Food, Glorious Food! ;D

Today's Vesak Day... woke up late in the morning and read the papers with Hubby...then spent most of the afternoon working on preparing holiday assignments for the kids (so poor thing hor, holiday also must do homework... but bo bian, else how to make sure they continue practising their ang moh??). Later in the evening, managed to look at my newly-purchased recipe books cos wanna see if can whip up something easy to pack to work as brunch tomorrow, plus can serve as Hubby's supper when he returns home tonight. :) I know it's a bit thick-skinned to name this blog entry "Food, Glorious Food". After all, I'm certainly no expert at cooking, so where's the glory in the food? But never mind lah, just wanna make myself feel good about my cooking...haha. Anyway, this was the outcome:

Hee, the above was what I set aside for Hubby to try later. The main dish is Warm Frankfurt and Yoghurt Potato Salad with Prawns. Ahaha.. the name so long right... actually it's a combination of the recipes for Potato Salad and Warm Frankfurt and Mustard Potato Salad. Just wanted to try something with the ingredients that I already have at home. Also prepared a simple Side Salad to go with the starchy potatoes for some extra nutrients. :) I tried both, and think they taste quite ok (else I wouldn't dare put them up here! :p), so here's what they're made up of:

Warm Frankfurt and Yoghurt Potato Salad with Prawns (serves 2)

2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced into 2-cm cubes
2 chicken and mushroom frankfurts
8 prawns, de-shelled
1 medium broccoli
2 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
1/4 red capsicum, diced finely
8 button mushrooms, sliced thinly
spring onions, thinly sliced
olive oil (extra light)
plain yoghurt
low-fat mayonnaise
minced garlic
coriander leaves, finely chopped
thick chicken stock

1. Boil the potatoes, frankfurts and broccoli till just tender. Drain and cool completely.

2. Fry the spring onions, red capsicum, button mushrooms, minced garlic, prawns together.

3. Add mayonnaise, plain yoghurt, a dash of thick chicken stock to the pot and mix.
4. Once thick, add frankfurts and continue mixing over low heat for added taste.
5. Pour everything over the potatoes and broccoli and mix well with coriander leaves.
6. Add olive oil and continue mixing.
7. Finally, serve with the hard-boiled eggs.

* Amount of mayonnaise and yoghurt according to own preference. The more, the thicker. Add a bit of water if too thick and sticky. :)

Side Salad (serves 2)

a few leaves of large iceberg lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
about 1/4 of small purple cabbage, diced
1/3 of long Japanese cucumber, sliced
minced garlic
olive oil (extra light)
2 tablespoons of lemon juice

1. Mix the iceberg lettuce, purple cabbage and Japanese cucumber together.

2. Add the minced garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice into a small screw top jar and shake well.
3. Pour dressing over the salad and mix thoroughly.

* Amount of minced garlic and olive oil according to own desire. Can use other leafy veggies for this side salad too. Important thing is the dressing. :)

Heehee, there goes! Quite pleased with the results, although I know the dishes aren't spectacular cos I've tried doing salads before. But it was just so fun trying out new ingredients to add to alter the taste a bit. Yesterday I tried pasta salad, but it didn't turn out fantastic -- Hubby said it was a little too bland cos I followed the recipe book and didn't add salt while boiling the pasta, which is what I usually do. But ok lah, at least it was edible and we finished it all up. Plus it looked quite nice with the coriander leaves as garnish... hehe. :p Will try to improve on the taste though! ;)

Tomorrow I must remember to look through Ms Leong's recipe books at work... hopefully got some free time to do that and then photocopy whatever recipes I like... hehe. Now that the hols are coming, I'm really eager to try out more stuff.

Oh ya, today's also the day I signed up for 8 Days subscription for the first time. Hehe. Can declare myself an avid 8 Days reader liao. Whole year's subscription totals $90 in all, quite ok lah. So now Hubby no need to buy a copy for me every Monday already. Today's 8 Days also very cute... came in an extra large size -- very readable (see the difference between today's copy and the usual copy in the pic). Can't carry out to read though... so big!

Ok, Hubby just msged... he's on his way back now. Better pack my things for tomorrow (sigh, so slack after the great long weekend). Gotta pick out a few movies to screen in class too as post-exam activity... already promised the kids... heh. Night!