Spaghetti with Grilled Chicken and Salmon

Has been a long time since I last updated my blog, was in a stretch of depressing times and was not in any mood to post anything online... 

Recently trying to "pump up" my very slim beloved man, hahaha....  :p

Cooked a variety food in a platter to ensure he gets enough food to fill his body, so here it is:

Spaghetti with Grilled Chicken and Salmon

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Potato with Broccoli & Butter and Grilled Tomatoes on Vine

Ingredients & Instruction

Spaghetti Bolognaise

Some Spaghetti

Bolognaise Sauce

Onions & Garlic

Minced Chicken

Thyme & Parsley Flakes

A little olive oil

1 Cook the spaghetti in boiling water with a pinch of salt till al dante.

2 Drain spaghetti and place on a plate.

2 Fry onions and garlic with a little olive oil and add in minced chicken.

3 Add bolognaise sauce and herbs and simmer.

4 Pour sauce onto the spaghetti and serve!

Grilled Chicken

Chicken Breast Fillet

Teriyaki Marinade

Pepper

Sugar

A little olive oil

Honey
Thyme & Parsley Flakes

1 Marinade chicken fillets with teriyaki sauce, pepper, sugar and olive oil for an hour.

2 Grill until tender and juicy. Add a little honey and herbs when almost cooked.

3 Serve!

Grilled Salmon

Salmon fish

Sugar, salt, pepper

A little soy sauce

Olive oil

Herbs

1 Marinade salmon fillet with sugar, salt, pepper, soy sauce, herbs and olive oil for 5 minutes.

2 Pan grill it under fully cooked.

Potato with Broccoli & Butter

Potato
Butter
Salt
Broccoli


1 Boil broccoli and potato till fully cooked.
2 Stirfry broccoli with some butter and salt.
3 Cut a wedge out from the potato to make a slit and place broccoli in the slit.
4 Brush some butter onto the whole butter and place it on the plate as a side dish.

Grilled Tomatoes-on-Vine

Tomatoes-on-Vine
Pepper, salt, sugar, ground pepper
Olive oil


1 Marinade the tomatoes-on-vine with pepper, sugar, salt, ground pepper and olive oil for an hour.
2 Pan grill them until they start to wrinkle and serve!

Serve all on one plate along with some salad or coleslaw.

Yummy!

Steamed Pomfret

Darling is an avid fan of fish...Try my best to learn to cook fish...

Steamed Pomfret

Ingredients
2 pomfrets (or any other fish)
1 small piece of young ginger (cut into thin strips)
Soy sauce
Garlic and shallots (chopped finely)
A tablespoom of anchovies (tiny ones)
A bunch of parsley and spring onions
A tablepoon of sesame oil
A pinch of sugar

Instructions
1 Fry shallots, garlic and anchovies until they turn crispy and set aside.
2 Sear the fish and sprinkle young ginger on it. Pour some soy sauce over it and steam. Set aside.
3 Mix some soy sauce, sesame oil, a little water and sugar in a sauce pan and simmer.
4 Pour sauce over the fish and top with fried shallots, garlic and anchovies.
5 Garnish with lots of parsley and spring onions. Parsley adds flavour to the dish!

Voila!

Smooth tofu with Crispy Toppings

Here's my first smooth tofu (beancurd)...

and as usual...the best for my loved one...

I bought organic one...a little bit more expensive but it is healthier than the common one..

Smooth tofu with Crispy Toppings

Ingredients

1 piece of tofu

Few cloves of garlic and shallots

1 tablespoon of Japanese anchovies (those tiny little ones)

1 tablespoon of dried shrimps

1 teaspoon of chicken stock

1 teaspoon of oyster sauce

1 teaspoon of sesame oil

1 teaspoon of water

a pinch of sugar

Instructions

1 Fry dried shrimps and anchovies until crisp. Sprinkle very little sugar on them and set aside.

2 Fry shallots and garlic until soft and fragrant. Lift them up before it turns brown and set aside.

3 Steam the tofu and set aside. Place the garlic, shallots, anchovies and dried shrimps on it.

4 Mix the oyster sauce, chicken stock, sesame oil, water and sugar in a sauce pan and simmer.

5 Pour sauce over the tofu. Garnish with parsley and red chilli for colour!

There you go,

smooth tofu with crispy toppings!

Brinjal and Beans with Dried Shrimps

Had a similar dish like this at a restaurant outside, so I decided to prepare this for him, with lesser oil and no MSG...a healthier choice for him.

Brinjal and Beans with Dried Shrimps

Ingredients

Few cloves of garlic and shallots (chopped coarsely)

2 spoons of dried shrimps (fried to crisp)

1 spoon of chilli paste (cili boh)

1 teaspoon of tamarind paste (dissolve in a little water)

1 bird's chilli (sliced)

1 Brinjal (cut into 1" bars)

French beans (cut into 1" length)

Four-angled beans (cut into 1" length)

Prawns

Instructions

1 Fry some shallots and garlic. Add in dried shrimps and fry till fragrant.

2 Add chilli paste, tamarind paste, bird's chilli, prawns and a little water.

3 Add in brinjal and after half-cooked, add in french beans and four-angled beans.

4 Stir in and serve on a nice plate. Garnish with chilli if you want!

Ta-da!

yum-yum!

Ebi Agedashi Tofu

Found one Japanese smooth tofu in the fridge,

too little for a dish, but too much for a snack...

So I created this as an appetizer :

Ebi Agedashi Tofu

Ingredients

Japanese smooth tofu (beancurd)

Cornstarch

A little sugar

Prawns

Shoyu

Herbs

Instructions

1 Cut the tofu (beancurd) into bite size. Coat with cornstarch and a little sugar and fry.

2 Arrange the tofu on a nice plate.

3 Fry the ebi (prawns) and put one on each tofu.

4 Simmer a little shoyu mixed with water and sugar.

5 Pour sauce on tofu and garnish with thyme or parsley.

There you go, an appetizer in 15 minutes!

 

Steamed Banana Muffin

Yellow everybody!

I'd love to bake cakes or cookies for him but I do not have any oven to do so.

Finally found a recipe of a muffin/cake that I can make without an oven! All I need is a wok to steam! Let's see what I made :

Steamed Banana Muffin

Ingredients

100g of multipurpose flour

1 teaspoon of baking powder

Half cup of icing sugar

1 egg

1 tablespoon of butter

2 tablespoon of water

2 ripe bananas

Walnut/Cashew nuts/Chocolate Chips

Instructions

1 Mix flour with baking powder.

2 Add in icing sugar, egg, butter and water.

3 Whisk until it is fully cobined and the mixture reaches ribbony stage(flows nicely without clumps).

4 Mashed bananas and combine with the mixture.

5 Scoop mixture into muffin cups and top it with any toppings of your choice. I used walnuts.

6 Steam in a wok or a steamer for about 15 minutes. Once it browns and the fibers appear, the muffins are ready!

Breakfast for darling to bring to work the next day!

Enjoy!

Rosemary Salmon with Citrus Butter Sauce

♥ It's fish time again! ♥

It's important to include meat in his meal to balance his diet.
And fish is definitely a healthy choice. Bought a slice of salmon and can't wait to share what I do with it! I love the cute little lime I used for garnishing, it looked like a tiny mandarin orange!

*Salmon is good for him, though a little more expensive than other fish, but it's worth to spend!

+ The herbs I used for this dish are also nutritious and acts as remedy! Rosemary is good for our nervous system and ward off sickness while thyme is beneficial for coughs which are related to colds and flu, as well as for asthmatics. 

Rosemary Salmon with Citrus Butter Sauce

Ingredients

A slice of salmon (or any other fish of your choice)

A little soy sauce

Sugar

1 tablespoon of lime juice (you can try orange or lemon)

Lots of rosemary and thyme

Butter

Honey

Instructions

1 Drizzle some soy sauce and sugar all over the fish. Sprinkle rosemary and thymes as well.

2 Pan grill the fish in little oil. Place the fish on a plate.

3 Pour lime juice and butter in a saucepan. Add in lots of rosemary and  thyme herbs.

4 Add a little honey and let it simmer.

5 Drizzle butter sauce over the fish.

6 Serve with crispy and fragrant garlic.

Best eaten while still hot!

The herbs' fragrance in the butter sauce is really appetizing, you should really try it!

:)