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Weekend Cooking: Chicken Spaghetti
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Been out of the home-cooking scene for quite a while now. Recently, out of sheer boredom I started browsing through the Food Network website and finally discovered Ree Drummond. Her recipes look simple, inexpensive and quite comfort food-ish; totally my kind of food. So over the weekend I decided to try out one of…
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For Your Spice Rack: Seasoned Salt
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Ree’s Chicken Spaghetti called for seasoned salt, which I now know is not the same as regular salt or Ajinomoto. Lol. Seems like in the States one can get these pre-made in a bottle, but I really didn’t feel like going out to some high-end grocer to buy something that may cost me something like…
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For your spice rack: Cajun Spice Mix
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The Red Lobster biscuits copycat recipe called for Cajun seasoning, and after browsing around there seems to be several different variations of it. I finally settled with the recipe from Allrecipes.com, since I had all the required ingredients on hand. Ingredients 2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons garlic powder 2 1/2 teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon ground black…
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Weekend Cooking: Popcorn Chicken
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In the car on the way to lunch with our mothers to celebrate Mother’s Day, Rudy and I suddenly started talking about a few promising recipes I saw on the Internet, and finally on the spur of the moment we decided to invite our friends over for dinner and board games. After lunch, we…
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Weekend Cooking: Cheesy Garlic Biscuits
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When I was younger, the word ‘biscuit’ would bring to mind crunchy, sweet discs, some with nuts and some with chocolate chips, basically what we also call ‘cookies.’ The first time I ate a fluffy, buttery biscuit was when I was in the States, when Jeanny took me to Popeyes for the first time. When…
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Weekend Cooking: Kentang Bol (Potato Balls)
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When I was in Singapore visiting relatives, I got to try out – for the first time ever – Mak Abang’s famous Ramadan dish: Kentang Bol. Literally called “Potato Balls,” it is a super comforting dish, comprised of deep fried potato balls filled with spiced ground beef served in tangy tomato beef broth. Seriously…
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Project: Gobblefest November 2012
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Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012 Time: 7:30 p.m Number of guests: 13 pax Location: Bandar Utama Hosted a Thanksgiving dinner of sorts over Awal Muharram holiday. I figured Thanksgiving would be a perfect theme to try out different dishes using ingredients associated with the Fall, and I also wanted to challenge myself and see…
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Cream of Wild Mushroom Soup
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This creamy soup is filled with generous amounts of mushrooms, and is seriously the best I have ever tasted. I will not make cream of mushroom soup any other way ever again. A portion of this recipe was used for the Emerilized Green Bean Casserole, and the rest was served as a starter. Definitely…
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Weekend Cooking: Classic Chicken Jambalaya
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Tried out this dish over the weekend. All in all am pleased with the results, although I did take note of some improvements to put in if I make this again. Updated 11 Dec 2019: Made this for dinner with some mods. Definitely a good dish when done right. Jambalaya is practically like our…
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Project: Post-RTC Makan with BATS Peeps
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Date: Saturday, October 6, 2012 Time: 1:30 p.m Number of guests: 12 pax Location: Bandar Utama So Boon and I decided to have a makan2 session with the BATS gang, initially to celebrate surviving our Sophomore Sensations showcase. Due to scheduling conflicts, added to a bunch of us going to Singapore to watch Avenue…