Fettucine Aglio Olio With Salmon And Chicken

Pasta has always been the Piggies' favourite one dish meal and of course the Momsie is happiest to cook them this...delicious, tasty and healthy meal for them. And Daddy has to go along for 3 votes against one LOL! But once in a while he enjoys the meal too if I add in extra meat stuff for him,  for both men loves meat.  For both the ladies, I added a piece of salmon each to go with this fettucine delights :)) A hearty meal indeed for us all. No complaints from all sector all the Piggy clan * wink *  I can hear only the oinking crescendo as we were partaking this deliciousness together :))

Piggin' With Piggy Cuz :0

It has been a long time since we had dinner together with Piggy Cuz. And last week, we managed to find a time and pig out at Marpoh Restaurant. The dinner was a simple affair..just the five of us and we had a wonderful time together. Piggy Cuz is a very dear cousin of mine and she taught my Piggies piano lessons and my Piggies simply adore and admire her.  She taught them till Grade 8 and with them scoring distinctions all way. She is wonderful pianist and all her students love her.  They idolize her ...mmmmm even though she is strict with them. I enjoyed every performances I was invited to each year when her students performed. She taught them to performed in a small crowd which I think is good for the confidence and esteem of the students and since then my Piggies are not shy to perform to a crowd.  

Fusilli With Homemade Bolognese Sauce

When your kids love pasta, you thank God for it coz it is the most easy to prepare one dish meal...agree with me ? :)  For me, it is easy and taste good and healthy for them too.  I prepared the bolognese sauce in advance for them  so that it is easier for them...all they have to do is just cook the pasta - fusilli for their lunch.   Many of you will think that I pampered them too much....why have kids when you don't pamper them :p  But the truth is I love cooking so that is just an excuse ....otherwise who is going to eat the stuff I cook...so at times like this one have to use pyschology a bit ....tell them u pamper them..and they will wallop everything up and even lick the dish clean LOL!

Chicken In Chinese Red Wine

My friend Nancy bought a bottle of chinese red wine for me from Sitiawan, a small town in Perak which is famous for their red wine and vermicelli /mee suah .  I was delighted when she told me that she had bought a bottle back for me when she went there for a seafood meal. I couldn't wait to cook it with chicken. This red wine is made from the  red yeast rice and is good for health. I first ate this when I was in confinement 21 years ago...my mom cooked this dish for me every day during my confinement and since then I will cook this dish whenever there is a bottle of it in the house....sure brings back memories of those confinement period. It is slightly sweetish in taste with its aroma is heavenly...I can have the whole pot to myself  and get drunk after that . LOL!  To cook this dish you need lots of grated ginger and now is the time to use my porcelain grater...which has not been in use and has been sitting in a corner in the kitchen drawer :))

Shrimps Omelette

This is something so simply delicious and yet takes just 20 minutes to prepare when you want a quick fix., especially when you have an unexpected guest for dinner. Shrimps Omelette with chopped onion rings and hot chillies will be a welcome item when you want to add an extra dish at the  last minute :)) I heart this no fuss egg omelette. You either have this with rice or bread. Add in some garden grown italian parsley and wow.......you can image how good this simple egg dish will taste :)  This dish is good for kids minus the hot chillies of course, for this is the only way to teach them how to appreciate eating onions which is rich in vitamin A and eggs rich in protein and shrimps rich in iodine.........you can have this shrimps omelette in your sandwiches too ! 

Arrowroot Chips - CNY

The weekend was spent making these chips - arrowroot chips , a delicacy everyone loves. Arrowroots are in season  now. Supermarts are selling them at RM3.20 per kilo and I bought some to make chips...they are crunchy and a natural sweetness that is so addictive. It took me an hour to prepare these and we finished it in just half an hour in one sitting. We snacked on this while watching ' Gossip Girl ' ....mmmmm great snack and great drama and great time together LOL!  Will be making this chips again next week for the coming festive season. I never fail to make this every year since the day I knew how to make this chips. Quite tiring making this but it was worth it. 

choosing the arrowroot with a nice bottom is important

when making this chips..... no cracks  or the chips will not turn out

round and nice

this is a perfect bottom for making chips

soak them in salt water, dry them before slicing them into thin slices

straight in hot oil

.the arrowroots turned out great...crunchy and sweet

this chips are addictive and irrestible.......

 Head your cursor here  for the recipe and more info on this arrowroot./ nga ku  chips

Smile- inducer for the day...

"I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol."

~Steven Wright ~

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