RefLeCtiOns: July 2012

Easy banchan... YUM!

was google-ing and came upon this:

Three Easy Banchan

[Credit: http://herbivoracious.com]

i like the looks of the zucchini!!

shall make that soon.

To cook, with love 10 :)

we all know veggies are good for us :)

i personally love my veggies.

most of them anyway.

the ones i don't really like (celery, carrot and pumpkin)... well, i try to find different ways to eat them (celery and carrot in stews - this i eat. no can taste raw-ness of celery and carrots. deep-fried pumpkin. erm. not very healthy but i is likes it.)

anywaysssss.

the koreans eat loads of veggies!

i like!

i know when we go for korean bbqs it's meat meat meat and more meat, but think about all those side dishes always offered on the side! veggies galore!!!

i made these the other day when we were in the mood for korean at home.

bean sprout side dish [Sukjunamul]

potato side dish
[Gamjachae bokkeum]

i added quite a bit more red chilli than required as i love fresh cut red chilli these days.

and colours in a bowl/ plate are so important to a dish, agree?

like an artwork. of sorts.

=)

i ♥ paperbacks

There's something about holding onto a physical book...

to be able to turn the pages...

to smell the printed pages...

I am not an ebook person.

Period.

I love going into and spending hours in a bookshop, checking out the New Releases/ Popular Reads etc etc.

The covers of the books...

their font and print...

it all plays a part in luring me into picking it up and reading.

Here's the latest book i'm reading.

Courtesy of dear 'Ling who has never failed to gift me with a lovely read on many occasions.

To cook, with heart 9 :)

On my first attempt to get Louis to eat prawns, i made a simple prawn stirfry with chopped garlic, parsley, and lemon juice.

He loved it!

All that sweet and sour-ness =)

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Hubs saw this photo of me from 2008 and went, "哇！那么胖啊？"

-_______________________-

Really meh?

Boy, you've not seen me at my chubbiest =P

***On a separate note, this was taken in Aug '08 on my first looooooong worktrip to Sweden. Snapped self before heading out into the lovely streets of Malmo the morning i arrived in the City, minus my luggage (which was still at Stockholm Intl Airport. wtf.). The first (and thankfully, the last during that 4yr+ of constant jetting around for work) time i arrived at my destination w/o my bags =P

To cook, with heart 8 :)

Hubs was home from one of his work trips the other weekend when i decided to cook, and cook, and cook more good stuff for him to eat :)

There was tong shui - snow fungus soup with red dates, longan and gingko.

We had, amongst other things, a naibai stirfry for dinner.

I made this with a shredded dried scallops gravy instead of normal oyster/ soy sauce, and threw in a huge spoonful of wolfberries for added health benefits (and sweetness).

Made a cooling Snow Pear + Apple with Pork Ribs Soup.

Sweet, homemade goodness!!

Hubs makes slaving in the kitchen worth it every time when he goes for second/ third helpings :)

so overdue =P

but, guess who woke up at 1:30am on a Sunday to get ready for her gf's big day?
and because the Leading Lady of the day wanted her jimui(s) in something flower-y, i wore............

THIS!