Kitchen Adventure: Kimchi Fried Rice

One fine morning, after sending Hubby Cookie off to work, I opened the fridge and found leftover rice and kimchi.  So, what do I do with it?  (Drumroll) It's time for a Cookie Kitchen Experiment!

I clicked over to Google and typed "kimchi friend rice recipe."  I found a fairly easy recipe to follow, I just tweaked it as I didn't want any meat in it.  Well, basically, I just want to get rid of the rice and kimchi sitting in the fridge taking up space.  And this is what I came up with -

Instead of red onions, I used challots, as I still have a few sitting in the vegetable tray. 

So, what's the verdict?  Kimchi fried rice... success on the first attempt! :) And being a success, it is now imprinted on a special recipe card in my recipe box. :)

LO Project: A Birthday Greeting for Hazel

I am an advocate of giving gifts that are personally made instead of getting them off the shelf.  After all, as the old saying goes, it's the thought that counts.  And adding a tinge of the gifter's personal touch and taste surely gives it that extra oomph! :)

Here's one I prepared for Hazel on the occasion of her Nth Natal Day last 13 February. :)

The trickiest part of this project is picking out the photo.  I had to decide wether to go for a colored photo (which how this photo comes originally) or a greyscale one.  I went for the greyscale photo.  It adds drama, for one. Hehehe... And it gives the photo more "pop" since everything else is in color.

I had fun working on this project, as it is the first one I did after Lord finally got me a work table! :)

Singapore Advenutre: V-Day at the Siloso Beach Resort

It is the Cookies' first Valentines as a married couple and it has to be made really special. :)

We're definitely not spending it sitting in the house.  That's what we've been doing the last few weekends after my unfortunate encounter with my craft scissors, which is a totally irrelevant story to this one so that's going to wait for a different blog entry.  It took a while before we have finally settled on a venue since there were a couple of considerations to note - it's got to be within Singapore, as we didn't want to spend the short weekend sitting on a ferry or plane to somewhere, it's got to be some place we've never been to before, inspite of Singapore being very small there's got to be a place we have not been to yet, and it's got to have a view of the sea and sky, well, that kinds of limits the options.  And finally, even with that, we managed to set a venue.We're spending the Valentines weekend at the Siloso Beach Resort. :)

We booked one of their Roof Garden Suites for a night.  The room is with a sea view and features a private stairway leading up to an open air private roof top garden.  On the roof deck, you'll find an outdoor bathtub with a jacuzzi. And the magnificent view of the sea is surely breathtaking. 

Being Valentines Day, they have this romantic room setup included with the package, plus a four-course in-room dinner.  Lord and I had a great time at the jacuzzi, and just lounging on the roof deck overlooking the sea.  A short but indeed relaxing Valentines weekend getaway.

After a relaxing day at the resort, we took a quick detour to Univesal Studios for a baby back ribs lunch at Chili's.

A few photos to share with you from my Facebook album Cookie Valentines 2011.

Greetings: Happy Holidays!

It's again that time of the year when we share pleasantries and presents.  And of course, a mutual feeling of thanksgiving to the reason behind the season.

From our home to yours, here's a special Cookie Greeting... :)



Again, happy holidays everybody! :)

Singapore Adventure: Steak Dinner

It has been a while since I have indulged in a nice steak dinner.   Well, we're not getting any younger, and so we need to start watching our diet, right?  But every once in a while, that dreaded craving just haunts you until you are too weak to resist.  Then the opportunity comes knocking, and all guard just come crashing down.

So, yesterday, after finding that our New York New York vouchers are about to expire by mid-December, I got Hubby Cookie to agree to have dinner there. A steak dinner at that!  And it was all worth it! Hehehe...

It was the most delicious ribeye steak to ever hit my tastebuds!  Or that could just be the meat deprivation screaming.  But really, it was delightful. :)

This hunk of delicious meat rings at 24.60 SGD at New York New York.  And it sure is worth every cent. Well, just don't mind the unenthusiastic servers, you should live another day.

The voucher we were holding is for a 1-for-1 Main Course.  So multiply this happy meal by two, and you have two happy Cookies with fat bellies.  Hehehe...

It was a nice dinner.  Too nice that even with the sucky movie that Skyline is, the Cookies did not suffer from indigestion. :P