Popcorn anyone?

Whenever i passed by this movie theatre that sells freshly popped corn, i would always be attracted by the aroma of the pop corn there. Of course, whenever i do watch a movie, i would always buy a box to ease my craving before the movie starts. I don't want to keep my hands busy while watching the show neither do i want to miss the minor details, lolz. Most important of all, it would be such a nuisance to other movie goer too. Well, this habit don't come by cheap, for a small box like this, it would cost me seven sin dollars. Luckily, i'm not really a movie goer, but i am really a popcorn lover, haha....

Yesterday, i was able to experiment with my non-stick wok. I knew of this shopping mall that sells kitchen ware in their basement - there's always this promoter trying to sell his non-stick wok at hundreds of dollars. One of the demonstration that he always does is to make popcorn. According to him, he claimed that not ordinary wok can do this. Well, i was tempted to buy but on the other hand, it would really be crazy to buy a hundreds of dollars wok just to do pop corn since my family is rather small and i always make do with a smaller skillet wok which is less troublesome to wash too. Well, i do own a larger wok which i only use occassionally or for steaming large cake. Now, i'm going to do my experiment with it since this is also a non-stick wok that comes with a air-tight lid except it's so much cheaper than the one being promoted.

Well, my experiment was a success - viola! my very own CARAMEL POPCORN any time i crave for it.

Pan Grilled Rosemary Chicken Chop

My simple arrangement of pan grilled rosemary chicken chop.

This chicken chop is actually seasoned with salt, black pepper and rosemary. Subsequently you just need to pan grill it in a non-stick pan without any additional oil as the chicken skin would produce enough oil for the whole process of grilling. Top it off with a gravy make from a mixture of light soya sauce, honey, lemon juice and water. I blanched some aparagus and cooked some angel hair spaghetti to go along with it. With this, it's a complete meal again. Actually life can be very simple if you don't asked for too much.

My crafts are being featured

Delighted again! Haha......... surprised to see my craft work being feature in cut out + keep. Not just one, but two - my completely reversible tote bag and carry all apron.

Cut out + keep is a website which gathers all craftsters and showcase all sort of craft work. Many with instructions and how to. I think this is a good site to share my occassional crafts work and to pick up some if not many tips for crafting, not to mention it showcase some good recipe too. Definitely a site worth visiting.

Another tote bag

I make another tote bag again. And yes, this is completely hand sewn again as mentioned in my earlier post - i don't have a working sewing machine at home.

This is actually recycle from the jeans leg. And yes, it's the same pair of jeans that i use to make my "carry all apron".

I managed to find this piece of nice print cloth among my old sewing which i used to do many years ago. Some how, my recent browsing on the internet have re-ignite my passions for doing craft work and sewing again.

Isn't this cute?


A closer look

Lay flat on the floor.

A closer look at my yo-yo embellishment on the tote.

Oh! did i mentioned that this tote is completely reversible. The reason why i'm doing a completely reversible one is because since i don't have a sewing machine, anything visible by hand sewing may not be as neat and i also need to keep away the frillings from the jeans.

So i have one tote but two style of carrying it.

This is the other reverse version of my same tote.

I'm actually quite please with my completed tote - something new from something old - isn't it that i'm doing my part for being eco-friendly? Two different design too, hurray!!!

My simplicity lunch

Mmm......... i think some people is going to call me crazy. What so fantastic about this? Well, nothing actually - it's just one of my family favourite dish - sesame oil chicken.

I have decided to write down this recipe in my recipe cabinet. Who knows, my descedant may just want it somedays.

I did it again....

Yes, i did it again. Oops! not in not working over time neither in losing those extra pound.

I did this steam cake again. But it's a such a frustration that i still couldn't get that perfect "spider web" design. I guess i still needs lots of practice to avoid that shaking hand. Oh, no use in avoiding that chicken feets which the older folks claimed may be the cause of shaking hand, hahaha........because i don't eat that dish.

Fusion Recipe

Recently i have been quite lazy and i'm always thinking of cooking a meal which can be prepare in one go. As such, i tested this fusion recipe - combination of glutinuous rice with herbal chicken. So now i can have a complete meal in just i dish. Lolz.

Just incase you may wonder how does the herbs used in this recipe looks like, here's a picture which i labelled it accordingly.

And this is how i wrapped the chicken for steaming.

My completed steamed stuffed glutinuous rice herbal chicken