Dinner 19th June

Diced Beef:

Cooked w butter, seasoned w salt & pepper.

Garlic: sliced and toast or deep fried.

Beer Batter Stuffed Chicken:

Minced prawn seasoned w rosemary, paprika, salt & pepper

Debone chicken wing & stuff with prawn mixture

Beer batter: Beer, plain flour, salt & dried herbs

Cover stuffed wings w batter & deep fry till golden brown

Dinner for family 27th May

Cooking dinner for my family is a big chore bcos my sis doesn't eat pork, my parents, BIL & future SIL don't eat beef, & my bro doesn't like fish. The best thing to cook is chicken but I wanna do something else this time. So I decided to cook pork for my bro & BIL, fish for my mum & future SIL & beef for myself & sis :p Working in kitchen is definitely not easy...

Breakfast today

Simple but healthy & nice :)

Crème brûlée

This creme brulee is my 2nd attempt. The 1st one didn't succeed bcos I just follow the oven timing from the recipe but it wasn't set at all. I use a diffferent recipe for the 2nd attempt. This time I checked, not just following the timing blindly. To me it turned out so-so, I think it's too creamy. I'll have to explore again to make a less creamy yet delicious one, cos my mum was complaining it's not suitable for folks with high blood. My mum even requested to try the 'original' one from restaurants so that she can compare. No wonder I wanna be a chef......

Dinner Party 10th May

I invited 3 May babies to my house for dinner. Along w my mum, my sis, bro-in-law, my sis's friend & me, it's a total of 8 pax. It was the 1st time I'm preparing a full course meal for more than 5 pax. I was quite stressed abt it & it was tiring....but I enjoyed it cos while doing all these, I learned something in the processes. I'm trying to keep track of the cost of the food too so as to aid me in menu planning.

Entrée
1)Tomato basil soup - tomatoes($3), basil($1), vege stock($4)
2)Bruschetta - baguette($1.3), pest0($3), toppings($0.6)
Main
1)Baked chicken w terragon - chicken($12), potatoes($1), tomatoes&onions($0.5), terragon&oregano($4), misc seasoning($1)
2)Salad (no pix) - avocados($3), olives($0.3), yellow plum tomatoes($4.10), honey tomatoes($2.5), walnuts($2.5), basil($2), mozzarella($1.5), dressing($0.3)
Dessert
1)Lemon sorbet - lemons($3.6), sugar($0.5)
Others
Pita bread ($4), Lychee martini ($9)

Donuts with choco almond & lemon icing toppings

1st time my mum & I try making donuts. We used the pre-mix flour so it wasn't difficult. The shape is a little bit tough to control tho, the sizes are irregular, both of us were like chicken hands duck feet, haha.... but it'll be better I believe, when we try again :)