lazy ppl's stew

while i was at juso yesterday purchasing my new baby, mummy tricked me into cooking dinner!!!! as usual... she will find some thing to ugut me. it was a bag of carrots yesterday. it went like this -

MumZilla : Twerp...
PrinCess .: Mummy, I wanna buy a bag of carrots...
MumZilla : I already have a bag at home! I told u d wat, unopened somemore.
PrinCess .: But I wanna make juice... & Cellery juice with the left over -
MumZilla : Ya ya ya!!! make stew with the cellery!!! when u can make? tonite ok!
..........................for dinner!!!
PrinCess .: Huh? dinner ar?? tomorrow la...
MumZilla : No la no la, make tonite. Sure got time. TONITE!!!!
PrinCess .: huuuuuuh... :( ok lo... {then i cannot play Mafia Wars :(}
MumZilla : (heheheeheh i can sleep & no need cook!!!) ok, u can grab a bag of carrots.


So we went home after buying my bag of carrots which i have yet to juice, 2 tomatoes & my pretty bag :) Once home, mummy took out 2 chunks of beef & asked me to get cracking. My Mafia... sigh...

So i microwaved the beef to thaw it & chopped up the veges & threw everything into the slow cooker. mana tau the slow cooker so tiny...

I haven't even added the onions, garlic & potatoes!!!

this is not the 1st time this happened... last time it happened, mymmy said she was gonna get a 5.5 liter new slow cooker. until now, we still only own a 6 liter one (6 liters meaning we have 2 3 liter earthen inserts for 1 slow cooker!!!)

so i transfered it all to the 3.8 liter multi cooker.

it's a good thing i did cos with the multi cooker, i was able to control the temperatur & bring the stew to a boil really quick then bring down the temperature to put it at a constant simmer (140 *C). with the slow cooker however, it'll be slow (duuhhhh)

I made a pot of dilmah morrocan mint :)


picked some herbs from the organic farm - basil, sage & oregano.

chop the herbs, not too fine... used to use dried herbs but now we have fresh ones :) with fresh herbs, we can add as much as we want & the smell won't be overpowering nor will there be a bitter taste.

Big D can't wait!


the stew.

we had it with bread & pepper :)

my stew :)

my stew & raisin bread ^_^v

this is the real super easy lazy ppl's stew. I've made some Flemish ones which require frying, coating & a lot more work, maybe next time...

out of the ordinary

my blog seems like it's turning into a flog with all the food postings... anyway, today is different (but tomorrow might bring more food postings). I went to jusco as usual, they were having a sale, as usual. I've been eyeing a pink handbag which was a new arrival few months back where i bought my cleef handbag... to my surprise, it's on discount!!! heheheh

ta-da!!! my new subject :)

so shiny (i luv shiny) so pink (i luv pink) it's big (i luv big) but not too big (i luv not too big) it's single strap (i luv single strap) it's strap isn't too short (i luv good length) it has a ribbon (i luv ribbons) i luv this bag!!! (i luv that i this bag!!!) hasta lavista old bag!!! hehehehe...

Prash & Sumi... surprised?? i have a bag that's not brown :-) heheh

makan makan all the way :-)

the bro had came home from UTAR kampar so we decided to have a makan fest :) we always eat... those who have been following my blog would understand how i became... er... this size :-) hehehe

i planned a "mat salleh" makan with what looked like all main courses & sides big enough to be a main ^_^v hehehe anyway, this meal was prepared in this order :)

made ice-lemon-tea with sabah tea which piggy brought home...

lemon lemon

season my birdie!!! it's the 1st time i'll be roasting a bird :)


like mr bean :) hehe

can see my finger!!! ohohoh

those mentioned above had been done a day before. the ice lemon tea - to properly chill it. the birdian - to properly season it :) the birdian is to be done ala piggy.

the mirepoix ingredients

dice em... then kena mix em up, season it & put birdian over it.

stuff birdian with an apple.

grind black pepper over it all!!!

next we boil the potatoes

hansel & gretel stlye...

mash mash mash!!!!

take a break & have some coffee :)

mummy buys bulk "industrial" cheese... it's thicker, richer & cheaper

make a cheese sauce

the bird is done!!

let it stand - litterally!!!

make a gravy from real stock, not cubed stock...

cut the bird, it's still hot!!

the mirepoix

i let it sizzle in the kuali for a while & added salt, pepper & butter to taste.

lastly, boil the mini shell pasta...

add it to the cheese sauce to make mac & cheese!!!

yummy yummy :)

this mine :)

Big D had his potatoes with pesto sauce. it was a great combination! also we had creme caramel & bubur cha cha for dessert. i like the mirepoix, the chicken was moist, thanks to the apple. i chopped up the apple & mixed it with the mirepoix :-) don't waste...

1, 2, cha cha cha!!!

yesterday, i spent almost the whole day doing the cha cha! heheh, making bubur cha cha la...

i diced the yam before i remembered to take a pix ;(

threw it into the crock pot...


sweet potatoes!!!

there's a story behind them... i went to the pasar malam with mummy to obtain these ingredients as mentioned in this post. i chose 2 of each colour (purple & orange). then to my horror, when i peeled out the skin today, all was orange!!! some idiot (i suspect the stall owners) switched my sweet potatoes :( cilaka babi!

gotta use them anyway...

boil till tender, then add gula melaka, pandan & coconut cream & boil till soft.

the sticky sago

it's nice ;)

add it to the yam & potatoes & enjoy :)

doesn't it look like stew??? heheh, amyway, i like mine cold while mummy says hot is nice too. i packed some & gave it to mama ^_^v

lamb curry

Mummy cooked lamb curry the other day. Jusco was having an offer on lamb & we hadn't had mutton curry for a long time :( lamb is good too!

mummy did all the cooking.

cos she dun wanna share her secrert recipe...

"hehehe, u're never gonna figure it out twerp!"


yummy yummy :)

this mine ^_^V

we finished watever bit of leftovers of it from the other day... hope jusco has offer again ^_^ but cholestrol big d shouldn't be eating it... mwahahahha