Day 140 : Homemade Chocolate Birthday Cake

HaPPY BiRTHDaY JuSTiNe!!!

:D :D :D

Carol is baking a chocolate cake for Justine today.

She's found a simple CHOC CAKE recipe from the internet.

Follow the recipe and scoop the required ingredients

into a mixing bowl.

Mix the ingredients until the texture is smooth.

Pour the contents into a baking tray.

Set the temperature of the pre-heated oven.

While the cake is baking, prepare the chocolate frosting.

When the cake is ready, flip it over on to a board.

Spread the chocolate frosting over the entire cake.

Have fun decorating with rainbow hearts! :D

Oooh, what a beautiful cake! :D

You'd need at least two people to light all the 17 candles!

Say your favourite word, Jus : 

CHeeSe!

We are having the cake with 

peanut buttercup ice-cream.

Hmmmm-mmmm ... Yummy!

Time of Posting : 4:45pm

Day 140 : Chilly Crabs

CHILLY CRABS

Today is Justine's birthday! :D


Our daughter says she wanna have crabs for dinner. So her dad and I are gonna prepare 2 different kinds of crabs. Chilly crabs by Bryan and Spaghetti-Crabs by moi.


See how Bryan tackles the crabs in a previous entry before tossing them into the hot pot. No, he did not steam them alive. Don't be ridiculous! He had them all put to eternal sleep first. See the link below :

DAY 98 : CRABBY SPAGHETTI 

Bryan is following the recipe on this crab-mascot 

he got from Singapore. 

3 Simple Steps :

1. Blend the Ingredients.

2. Mix the Sauces.

3. Prepare Cornflour & Egg.

1. Blend the Ingredients.

Garlic, shallots, ginger and fresh red chillies. 

Bryan thinks it's strange that the recipe does not 

include chillies, this being a chilly crab dish, 

so he's adding that into the blender.

2. Mix the Sauces.

Seasalt, brown sugar, chilly sauce, sesame seed oil, 

shoyu, brown rice venegar and tomato ketchup.

3. Prepare Cornflour & Egg.

Prepare a cornflour mixture to thicken the gravy 

and beat an egg in a separate bowl.

Fry the blended ingredients until fragrant.

Add the crabs and stir-fry.

Add the mixture of sauces.

Add some water.

Cover lid and allow to simmer. 

When the crabs are ready,

add pre-mixed cornflour and beaten egg.

Stir well. Transfer to serving dish.

Ta--DaHHH!!!

Garnish with coriander leaves. 

This dish is eaten with toasted bread. :D

Time of Posting : Monday 22/11 @ 3:45 pm

Day 140 : Crabs With Pasta

1. Saute Ingredients.

Saute garlic, shallots and ginger in 

sesame seed oil until fragrant.

Add one cube of no-MSG mushroom stock.

2. Add In.

Add the tomatoes and carrots.

Add mint leaves.

Add seasalt, pepper and shoyu.

Add the crabs.

Add sprigs of coriander leaves. 

Cover lid and allow to simmer.

When the crabs are ready, remove them to a bowl, 

 leaving the rest of the contents in the pot.

3. Add Pasta.

Add half-cooked spaghetti noodles.

Add shimeiji mushrooms.

Add a handful of chopped coriander leaves.

Squeeze lemon juice over.

Close lid and allow the spaghetti to 

simmer on low heat until al dente.

Transfer the contents of the pot on to a large serving dish 

leaving the gravy. Place the crabs on top of the noodles. 

Pour the gravy and the rest of the contents over the crabs. 

Garnish with lemon slices and coriander leaves.

Bon Appetite !

Oh, by the way, I am naming this dish Crabs with Pasta, although it is somewhat similar to a previous dish we cooked before : Crabby Spaghetti.

Time of Posting : Monday 22/11 @ 4:10pm

Day 139 : Porridge with Squid

PORRIDGE WITH SQUID

with Pressure Cooker

This evening, Bryan is preparing some porridge. There is some leftover prawn stock from the day before (Seafood Paella), and he is going to use that for the porridge. This is an extremely simple and no-hassle dish, anyone can do.

3 Simple Steps:

1. Saute Ingredients.

2. Add Rice.

3. Add Egg.

1. Saute Ingredients.

Saute garlic and onions in sesame seed oil

in the Pressure Cooker pot.

Add squid.

2. Add Rice.

Add filtered water.

Add one cube chicken stock (no msg).

Add carrots and mushrooms. 

3. Add Egg.

When the porridge is ready,

open the lid and stir in one beaten egg.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot.

I'm having my porridge with Marmite!

Hmmmm-mmmmmm. :D

I had 2 shakes of The Green Drink with 
double scoops of FloraGuard,
Paella for tea and Porridge for dinner.


Time of Entry : Fri 19/11 @ 8:01pm

Day 138 : Seafood Paella

SEAFOOD PAELLA

This evening, Justine is helping her dad in the kitchen. They are going to prepare a spanish one pot dish known as Paella. This Paella dish is also another one of Bryan's specialty. 

3 Simple Steps:

1. Boil the Stock.

2. Blend the Ingredients.

3. Fry the Grains.

1. Boil the Stock.

Boil the shells from the prawns in filtered water.

2. Blend the Ingredients.

garlic, onions, chillies and tomatoes.

3. Fry the Grains.

Saute garlic, onions and chillies.

Toss in coriander leaves.

Add blended ingredients.

Add squid.

Add grains.

Add seasalt and one cube of chicken stock (no msg).

Pour in the stock.

Close the lid and allow the rice to simmer for a bit.

Half-way through, add onion rings and prawns.

 Add bell peppers, french peas and mushrooms.

Close the lid and allow the rice to cook.

 Hmmm ... Would You look at the fluffy rice?

It's absolutely tantalizing!

Justine had 3 bowls of her Dad's Paella!

The rice is extremely tasty with the homemade stock.

Today, I had one shake of The Green Drink and 

sandwiches for lunch. Skipped dinner (didn't feel well).

I only had the Paella the day after, and my, 

was it absolutely delicious or what!
The rice was amazing! :D

Time of Posting : Friday 19/11 @ 7:41pm

Day 137 : Pressure-Cooked Lamb Rice

LAMB RICE

in the Pressure Cooker

This evening, I am preparing lamb rice with the pressure cooker. There is another 2 pieces of lamp chops in the freezer. I had thawed and marinated the meat the night before with seasalt, mirin, shoyu, dark sauce and brown rice vinegar. 


This is a simple dish to prepare. :D

3 Simple Steps :

1. Cook the Lamb.

2. Fry the Grains.

3. Add the Rest.

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1. Cook the Lamb.

Place the marinated lamb in the pressure cooker pot. 

Pour in whatever marinate that is left in the container. 

Add a little bit of water. About half a small cup.

Close lid and turn the flame on.

I'm sorry I have to omit the photo for this step.

 

2. Fry the Grains. 

Meanwhile, I'm sauteing garlic, onions and 

ginger in sesame seed oil in my 2nd pressure cooker pot.

Add mustard seeds. Add half a cube of mushroom stock.

 The aroma is just simply amazing. :D

Take a deep sniff ... Can You smell that???

Ooohhhh ...

 Add the Rice Grains.

I am using two portions of brown rice 

to one portion of white.

Add seasalt and organic shoyu.

Fry Fry Fry.

3. Add the Rest.

Toss in the carrots and mushrooms.

Add the required amount of water.

The lamb should be ready by now. 

Remove and place on top of the rice grains. 

Toss in some coriander leaves and 

a handful of dried chillies (pre-soaked).

Close the lid. 

Allow the pressure cooker 

to take over from here.

 Ta--dahhh!

When the red button drops to indicate 

that the contents are ready, leave it for another 

20 minutes or so before opening the lid.

The whole house now smells yummy!

Bryan is in Penang. Since dinner is just for Justine and myself, I didn't bother to make a side salad. The rice smells so awesome, we couldn't wait to have our dinner. The lamb is out of this world and the rice is flavorsome and tasty. Divine, absolutely divine! :D

This is Justine's plate. :D

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

flour noodles for lunch and lamb rice for dinner.

To Sum Up

1 shake & 2 meals

No Juice. Fruit. Hemoberry. Water. Milo. Chrysanthemum Tea.

Time of Posing : Wed 17/11 @ 2:09pm

TOUJOURS LA VIE SKIN CARE

Day 136 : Fried Turnip

 FRIED TURNIP

Bangkuang Char (Hokkien Dialect)

My mother calls me this afternoon and says to go over to her place for dinner. Bryan is in Penang. So Justine and I went over to her condo, which is the next block to ours, at about 7pm. 

My mother has cooked curry chicken and a turnip dish. 

On this entry, I'm gonna write on the turnip dish. It's a really nice dish to eat with rice, or it could be the filling for a salad wrap. As my mother did not take any photos of the process (obviously), I'm gonna curi some photos from the internet. 

The above photo is her dish though. :D

3 Simple Step :

1.  Shred the Veg.

2. Rinse the Veg.

3. Fry the Veg

Bright Green Chinese Celery.

 Vibrant Orange Carrot.

 Pure White Turnip.

3. Fry the Turnip 

Saute garlic and shallots until fragrant.

Add prawns.

Add organic shoyu and pepper.

Add turnip. 

Add some water and allow to simmer.

When the turnip looks soft, 

add the carrots and celery.

Carrots and celery are added later,

to retain the vibrant colors.

Simple enough, right?

 Curry Chicken is always a hit in my mother's place.

 Bon Appetite!

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

fried kuey teow for lunch, cheese sandwich for tea, 

the above for dinner and instant noodles for supper.

No juice. No fruit. Sigh, a temporary setback.

Time of Posting : Tuesday 16/11 @ 8:20 am

Photos of the 3 vegetables are taken from the blog Food Travel Recipe & Sights.