Bread and butter pudding

It's been awhile since I last made bread and butter pudding......I made this one today using wholemeal bread......but this one didn't turned out as nice....I think because I didn't put enough sugar.....was short of milk as well.....so I had to add more water.......but I managed to top it up with fine brown sugar...so it tasted good when I ate it......I even add in some dried black currants in it...I've always love to have them in my bread and butter pudding, they somehow taste better with them. Some people love eating it with ice cream or custard.....but I love eating it with strawberry yogurt.....something someone taught me years ago.....but the yogurt has to be cold, otherwise it will not be too tasty. I don't even have a proper oven to bake the pudding....I used a steamer pot instead hehehe......I had to improvise! Will try again someday to perfect the taste :)

Goodbye umbrella....

I lost my umbrella today.....sob sob... :( I went to TM Point, Pandan Indah to settle my bills and hanged my umbrella right beside me at the counter....when I was done with the bills, I forgot to take the umbrella home with me..........darn it! I didn't realise it at first, then when I did I went back to look for it....and it's GONE!!!! I can't believe it....even the TM employees there didn't notice it....how can they not notice that big umbrella by the counter! At first I just couldn't accept the fact.....felt sad losing it....after all it was my favourite umbrella.... Then I told myself, why be sad.....why stress myself..... it's not worth it. I hope whoever took/stole it will benefit from it and take good care of it...that's all I can say..... Goodbye my sweet umbrella........huhuhuhuhu......... :(

Sivaji The Boss......

It's Deepavali day today.........and what better movie to watch than Sivaji the Boss...... :) Saw this movie tonight...........fuyoooooooooooooooo!!!!! Best giler! I've been a fan of Rajinikanth ...like forever man! Can't help but love his style..... In this film, I noticed that he didn't smoke at all....did he quit smoking already?? Didn't know that......but anyways, it's great that he didn't in this film. He took candies instead hahaha.....and did tricks with it too....so cool! I've always loved seeing him do tricks with the cigarette but this candy trick is great as well.....and also the trick he did with the coin really was fantastic!!! Unbelievable!!! I don't think that it was a camera trick though....I really think that it was real. I really loved this film for it's message, it's humor (Oh God it's sooooooo funny!) and the really fantastic tricks, screenplay was good as well........there was never a dull moment....I wouldn't mind watching this film again. Too bad I didn't get to see it at the cinema though sob sob..... :( it would have been much better than watching it from a small TV....

Majlis Sillaturahim + Jamuan Raya

Aktiviti membakar lemang..........sampai pening kepala bau asap! Walaupun bakar kat bawah tapi asapnya sampai ke hingga ke tingkat atas sekali.....haiyaaaa! Busuk sangat pening kepala aku.....diaorang tu tengah siapkan lemang petang semalam untuk jamuan raya hari ni.....seperti biasa, aku tak pernah join hahaha.....anti sosial betul aku ni hahaha.....apa nak buat.... :D Masa time start jamuan tu.........fuyooooo, siap ada band lagi! Bising yang amat sampai nak pekak telinga dibuatnya......diaorang nyanyi lagu raya, lagu cintan cintun......kebanyakannya penyanyi yang syok sendiri hahaha........suara yang ntah apa2 ntah.....aku cuma seronok masa diaorang pasang lagu raya nyanyian Aman Shah.....yang tu best laa.....and ada juga lagu Sheila Majid.....errrrmmm apa ntah tajuknyer, tak ingat. Lagu Pelangi Petang pun ada! Waduh! Takde kaitan dengan majlis pun...hahaha......apa2 pun, bila cukup masanya, majlis pun tamat.....semua dah kenyang makan......padang pun bersepah dengan pinggan polisterin merata tempat.....kesian kat makcik2 cleaner esok nak mengemasnyer....selalunya macam tu la kat tempat aku ni.....time aktiviti2 macam ni....memang happening....pastu bersepah! Itulah dia masyarakat Malaysia.....hahahaha......

Cucur kodok......

Made these today using the ripe "pisang montel" (bananas) hehehe.......they were too ripe to eat raw....so I had to cook it.....didn't want to make banana pancakes/lempeng......prefer the cucur kodok better... :) It's so much cheaper making them myself.....buying them these days can be a bit costly..........5 pieces for RM1.00! God! Not enough to satisfy my hunger hahaha.......I can make more than 5 pieces with RM1.00 of bananas, that's for sure! Anyways, they taste better when you make them yourself.....coz they are made with LOVE hahahaha........ :D

What was I thinking!!!

I must admit......I've been inventing my own recipes like crazy lately...some turned out great and some not so great hahaha.....especially this one that I made today. WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!! It was very close to HORRIBLE! After I finished it, I almost puked! :P Usually I would cook anything that was available in the fridge.....and today, the materials I had were limited and I had to finish the salads I had bought last Sunday. The Romaine salad was still in good condition since I wrapped it up nicely to protect it from being wilted. I was thinking of having the pasta with some eggs and salad....but since I had the eggs for breakfast already, I couldn't take anymore for lunch, yikes! So I was thinking of something else to replace the eggs.....so I thought perhaps sunflower seeds could substitute the eggs somehow....again....WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!! I toasted the seeds and added them in the cooked pasta which I had mixed with butter and black pepper.....then I added the chopped romaine salad in the bowl together with the pasta and toasted seeds. The first few spoonfuls were fine until suddenly it didn't feel so fine anymore.....maybe it felt fine in the beginning because I was so hungry at the time hahahaha! LOL! Although sunflower seeds are wonderful to munch on when toasted, but never ever will I mix them in this recipe again......Oh well.......... ;)

Mukhtar Mai.....

Mukhtar Mai.........today I learned about this courageous lady named Mukhtar Mai....I read an article about her in the Readers' Digest. She was brutally raped in her own village in Pakistan. What can I say.......it just breaks my heart after reading it....what happened to her is beyond my comprehension.... :( Where is the justice.......?

Designing a Diwali card....

My first Diwali card :)

The process..........

Today I tried my hand in designing a Deepavali or Diwali card.......first time in my life!! Didn't know what to do....what motif, what colour etc etc etc...........then it just hit me....Indian fabrics! Yup, I do love them a lot.....and I went to choose what colours of paper I had that would suit the sequins I plan on using to decorate the card with. I also decided to use the oil lamp as the main motif....it's very symbolic....thriumph of good over evil. For the oil lamp, I had to make my own template for it ....drew up a simple pattern of the oil lamp on a plastic sheet and cut out the pattern...pretty easy hehee...... For the light, I drew it freehand on the yellow paper, cut it up and paste it on top of the lamp.

Since I didn't make any wordings as part of the decoration on the front of the card, I decided to just put a small square tag inside that would match the square pattern on the front of the card that has the oil lamp in it. And I stamped the wordings..."Happy Diwali" using my old trusted small size alphabate rubber stamps....very simple huh? Yup....indeed it is.....nothing to it...hehehe....I must say, I'm pretty happy with how the card turned out in the end..... :)

Whole wheat pasta........

I'm loving this new pasta I bought recently......it's whole wheat fusili! So more fibre! :) I was really surprised by it's taste....and it doesn't take that long to boil it either....compared to the usual refined wheat pasta I have eaten before....which take much less time to boil it down. I'm ok with the taste probably because as I add in the sauce for the pasta, it will blend in together nicely and you won't feel much difference in the taste. But you would definitely feel much fuller after eating a bowl of it. The refined wheat pasta won't make you feel as full. So in other words, it saves you a lot of money hehehe! Because you need not have to eat that much. :) It doesn't really cost that much in comparison.....in fact the pricy ones in the stores are actually the ones that are organic type. Those are double the price of the usual amount we normally pay for a packet of pasta.

So I made this pasta dish today, using the whole wheat fusili.......with a sauce I created myself....it doesn't even have tomatoes in it.....just chopped up some celery and carrots as the main ingredients.....I made sure that it has extra gravy so that it won't be too dry when eaten with the pasta. Once in a while it's nice to change the recipes and try something new other than the usuals.... But I sure do think that if I were to add in some cheese on top of it, it would be extra delicious hehehe...... ;) Yum!

Benefits of eating Celery...

So....here are some facts about the benefits of eating celery which I found in the net....very interesting indeed. I eat celery a lot lately.....glad to know that is has a lot of good benefits to my health :)

According to Hippocrates (the father of medicine), celery calms the nerve – perhaps because of the high calcium content. It will reduce high blood pressure too. The super-food is filled with Vitamins A, B and C, as well as loads of potassium and good sodium. The vegetable is filled with sodium, however this is not table salt were talking about, the sodium rich veggie is essential for keep arteries and veins running smooth and limiting the chances of varicose veins.

It’s good on kidney and will help eliminate body’s waste through the urine.

Celery clears uric acid from painful joints and may help the treatment of arthritis and rheumatic problems. It is used in aromatherapy and other traditional way of healing like Ayurveda. In Japan, rheumatic patients are sometimes put on a celery only diet.

Celery also helps the kidney an acts an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. Another benefit of celery is the fact that you can eat a lot of it without thinking much about your waistline. Celery actually has almost zero calorie.

So some celery a day may keep the doctor away! :)