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!

:) 

Japanese Tofu with Vegetables

♥ Perfect dinner for 2 ♥

Darling loves beancurd (tofu)...it's affordable and good for the skin.

I cooked mine with lots of vegetables:

Japanese Beancurd with Broccoli Island

Ingredients
A few florets of broccoli
A pack of beancurd
Whatever vegetables you want to add in
Garlic and shallots (chopped)
Carrots (diced)
Corn nibblets
Green peas
2 Mushrooms (sliced thinly)
3 tablespoons of chicken stock
A little cornstarch
A dash of pepper and sugar

Instructions
1 Steam broccoli and enoki mushroom (you can substitute with any vegetables you wish) and set to cool.
2 Arrange the broccoli in the middle of the plate (like an island) as well as the enoki mushrooms.
3 Coat the beancurd with some cornstarch, sugar and salt. Fry and arrange around the "island" of broccoli.
4 Fry some garlic and shallots until fragrant. Add water, mushrooms, chicken stock, some sugar and pepper.
5 Add corn. carrot and green peas and let it simmer.
6 Pour in some cornstarch mixed in water to slightly thicken the sauce.
7 Pour the vegetable sauce around the island of broccoli and serve hot.

Yummy!

Spicy French Beans with Onions

Hi there,

Last night, I prepared dinner for him again, this time 3 dishes...

Here's the first dish, it is easy and quick to prepare.

You'll need to chop lots and lots of garlic and shallots.
But its worth the effort, garlic and shallots are good for health.
Garlic lowers cholestrol and have many other benefits while shallots help eliminate toxin from liver and kills cancerous cells.
I need to find what's the best for his health!  :)

Spicy French Beans with Onions

Ingredients

French beans (cut slanted about 5cm long)

Prawns (deshelled)

1 bulb of big onions (cut into big pieces)

2 bulbs of shallot (chopped)

1 bulb of garlic (chopped) 

2 tablespoon of chilli paste

1 teaspoon of belacan powder

A pinch of sugar

Instructions

1 Fry shallots and garlic in some oil untill fragrant. Add in big onion strips.

2 Add in chilli paste, belacan powder and sugar.

3. Add prawns and french beans. Keep stirring until big onions get soft.

4. Dish out when french beans are fully cooked.

Serve!

Steamed Fish with Fragrant Garlic

Hi there!

Find myself interested in fish dishes recently, so I bought this piece of fish from Jusco...

I wanted to prepare something healthy for him, so I prepared this dish called

Steamed Fish with Fragrant Garlic

Ingredients

A slice of fish (approximately 1" thick)

Ginger (stripped)

Lime

Ginger (chopped finely)

Garlic (chopped)

Shallot (chopped)

Soy sauce

Sesame oil

Sugar and pepper

Instructions

1 Clean the fish and pat dry. Rub the fish with a little soy sauce, lime juice, pepper and ginger strips.

2 Steam the fish along with the ginger strips.

3 Fry chopped garlic, shallots and ginger in propotion of 5 : 2 : 1 until fragrant and crispy. Set aside.

4 Once the fish is cooked, place the fried garlic, shallots and ginger on the fish.

5 Combine a little soy sauce, sesame oil, water and  sugar in a pan. Simmer for a few seconds.

6 Pour the sauce mixture on the fish.

Voila!

Japanese Bean Curd with Vegetables

Few days ago, I tried adding bean curd into my cooking...so basically

this is my first time cooking bean curd!

Wow...so many "first times"...

This dish is easy to make, healthy and the ingredients are quite cheap! A pack of japanese beancurd only costs me RM1.80 (approximately USD0.60) while the other vegetables I added are common vegetables. The sauce of this dish is very delicious and goes along with plain white rice.

Here's what I prepared :

Japanese Bean Curd with Vegetables

Ingredients

1 pack of Japanese beancurd

1 egg

4 mushrooms (sliced)

A few florets of broccoli

Carrot (diced)

Corns

Green peas

Garlic & Shallots (chopped finely)

Chicken stock/broth

Sugar and salt

Pepper powder

Instructions

1 Cut the beancurd into 1.5cm thick pieces.

2 Steam the beancurds and after that arrange them on a nice plate.

3 Fry some garlic and shallots until fragrant. Add adequate chicken stock/broth.

4 Put in mushrooms, broccoli, all other vegetables and some water.

5 Add the egg in the sauce as well as a pinch of sugar, salt and pepper.

6 Pour the vegetables in sauce on the beancurds arranged on the plate earlier.

Ta-da!

Have a try!

Love is in the Air

Love is in the air!

A simple meal cooked with lots of

specially just for Valentines Day...

This simple meal is called

Love

Ingredients

Eggs (beaten with sugar and a little soy sauce)

Corn nibblets

Potatoes (cut into sticks)

Sausages

Lots and lots of ♥

Instructions

1. Fry the potato sticks in little oil and set aside.

2. Steam the corn nibblets and sausages in a wok or steamer.

3. Once the corn look puffy, dish out and mix with a little butter.

4. Pour the egg mixture in a mould placed on a pan without any oil.

5. Once the egg look opaque, lift up the mould and flip the egg to slightly brown the other side.

6. Serve on a nice plate with the sausages, fries, corn and garnish with parsley, sliced cucumber and tomatoes.

xoxo!

Happy Valentines Day!

Pan-Grilled Salmon with Herbs

Yay..!

Proud to announce that yesterday I had cooked fish for the first time in my life!

Knowing that my dear darling had huge concerns on his hair, I browse through websites and found that salmon is among the top 10 food with hair nourishing properties.


I added some french beans as an edible side garnishing as it is known to offer cardiovascular protection, lower high blood pressure, promotes a healthy colon, have strong anti-inflammatory effects as well as preventing DNA damage and weakening of bones.


Meanwhile, enoki mushrooms has a protective effect against degenerative diseases like Alzheimers’ and age-related decline in cognitive function.

A recipe of my own, I prepared this dish called

Pan-grilled Salmon with Herbs

Ingredients

Salmon fish (about 3cm thick)

Garlic (sliced)

Shallots (diced)

Pandanus Leaf (Pandan Leaf)

Soy sauce

Green Lime

Thyme, Parsley & Other Herbs

A sprinkle of cornstarch

Sugar & Salt

Side garnishings

French beans

Enoki mushrooms (Velvet shanks)

Carrot (cut thinly)

Instructions

1. Marinate the salmon with some light soy sauce, sugar, salt, cornstarch (a little) lime juice,

    and sprinkle some thyme and parsley on both sides of the fish.

2. Heat a little olive oil in pan and fry some shallots and garlic. Add the pandan leaves.

3. Pan-grill the salmon on the garlic and pandan leaves to get the fragrance in the fish.

4. Be careful when flipping the fish as it flakes easily once cooked.

5. Dish out the fish and place the fried garlic on the fish. 

6. Use the remaining of the marinating sauce earlier and pour into the same pan. It should smell  

    fragrant as there are traces of herbs and juices from the fish. Stir and drizzle the sauce on the

    fish. Set aside. Do not wash the pan.

7. Using the same pan, pan-fry the french beans, carrot and enoki mushrooms.

8. Arrange the vegetables on the fish.

Voila!

There you go - Pan Grilled Salmon with Herbs!