Fishy Fried Rice

Nope...no fish in the fried rice ;p This is today's lunch; fried fish and simple fried rice. I've been eating out for almost the past 2 weeks and I miss simple home cooked food. Today's meal took minimal effort but we had a very satisfying lunch. Fried rice is not oily like those sold outside plus I put in lots of vegetables.


The fried fish is idiot-proof. Just clean the fish, rub a little salt on both sides and leave it for 10min or so. Then, fry it till golden brown on both sides. Use low heat especially if it's a big fish or the meat is thick to ensure it's fully cooked on the inside too.

Fried Fish

Simple Fried Rice

Ingredients:
Rice (cooked and cooled)
Oil
Garlic
Egg (beaten)
Carrot (cut into cubes)
Cabbage
Salt
Light Soy Sauce
Dark Soy Sauce




Method:
1. Heat a little oil in the wok and saute garlic.
2. Pour in the beaten egg and cook for it's set.
3. Use the spatula to break the egg into small pieces.
4. Add in carrot and cabbage. Stir fry for 1min.
5. Season with salt.
6. Add in rice and mix well.
7. Add in light and dark soy sauce. Mix well.
8. Cook for 1min over medium heat. Dish up and serve.

Dinner with Pastor & Wife

This could probably be the first time we invited guests to have dinner at our home. Pastor was here for about 3 weeks for church work and since I was cooking dinner, it wasn't a trouble at all to cook a bit more for all of us. :)

It's just a simple meal with lotus root soup, lettuce with carrot, sardines (yeah, out of the can with some onions ;p) and minced pork with potatoes. I didn't plan this ahead so, as usual I cooked whatever I had with me at that time. ;p

It was a nice time of fellowship and sharing and hopefully we'll be able to do this more often.

The guests

The food

Easy Chicken Rice

This is another one-dish-meal which is really easy to do. There are many variations which we can create from this recipe by using different ingredients and spices. It's all up to your creativity!

Ingredients:

Chicken Meat (cut into medium size)
Ginger (a few slices)
Marinade: light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and corn flour.
Oil
Carrot (cut into cubes)
Rice
Salt
Dark Soy Sauce
Light Soy Sauce
Water


Method:


1. Pour marinade over chicken and add in ginger. Marinate overnight. (I just put everything into a container and left it in the fridge overnight).
2. Heat some oil in a wok.
3. Pick out the ginger from the marinade and stir fry in the wok until fragrant.
4. Add in carrot and stir fry for 1min.
5. Pour in the chicken and stir fry over medium heat for 1min.
6. Add in rice and mix well.
7. Season with salt, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce.
8. Dish up and transfer into a rice cooker. Add enough water to cook rice as usual.
9. When the rice is cooked, the dish is ready to be served!

Cake Stand

Sometimes God answers our prayer in ways that we can never imagine and here’s a good example :). I have been thinking of buying a cake stand but didn’t see any that I like. They are either made of plastic or not in the design that I want. So, I thought I’ll just wait and see and slowly shop for it until I can find the right one. Well, of course God knows us best and so, it was really a pleasant surprise when a co-worker from US bought me this lovely cake stand for my wedding gift! Don’t get me wrong, I am not the type who go around giving hints to people to buy me things! Never and I do not like this kind of behaviour ;p I’d only do that to one person, that’s my hubby. Hahaha....At work, I’d always like to remain professional. Serious...



Isn’t this lovely? It’s exactly what I was looking for!



So, since I was given a cake stand, I got to bake a cake, right....Here’s the chocolate moist cake I baked as a thank-you to Ken. It’s really nice and thoughtful of him to get me a wedding gift even though my wedding was already 5 months plus ago.

Marble Cake with Raisins for my in laws

This is a cake I baked yesterday for my in laws in SG as hubby is going back for the weekend. Some aunties said they didn’t get to try my cakes, so this time I thought I’d get hubby to bring back the whole cake! Haha…sure enough kua.

As usual, to be on the safe side, better bake the reliable marble cake. I just added some raisins into the cake this time. Hope it’s not too sweet!

Birthday Cake - Moist Chocolate Cake with Ganache

Today is Jac’s birthday, a friend at work in my department so her team mates wanted me to bake her a birthday cake. I was considering between carrot cheese cake or moist chocolate cake, and in the end settled for moist chocolate cake. I guess we can’t go wrong with chocolate cake! This one has a layer of ganache in between the 2 layers of cake and covered with chocolate ganache as well (yummy…but fattening for sure).

Initially I wanted to decorate it with some fresh strawberries but this didn’t work out because I stored the strawberries in the freezer and when they were out, all the berries turned soft. It was already 9+pm at night and even if I can make it to the nearest supermarket, I don’t think I’d have the energy to continue decorating the cake afterwards. So, what you see here is a last minute idea ;p Not too bad, I guess??

I’m glad all of them loved the cake and they even thought the deco was cute. Haha…. :)

Chocolate Rum & Raisin Cake.....Sold :)

Wow...can't believe it that I've been away so long. Was out of country for my honeymoon for 2.5 weeks and after I am back, there's of course the work to clear in the office and right before the quarter ended.
Anyway, it's nice to be back where I can find noodles soup and nasi lemak easily ;p


Have not been baking for a long time too; 1 month+. This week, CF ordered 2 chocolate rum and raisin cakes for her friends, which is also why I tried my best to make the cakes look more colourful with the strawberries. Haha...I am just not a cream person when it comes to decorating cakes because I don't like thick layers of cream in my cake. At least that goes for cakes that I bake for own consumption or for family members/friends. It's good to try to be healthy ma...at least try...;p


I am happy with how the cakes turned out. Most importantly, CF liked them.
They smelled good too as I soaked the raisins in rum overnight. :)