Crazy lunch creations!

The typical home lunch, my style...

Lunch for DH
No leftover here
...

Ham & cheese bagel
with avocado butter spread
&
Spring green salad
with avocados,
grape tomatoes,
spring onions,
carrots
&
a strawberry!


The "leftover" soup
made from
leftover grilled steak,
leftover parsley potatoes,
leftover sweet vermouth carrots,
and
a few glass of
leftover tomato juice
in
beef stock

Bento
with
leftover pasta salad
wrapped in lettuce,
leftover quail eggs
with crackegg art
...

Bento
clearbox
used to max
with cheese & ham
fun cut-out
sticky pasted
as decor
...

More Bento
Quail eggs
done mushroom style,
tabasco dots
for details
&
spice,

Tostitos "scoops" shells
filled with
leftover tuna,
top with flower
cut carrot,

Garnish with
Rose & mushroom cut strawberries

...

Who says leftover lunches
"have to be" boring?

Tip:
Just use whatever is still good in your fridge,
do not even waste
what is even left
of
not enough
to make a normal lunch
...
Make it Bento style instead!

P.S. To a true greenie, it is a sin to waste both food & water too... all are precious! So recycle!

A little slice of my Kitchen

Here is a little sneak peek at my kitchen, just some little angle shots.

Decor stuffs

Basic earthen red & green
(reminds of X'mas but then so what?)
I totally dig them as they are strong
complimentary colors.

A measuring beer / cocktail shaker glass
(I have to go back & get 2 more in case it breaks
usable too for making my mixed drinks)

A square printed glass plate
(digg the wine theme)

My old Apothecary jar
(filled with usable dried chili pods)
and
an earthen candle holder that
can double as a chia pet
(KWIM)

One of the most inexpensive and functional
way to brighten up a kitchen
is fruits like
Limes, Lemons, Oranges, Bananas...
(good old country way as my MIL will say)
Both to savor as food,
visual stimulation
as well as
in handy fresh summer drinks.

I love booze, I will not deny
...
It is almost like
a hobby for me to try out
new drink recipes.

So it only make sense that I will
also bring some liquor theme
into my kitchen

A complimentary drink of some sort
to accompany my meals
...

Like a Magarita
with grilled flank steaks
(from tuesday)

Finished off with a
...

"Fancy Santos"
Cuppa Joe

...

Yes, I do enjoy being in my Kitchen
creating & spending time
on my passions.

Campari "Zenzero"

Yes, this recipe is my own twist again...
Inspired by the Campari Flame BUT nothing like it!

What you need:

1 part Campari
1 part Sweet Rosso Vermouth
1 part Orangenade / Lemonade
1/2 a sweet orange
1 tsp sugar
&
1 thumbnail size Ginger "Zenzero"
(You need that much to totally infuse
the "ginger goodness"
and yes, its the star & key element;
so yah, its potent)

Directions:
Important
*Grind/crush* the ginger,
& sugar
with a muddler
(yes, mojito style)
into the bottom of your shaker
Juice your 1/2 orange in there
Add ice
Add your liquor
(but not the orangenade / lemonade)

*Shake*
*Strain & Pour*

into chilled glass
...

Float
the Orangenade or Lemonade
on top of that concoction
(for that nice dual tone look)
&
Lastly garnish with a slice of orange

Campari "Zenzero"
that different twist my DH asked for
when he gazed passionately at
(OK drooling)
the campari website for cocktail mix.

P.S. DH always wants something different whenever he feels weak for his Negroni crave...

Campari

This is my husband's favourite of all time liquor.

CAMPARI
This one is in my liquor cabinet,
my DH's favourite of all times.
Starting to become mine as well.

Jessica Alba
Some cool knock out poster babes...

Eva Mendes

The
NEGRONI

Yah, its a cyclist cocktail...
doing the Italian thing.

Recipe
of the
Negroni:

1 part Campari
1 part Gin
1 part Sweet Vermouth

very easy!

Food and Art (i)

OK...
reading about Bento Art has inspired me so much about food.
That I think I found me a brand new passion...

Food in Arts!

Look at these creations...

These food arts
Just simply amazing what you
(a human, a creator)
can do!


My Obento Art!
*At first try too*

Link:
http://www.sonnyradio.com/foodart.htm
http://allfunny-stuff.com/index.php/Cool-Pictures/Food-Art/Page-3.html

Singapore Hainanese Chiken Rice

SO....

DH is craving my home country's "Singapore" local dish...
Yah, it is that good that he (the American Polish) craves it as he would his mom's cooking.
Does that mean I am comparable to his mom in his eyes when it comes to cooking?
Maybe so (not baking though)...
BUT I could never top her as a house keeper & decorator though... My MIL is like Martha Stewart. Lol!

Hainanese Chicken Rice


a popular Singaporean local dish

So, without further ado... here is the recipe...

Z Chicken
1 Chicken Boiled with
2-3 Smashed Ginger root
5-6 Smashed Garlic Cloves
2-3 Scallions cut in long pieces
3-4 Medium Carrots
1 Large Tomato sliced
Fresh Ground Salt
& Pepper
in a large pot for
40 - 55 mins
(depending on the size of your chicken)
Cooled after done in a large pot of iced water
(gels the chicken skin)
*very important*

Rice
Brown...
Ginger slices
Garlic slices
Chicken fat
in Mix of 1/2 sesame oil
& 1/2 Vegetable oil
when oil is fragrant
(about 7-9 mins)
add in rice to fry
(1 prt rice to the ratio of
1.25 part water to be added later)
...

add water to boil covered & cook
for 17:30 mins in lowest setting
(that is my perfected stove time)

*keep rice covered till serving time*

...Z Sauces...
Green
Scallion Ginger Sauce
Add minced 1.5 inch ginger to
1/2 cups of heated vegetable oil
till ginger sizzles and start to brown
Pour
heated oil concoction to minced up scallions
(3-4 stalks, more if stalks are skinny)
that is seasoned with 1 ts of Salt
1 ts of powdered form chicken stock
*Infuse*
(a.k.a. marinade)
concoction for 1-2 hrs

Red
Chilli Sauce
Add 1 tbs of lime juice
1 tbs of sesame oil
1 tbs of sugar
1 clove of minced garlic
to finely chopped chillies
*blend* in blender till smooth
or
to pre-made Maggie brand garlic chilli sauce
(I am lazy here)

Black
SoySauce
1/2 cup infused with
1 dash of sesame oil
1 minced garlic
1 minced ginger
and
optional
(if you like spice that is)
1 chopped up chilli
(Red / Green)

*Enjoy MUCH*

All Served with
RAW sliced and cold
Cucumbers
*a must in tradition*

(no recipe require)



hawker centers
(most all & every hawker centers)
in Singapore
carry this
very very popular
local dish!
=
*I miss home much*

Bloody Mariyaki

Sunday Bloody Sunday's Drink...
DH has to go pick up a jug o' tomato and asked me to do him up a mixer.

Bloody Mariyaki
DH loooves Tomato & V8 juice,
just his cravings I guess...
No, I don't make this often.
By request only


Bloody Mariyaki
(Of course my own)
Recipe:

1 part Vodka (can be Sake too btw)
1 part Tomato Juice
1/8th part Tabasco sauce
1/8th part Japanese Teriyaki sauce
1 squeeze of Wasabe
(how spicy to each their own)
A dash of pickled ginger juice
(my way, in place of celery seasoning)
Fresh ground Salt & Pepper to taste

Shake with ice

Pour into pre-chilled glasses,
salt rim & garnish with grape tomatoes
if desired

-Enjoy-