To cook, with heart :)

They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

:)))

Not sure if that applies to all men but it seems to work just fine with mine.

Haha!

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So he came back over the weekend.

And i was more than happy to slave in the kitchen all Sat arvo preparing dinner for him.

Ok, so i exaggerate :p

No slaving required.

It was all very easy. 

Think it helps that i enjoy cooking and he enjoys what i serve up.

Ha!

Anyways, his having been away for so long, i figured he'll want soup!

And i thought we could do with something we haven't had for awhile - prawns!

Then i made us a quick and simple egg dish to go with everything else.

Sweet Corn & Pork Ribs Soup

Ingredients required:

4 pcs pork ribs

1 cob sweet corn, cut to 4 pcs

1 carrots, cut to 4 - 6 pcs

2 - 3 slices ginger

1 tbsp wolfberries

4 - 6 red dates
Spring onions to garnish

Steps:
Bring a pot of water with pork ribs to boil.
Drain and set pork ribs aside.
Bring a fresh pot of water to boil with ginger slices, then add pork ribs, corn and red dates.
Leave to simmer for 1 hour.
Add carrots and wolfberries.
Continue to simmer over small fire for 45 min.

Meat should be very tender by then :) Carrots too.

Garnish with spring onions just before serving.

Tom Yum Prawns

Ingredients required:

6 king prawns

1 tbsp tom yum paste

1 tbsp sugar

3 cloves garlic, diced

Spring onions to garnish

Steps:

Marinate prawns with tom yum paste, diced garlic and sugar. I left it to sit in the fridge for about an hour.

Grill.

Or you could just stir-fry if you preferred :)

Garnish and serve.

Cucumber+Egg Omelette

Ingredients required:

1/3 large cucumber, julienned

3 large eggs, beaten

Steps:

Stir julienned cucumbers into beaten egg mix and fry :p

I say omelette but really, it's just your usual 煎蛋. With cucumbers.

I skipped the salt/soy sauce (or whatever else you like to season with) cos i wanted the 原味 (original taste) of the cucumbers and eggs.

Serve with rice :)

Yums!

Can i just say i absolutely lurrrrrrrrrrve cooking for loved ones!