Sunday, January 4, 2009

Tiring Weekend... but got a lot done ;-)

I am still hoping there will be more holiday comingnext week.... but obviously I just can dream about it:P I am tired now.... what a long weekend. Thrusday was a holiday due to New Year celebration, I didn't do much on that day, just chill at home because it is so hot outside. I don't like dry heat, I like the heat in Malaysia:P I miss the rain too.

Friday was at work. I have been scanning babies nowadays.... sometimes good , sometimes bad.... sometimes you have such fat mother that scanning them almost break my arm.... (tomorrow isMOnday.. I hope I dont get any fat mom)

Saturday was great because I went to my usual combat class. It was awesome. After that I head to the library to get some books returned. I was so hungry that I want to eat a roast chicken when I see them selling it in the supermarket... but the chicken didn't look very good.... so I decided to roast my own chicken. I bought a free range chicken, happily go home to make my lovely roast chook:D Here is the recipe ( This is my first roast chicken)

Roast Chicken
  • 1 free range chicken
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 tablespoon of honey with 2 tablespoon of water
  1. Preheat oven 22oC
  2. Scrub the chicken with salt ,rinse with water
  3. dry the chicken with kitchen towel
  4. Cut lemon into half to squeeze the juice out then cut it into quarter
  5. Cut onion into quarter
  6. Rub lemon juice all over chicken, inside-out.
  7. Rub salt and pepper all over chicken, inside-out.
  8. Put the used lemon and onions into chicken cavity.
  9. Tie the chicken drumstick with kitchen spring if you want. ( I skip this)
  10. Put chicken into oven , roast for 45-60 mins at 200C

This is the end product of my chicken :D yummmm



My lovely roast chook looked a bit burnt but it's nice and crispy skin :-)

SUnday has been hectic. Started with putting my laundry into the washing machine and going to the local farmer's market to get my weekend fruits and veggie. Fruits that in season now are grapes, peach, nectarin, plum, cherry ... yummm..... i love all of the above except NECTARIN:P i dont like them:P I still have leftover roast chicken so I figured to make warm chicken salad :D Got all my Ingredients and head home. Laundry in the machine is done so I have to put it on the clothesline and put the second batch of my laundry into the machine , which is my bed sheets. Got myself change and go to the gym for an hour. Laundry's done , goodie, all under the sun. HAd a quick shower and time to feed my tummie:D

Warm Chicken Salad with Orange Juice Dressing
  • Roast chicken breast
  • the leftover red onion (the stuffing from yesterday roast chicken)
  • Spinish (amount depend on how much do u want to eat)
  • a few cherry tomatoes, cut into half
  • 1 apricotcut into slices
  • a few cherries, pitter and cut into half
  • sun-dried tomatoes, cut into thin slices
  • 1 hard boiled egg, cut into quarter
  • Juice of 1 orange (you can use the rind for salad)
  • 1 table spoon of worchester sauce
  • 1 teaspoon of rice vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon of dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil
  1. Put all the veggie , fruits and egg into the plate, as shown below







2. In a saucepan, drizzle some olive oil ,put a few roasted chicken breasts and the red onions into the pan.

3. Pour orange juice, worchester sauce, rice vinegar and dijon mustard into pan.

4. Lightly sauté the chicken with this lovely mixture.

5. Turn off the heat when the juice is almost dry and the chicken is well coated with the dressing.

6. Pour chicken over the veggie. VOila :D





This is stir-fried fish fillet with ginger and spring onion:D That's dinner :D good with rice or rice porridge :D Very simple dish. All you need is Fish, light soy sauce, pepper, salt, spring onion, ginger and oil. First, heat the oil, put in the ginger with some chopped onions, till you can smell the fragrant of them. Add in the fish, stir fry it. Add some soy sauce and some water, simmer it. Add the spring onions when you are almost done. :-D Quick meal.





And for tomorrow Breakfast I made buns.... that is my sunday. Now , I need to go to bed .... very tired :-P Cheers :-D








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