What's for dinner

I know my blog is in a mess. It consists of things, everything that I can think of. That is life. That's why I don't have a specific theme for it. I just called it a life blog.

So today, I'm in the mood for recipes. So I'll write about ingredients and how to cook it right.

Here is a picture of my dinner I had yesterday.



I did the mashed potatoes first.

Ingrediets and methods:
Quantity of ingredients is all up to you. How many person you are preparing for, how soft/salty/mushy/wet you want it, its your choice. While you are adding in the things, you should alwiz taste it and add when neccessary.

Few potatoes - steam it or boil it till soft.
Then mash it with any utensils you can find from the kitchen. (I used a Ramlee burger press and a fork)
Mix it with butter, cream ( I used whipping cream), milk (cow milk) and season with pepper and salt.
Tips: milk and cream is to create the consistency you want.

Next, the minestrone.

Ingredients and methods:
Quantity is again up to you. Not too many because you are making soup, not spaghetti sauce.

First chop some onion, celery sticks, carrots, potatoes, zucchinis and a few cloves of garlic. Then stir fry all the ingredients in a wok with a lil oil before adding in 2 tins of chopped tomatoes. Cover the contents with water. Add in some chicken stock (optional) and leave it to simmer for about an hour (longer if you want the ingredients to be softer). Season with pepper, salt, oregano leaves.

Next, chicken chop.

Ingredients and methods:
Chicken for the chop and spices to marinate. Again, the choice of chicken part and spices are all up to you.

Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper for a few minutes. Cover it with flour before deep frying. Alternatively, roast it! (Tips: Kenny Roger's chicken is marinated and roasted with thyme! dont believe me? go smell some thyme)

Cut some cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes to add in some fibers.

Finally, garlic bread..

Cut baguette (loaf from france) and spread with butter and freshly chopped garlic. Add some italian herbs if you like. Then toast them (as burnt as you like).

Would you like to have some dessert for supper?
Make this.. Green Apple Bread Pudding (recommended by a silai friend of mine)
It's fast and convenient..and requires no special skills!

Go get the recipe from : http://www.asianfoodchannel.com/recipes_details.php?urlname=green_apple_bread_pudding

When it comes to baking, the recipe is the queen, you have to obey it!
So, be good, just follow the recipe carefully and it will turn out to be something like this: