Cooking Time
Tuesday, 14 March, 2006
General | 笔者: Twinsmom
Since I post a few dishes I had cooked, it seems like I am very good in cooking? hehehe… actually you all got con.
I just told Egghead the other day, I hate cooking, I always dont’ know what to cook. I have a few usual dishes I cook almost few times a week, for example –
>> fry fish ro chicken, just season with McCormick seasoning and fry it.
>> stir fry chicken or pork, marinate the chicken strip with soy sauce and a bit of starch then stir fry.
>> fry luncheon meat, egg, bacon.
>> stir fry sawi, bak choy, spanich, kai-lan etc green veggies with just salt and garlic.
This are what I usually cook for lunch or dinner, simple, fast, easy.
Of course I got bore to just cook this few dishes, so once a while I will try to cook something different to break the boredom, or curi-tulang ask Twinsdad take-out.
I bought quite a lot food mag recently, very pathatic, before married read Cleo, after married read Female, Her World. After have kids read Women Weekly, and usually flip to the end look at the recipe first.
I do wish MIL can still cook for us :mp:
But since FIL passed away, MIL has to go to BIL’s house to look after the maid kids, they have the maid there, but they just don’t feel safe to let the maid be alone with the kids, since then we have to take care of our lunch and dinner ourselves.
See? there is a reason I stick to simple cooking, because cooking with two then-18-months-old at home was a tough challenge; I either cook during their naptime, or not cook at all. They need me to be around within their sight, so I moved the safety gate from the corridor to the kitchen door, let them sit or play outside the safety gate, so I can cook in peace (not always in peace though).
I experienced a lot of the time they screaming, yelling, and crying while I cooking, I just repeat and repeat to them that mommy need to cook, otherwise daddy will be hungry, mei mei and jie jie will get hungry too.
After a while they start learning that mommy have to cook, no matter how they not happy about it.
By the time they reach 2, when I came out from the kitchen I was either greeted by the painting on the wall and the sofa; two geisha playing with the powder; lotion on the floor; tissue all over or even soy sauce on the bed. But things have changed since the girls were 3 years old, everything seems a lot easier then before, they can play with each other or watch TV in the living room, and out grown the painting everywhere stage, the only interruption was when they fighting for toys.
Now they are almost 3 ½, they enjoy good food, so they certainly know what they will get if leave me to cook in peace. Still I would not spend a very long hour in the kitchen; sneak out to peek on them is necessary, because they might climb the sofa from the back, or chair and table.
I do not keep a lot of spices and condiments in my kitchen and fridge, to avoid expired and wastage. I have the very basic cooking condiments like oil, salt, pepper, and of course, some McCormick seasoning helps a lot. Moreover, try to get all the yogurt, cream, and cheese in small quantity, no matter how much cheaper it can get if buy in bulk.
I used to stir-fry a lot, not much steam food though; ended up steam until the water all dried. Because of so many times I burnt the food, I like to use slow cooker and oven, preparation time is short, and food still tasty.
Anyway… I failed quite a number of times, some of it I managed to take picture and blog about it, but most of the time failed already no mood to talk about it. So everyone see the smartest side of me :mgrin:
But still, again, if someone can cook for me, that will be the best.
Yaloh, your kitchen sure looks very simple compare to my mum’s. “Ga chang” here and there… -sweat- Need comparments to seperate stuffs from baking, cooking, steaming, microwaving, ovening…
Hehe. but still, your cooking not bad what! Verified by me already.
Now that you have explain your cooking style, now I know why so dry lah the other day’s dinner. No gravy de.
hey, share with u my favourite 懒人 dish. very simple nia almost like ur stir fry chicken/pork.
1. marinate the meat with soy sauce and a bit of starch.
2. cop ginger
3. break 1 or 2 eggs and blend it, fry it (煎蛋）then set aside.
4. fry the ginger until fragrant, add in the meat then stir fry.
5. when meat about 75% cook, pour in the fried egg stir fry for short while then add water.
6. let it cook until meat is tender.
7. add little bit of starch-water. stir fry and ready to be served.
easy like one-ting dish, my Xuan loves it very much!
I am the same way too.. ! i hate cooking actually..! but because of Chloe.. sometimes no choice lor..
You know, I used to hate cooking too but after reading so many of your cooking post, the interest of cooking grows again.
Maybe becoz I just cook during weekend and simples dishes and that’s why still not bored yet!
My version of lazy dishes are 1 soup + 1 fried vege (sometimes + 1 fried fish too) .
Boil soup is easy and I can used the soup to cook mishua for lunch too!
*ahem… not to mentioned the number of cooking utensils that you burnt… LOL!
is great huh seeing them all grown up and stop giving you headaches… but more will come in the next few years… new ones
wow wow…..
mummy like to cook, everytime take us become her genuie pig.. sometimes is good..but when taste bad that time..really very bad…..
ur kitchen just simliar with my kitchen only…small small…not much utensil…just 1 thing different is mummy seldom burnt the pot… kekekek *run away fast fast*
1 thing is, i dun like mummy cook alot dishes. i just hope she can cook 1 dish like 1 vege or 1 soup then rice, that is enuff for me… i dunlike got alot dishes 1… hehee..weird me… maybe u will very senang if u got this kind of daughter lar… haha…. but u will crack head to think what soup have to cook for me… wahahaha… im a soup queen…
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yeah, kids did disturb me to cook for good food, end up make simple dishes too!
My simple & lazy dish(or food) will be pork rib or fish porridge, dump everything in, on the switch, kau-tim!!
yuan lai ru ci…..haha!! nola, you are so multi-talented liao:can cook not eat outside,can draw not buy comic,can takecare kids not employ maid,can be locked outside corridor not inside house,etc..Nowadays, around 7 out of 10 women hate cooking or dont know how to cook. Hypertension is hereditary however cooking skill is not. Traditonal cooking will vanish soon.
At least u still better then me, will cook simple dish. Me, mon-fri all “da pou” only cook porridge for my girl and sometime cook soup for all!
Wei, like that also say don’t know how to cook arr? Don’t be so humble la. Whatever nice food that u have cooked can publish to a book already la. Eh, why not hor? Buy Twinsmom book to take care of ur child’s daily food intake…..not bad ler this idea :)hehehehe!
acho Allyfeel, I am about to send u email telling u this good idea too
If u really happen to publish a cooking book, I want to get one with signature wan ok!
share wif u easy dish.
get some whole chicken legs, wash then steam it for 15 minutes (or until cook hehehehe). Then simply fried some shallots/onions, dish it up together with the oil, then add kicap and thick kicap. This is the sauce.
The chicken simply serve, or u can chop it up.
Yeah la.. this Maria too humble and modest already..
Those who doesn’t know how to cook will be opening can food, or cook maggie mee already.
I find dat u are a multi-talented lady. Don’t be so humble lar.
U don’t like cooking but u still can cook so many delicous dishes. I love to cook but compared to u, I really must hide my head inside a hole.
You must be comparing yourself with restaurant sifu..if food don’t turn out like restaurant banquet, then cannot cook!! Die-lah…almost everyone cannot cook-lor!! :lol
Homecooked food no matter how simple will always taste better than outside food. My most simple dish? Fried egg topped with oyster sauce, spring onion and pepper (ala Kylie Kwong). Cook 10 eggs also not enough!
>> jason, 多只香炉多只鬼, I prefer something simple and small, where got so many hand to handle things?
>> Shiaulin, 你好啊，收着这样的好料现在才爆出来:P, 谢谢嚄。
>> MamaBok, yah… all because of the little one *sigh*… they so lucky.
>> Jefferene, for us small family, I think the 1 dish +1 soup is very convenience and economic, unless one of the family can be DBKL (sapu all), otherwise there will be too much left over.
>> Egghead, sshhh… don’t lar mention my “blue black” cases lar.
New one? *骇笑*，好不容易才捱到今时今日，又来一件？咪搞我。
>> Milly, hah… mamibee afraid you not enough food mah, now you are about the time will eat a lot (发育时期), that’s why your mom cook more lor.
you want to come to my house cook? then bring home to surprise your mommy?
>> Jesslyn, yah, that is the easy porridge, I love it too, but twinsdad not so much one-pot porridge fans, so only for me and the girls :D.
>> Tom, -_-”"… never know locked outside the house need talent.
Hypertension is hereditary however cooking skill is not — so true. OK, I will teach my girls to cook :D.
>> Contented mum, I think there will be sometime for you to cook liao lor, with a toddler under 18 months really very difficult to cook, moreover, you are expecting now, lagi susah. anyway, I used to ta-bao a lot, everyday wan-tan mee, or chicken rice :P.
>> Allyfeel, Shiaulin, no wander now a day so many cook book in the bookstore :lol:, i afraid if i really come out with a cook book, most likely will bury in the bookstore as well :lol:… might as well share it here ;).
nvm, shiaulin, next time i photostat a book and sign for you :P.
>> Papi, I saw this recipe from your site last year, I tried it out many times already :D, it is really great, thanks a lot.
>> Zara’s mama, have to be humble, always admit I am a empty glass, then baru got people pour water to me mah :P.
I used to open can food and eat maggie mee :P, and still do, but swift to Preggo pasta sauce :D, nice….
>> Tracy, paiseh, paiseh
>> Kat, I admit I actually better than some of the si-fu in some of the restaurant :P, neh, those restaurant you eat already will swear wan :lol:…
ah… I like to watch Kylie Kwong too, the egg you cook, I have no oyster sauce at home, so I use fish sauce instead.
agree with kat. I think like that very good liao. long time ago, never thot one day you can cook. Last time Twinsmom so da siao jie. Now everything hands-on.
收着收着等出书嘛！:P 哈哈…
关于那道菜，要做湿点，汁不要太浓何以捞饭吃。
>> ET, yah, last time too “xiang fu” already, now pay back time.
>> Shiaulin, 哦… 秘密穿了哦。:lol:
OK, 煮了和你报告。
hi, me too, i need to go back earlier after work, reach home around 6pm, cook, and finish within 30min..coz need to fetch my bb around 6.30pm..so normally i also cook simple dishes.
i also must in my bb’s sight,unless her daddy at home lor..hope got someone to cook for me too..hehe
Hey I just got an idea from your post. We can open a blog for all mums to put in their recipe. So we can have plenty of recipes to work with!!
If anyone interested, email me at mybabybay@gmail.com. I want to see the response first!
>> Irene, thanks for sharing.
whao, your timing pretty tight huh? only 30 minutes to cook, that got to be very fast man.
>> Michelle, I am in :D.