE ANGEL PIE

This afternoon, Justine and I are going to bake a pie. 

We have never attempted pies before, so it's kinda exciting to see whether we could actually do it. We're just gonna do it the easy, cannot-fail way. The filling is mighty simple. It's just the crust that we're not so sure of doing. Justine got a simple recipe from the net for the pie crust.

3 Simple Steps :

1. Mash the Filling.

2. Knead the Dough.

3. Bake the Pie.

Kindergarten Baking ... :D :D :D

1. Mash the Filling.

Boil potatoes and carrots in salted water. 

Drain and toss into mixing bowl.

Ingredients to mash : 

potatoes, carrots, onions, tuna, button mushrooms,

chillies and spring onions.

Add seasalt and pepper.

Mash roughly, don't be overly ambitious - 

the mushrooms will be stubborn, so leave them alone.

Just mash mash mash until your arms ask You to stop.

Add one beaten egg to bind the ingredients.

Lay the filling in an oven tray.

I made a mistake here. 

I forgot that there should be a pie crust on the bottom. 

I only thought about the top.

Bear with me...   Still in kindergarten, some people.

2. Knead the Dough

Justine came across a simple 4-ingredient 

recipe for the pie crust on the net.

Sieve 2 3/4 cups of flour.

Add 1 teaspoon of seasalt.

In a separate bowl, 
add 1/2 cup of vegetable oil 

and 1/2 cup of fresh milk.

Pour the contents in.

Exercise your fingers in the mixture 

until it becomes a dough.

Knead knead knead ...

Make it into a long roll, and split into two.

Wrap the dough in cling foil 
and refrigerate for about 15 minutes,

to expand the ingredients.

I don't know what this "expanding-thing" means, 

but I'm just gonna follow the instructions.

Remove the dough from the fridge. 

Sprinkle some flour on the working table and roll out the dough. I don't have a rolling pin so I'm just gonna use my hands. Justine's giving the instructions. I am trying to flatten and tumbuk-tumbuk (pound?) the dough until it is reasonably flat and large enough to put over the oven dish.

3. Bake the Pie

Justine takes over and tucks the sides of the dough neatly into the pyrex. Excess is removed. She beats an egg to brush over the top. I couldn't find my brush, and so she is using a spoon to drip the beaten-egg over, and her fingers to smooth and spread it out.

After that, she uses the excess dough (which she nipped from the sides that is sticking out from the pyrex) to make into the alphabet D, angel wings and a halo. 

This Pie is for her brother, she says. :D

Pop it into the mini-oven.

Set the temperature at 200 degrees celcius 

for 40 minutes (uncovered) and 

another 20 minutes (covered with aluminium foil).

The aroma of a pie baking in the kitchen, 

honestly, is heavenly!

Oohhhh! Our very first homebake pie! :D

Please excuse the invisible crust at the bottom. :D

Yummy!!! We couldn't believe the crust is so yummy and the filling just melts in the mouth. Justine says we should have added cheese too. Perhaps the next time. :D

Time of Posting : Monday 11:44am

Day 125 : Spicy Spaghetti Bolognese

SPICY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE

This evening, I am gonna prepare pasta for dinner. Bryan is outstation so let's keep it simple, shall we?

3 Simple Steps :

1. Boil the Pasta.

2. Fry the Meat.

3. Add the Pasta.

1. Boil the Pasta.

Boil the spaghetti until half-done.
Drain and set aside. 

2. Fry the Meat.

Saute garlic, onions, mustard seeds 

and cumin seeds in olive oil until fragrant 

and the mustard seeds starts popping.

Hmmmm, smell that???  Awe-some!!!

Add the minced beef.

Add button mushrooms, tomatoes

and dried chillies. 

Add tomato puree.

Add lime slices for a bit of zest.

Add filtered water. Add seasalt.

Bring to boil on medium heat.

3. Add the Pasta.

Mix well and allow to cook for a few minutes 

before turning off the flame.

Garnish with whatever You have.

Enjoy!! :D

This morning, I had my one shake of The Green Drink, 

chicken chop for lunch and pasta for dinner.

To Sum Up

No Juice. Fruit. BioFruity. Water. Coffee Latte.

Time of Posting : Monday 9:40am

Day 124 : No-Hassle Chicken Rice

NO-HASSLE CHICKEN RICE

Today, I'm kinda tight for time. 

So I think I would just do a no-hassle 

meal with the Pressure Cooker.

3 Simple Steps:

1. Rinse Rice.

2. Add Chicken.

3. Add Water

Back to Kindergarten ...

1. Rinse Rice.

I am using a combination of brown and white rice.

Rinse the rice and drain the water.

Leave it in the Pressure Cooker Pot.

2. Add Ingredients.

Add chicken, carrots and garlic (smash whole). 

Add half a cube of mushroom stock (no msg), 

seasalt and sesame seed oil.

3. Add Water.

Add filtered water. 

Close lid. 

Turn on flame.

Let the magic begin ...

The red button drops some 20 minutes later 

indicating the contents are cooked.

I let it be for another 20 minutes or so

before I open the lid, to allow the rice to "dry up" a lil.

Oooh, the aroma is just heavenly!

Here's Dinner. :D

The rice is nice and fluffy. You can just enjoy the rice on its own. The chicken piece is tender and tasty. Looks like I have cut too much spring onions, as You can probably tell. Forgot that Bryan is in Singapore, and dinner is only for two. Spring onions, for ONE. :D

Today, I had my one shake of The Green Drink, 

wan tan noodles for lunch and chicken rice for dinner.

To Sum Up

Juice. No Fruit. Water. BioFruity. Tea.

Time of Posting : 4:16pm (Wed)

Day 123 : Daikon Soup with Organic Carrot Noodles

DAIKON SOUP with

ORGANIC CARROT NOODLES

This evening, I'm gonna prepare a very simple noodle dish. Soup based. When I want to cook something fast and easy, I use the Pressure Cooker. :D

3 Simple Steps :-

1. Boil the Soup.

2. Cook the Noodles.

3. Garnish & Serve

1. Boil the Soup.

Fill up the Pressure Cooker with filtered water.

Add daikon, oyster mushroom, carrots, 

onion (whole), garlic (smash whole) and organic goji seeds.

Add half a cube of mushroom stock (no msg),

seasalt and sesame seed oil.

Bring to boil and let the 

Pressure Cooker do the rest.

2. Cook the Noodles

The soup is ready in 20 minutes. 

I leave it for another 10 minutes or so 

before scooping some out to cook 

the carrot noodles in a separate pot.

3. Garnish & Serve

Garnish with some spring onions, chillies 

and sesame seeds. 

Hmmmm-mmmmm ... Yummmm!
The soup is very tasty and extremely flavorful.

We like this carrot noodles that we buy from our local organic health shop. It's kinda springy in texture, and great to use for any kind of noodle dish. Fry or soup or whatever else You may have in mind for noodles ... :D

I had my shake of The Green Drink in the morning,

sandwiches for lunch and noodle soup for dinner.

To Sum Up

Juice. Fruit. Water. Coffee. Chysanthemum Tea.

Time of Posting : 10:55am

Day 122 : Fusion Curry Chicken

FUSION CURRY CHICKEN

Bryan made curry chicken for lunch today. All by himself. I was in school. He calls it FUSION because it is a combination of "ready mix paste" and the "real thing." Real thing meaning You have to do the mixture of spices yourself. 

3 Simple Steps :

1. Saute Ingredients.

2. Add Chicken.

3. Add Fresh Milk.

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 1. Saute the Ingredients

Bryan's magic mix 

shallots, garlic, ginger, cumin seeds, cloves,

cumin powder, fennel seeds, cardamon, 

lemon grass (sliced fine), curry powder until fragrant. 

Add ready mix-paste - Yup, the cheating part. :D

2. Add Chicken. 

Add cinnamon stick, lemon grass (whole) 

and chilly (whole). Add seasalt.

3. Add Fresh Milk. 

Bring to boil and simmer on low heat 

until cooked.

Ta-dahhh ...

I'm sorry there are no photos of the cooking process. Bryan thinks we're only blogging about DINNER. And this is LUNCH. So, he didn't take any photos. :( Turns out, there was enough for dinner too.

 Curry chicken with pita bread for lunch.

Extremely spicy but delicious!

For dinner, we are having the curry with rice.

 A Salsa Condiment

onions, tomatoes, seasalt, olive oil , pepper lime juice

This side condiment is awesome and

goes very well with the meal!

Today, I had my one shake The Green Drink 

in the morning, curry chicken w/pita bread for lunch 

and with rice for dinner.

To Sum Up

No Juice. Fruit. BioFruity. Water. Milk Tea.

Time of Posting : 10:11am (Wed)

Day 121 : Pan Fried Marmite Prawns

PAN FRIED MARMITE PRAWNS

This evening, we are preparing a prawn dish for dinner. This is a very simple dish to do. :D

3 Simple Steps :-

1. Saute the Ingredients

2. Add the Prawns

3. Add the Sauce

1. Saute the Ingredients

Saute onions, garlic and ginger in sesame seed oil.

Add dried chillies.

2. Add the Prawns

3. Add the Sauce

Mix about 2 teaspoons of marmite with warm water,

and add thick shoyu and organic corn flour.

Pour the sauce-mixture in.

Stir-fry until the consistency of the gravy thickens a little.

Add seasalt, pepper and a pinch of brown cane sugar.

Ta-dahh ...

Here's Justine's plate. :D

Bryan heats up the left over rice by giving it a 

quick stir-fry in the marmite-pan just now.

The rice is all nicely flavored too. :D

Mine ...

And Bryan's.

We are having our dinner with miso soup.

Dinner is absolutely divine! :D

To Prepare : Boil filtered water in a small pot.

Add mugi miso (organic barley and soy bean paste), 

wakame seaweeds, carrots, goji seeds and seasalt.

Time of Posting : 9:19pm (Monday)

Day 120 : Grilled Teriyaki Salmon with Spaghetti

GRILLED TERIYAKI SALMON 

with SPAGHETTI and SALAD

This evening, I'm gonna grill a piece of salmon for dinner, and have that with pasta and salad. It sounds like a lot to do, but it's actually quite an easy meal to prepare. 

3 Simple Steps : 

1. The Salmon.

2. The Spaghetti.

3. The Salad.

1. The Salmon.

Season the Salmon with spicy teriyaki sauce, 

seasalt, black pepper and lime juice.

Grill it in the mini-oven at 

180 degrees celcius for 30 minutes.

2. The Spaghetti

Boil the spaghetti, drain and set aside.

Saute garlic (sliced broadly) in olive oil.

Add dried chillies for a bit of spice.

Toss spaghetti in. 

Add coriander (minced fine).

Add seasalt. Mix well.

3. The Salad.

Steam organic sweet corn.

Salad : lettuce, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes

Dressing : Japanese salad dressing and lime juice

I'm arranging the pasta, fish 

and salad all in one serving dish. :D

A close-up of the pasta noodles. 

Absolutely flavorful with a hint of spiciness!

Individual serving. 

The Salmon was extremely succulent 

and teriyaki-tasty.

Hmmm-mmm ... :D

Bon Appetite!

Time of Posting : 10:48pm (Monday)

Day 119 : Homemade Lamb Burgers

HOMEMADE LAMB BURGERS

This afternoon, Justine and I were at MPH Bookstore, Midvalley Mall, when Bryan sent a text message to say : 

Let's make burgers tonight. Buy lean minced meat 

and white mushrooms.  

Only this morning, my friend Mike, had emailed and jokingly suggested that we do sausages and burgers at our next cooking meet. :D  Have VIBES will certainly travel. :D

3 simple steps :

1. Blend the Ingredients

2. Make the Pate

3. Fry the Pate

The Ingredients

minced lamb, button mushrooms, shallots, garlic, 

lemon grass, chilly, lime and coriander leaves (chop finely) 

1. Blend the Ingredients

shallots, garlic, lemon grass, mushrooms and chilly

2. Make the Pate

Mix all the ingredients together.

Add seasalt, pepper, lime juice and 

a dash of fish stock.

Scoop a portion out and mold into a ball. 

Flatten it. Coat it with flour.

We are using arrowroot flour. 

3. Fry the Pate

Shallow fry the pate. 

The burgers are a bit odd in shape. 

I'm using the spatula to pat the sides of the pate 

into a burger-shape, the best I can 

while it's sizzling in the frying pan.

The moment the pate hits the hot oil in the pan, 

the aroma of sizzling lamb began to penetrate 

every corner of the kitchen. 

The fragrant was just awesome. :D

We somehow could not get all the burgers to be 

of the same size. So, we ended up with all kinds of sizes 

from super-Deluxe-size :D, to a Baby size :D.

This is the spread we used for the toasted buns.

 Mayonnaise and lime juice.

Slice some lettuce and tomatoes, bring out the cheese, 

spread the mayo-lime on the bun,

and enjoy your homemade Lamb Burger!

Here's a close up. 

The white bit at the top is the mayo-lime.

No, the burger didn't tear. I thought so too.

Absolutely mouth-watering moment ...

Don't forget to pack-in lotsa ketchup. :D

Take your first bite! Hmmmmm ...

Awesome. Super-awesome.

Unbelievable!

The lamb burger is so very tasty!

There are just no words to describe it ...

Today, I was rushing in and out of the house, 

so I did not have my usual shake of  

The Green Drink. 

Neither did I have time to make juice. :(

I had chicken rice for lunch and burger for dinner.

I did take my fruits though and BioFruity.

Time of Posting : 10:59am (Saturday)