cook more

My finacee had to work late, so I cooked up a little dinner. Nothing fancy, just scrambled eggs, biscuits and bacon.

tinolang manok

a filipino soup. i made it with chicken, opo (better known as calabash squash), onions, spinach, and ginger + garlic. not my favorite filipino dish of all time, but it is comfort food to me.

lol maybe this is not a good goal. We are just about to eat and the kitchen looks like nothing on earth!! lol

Well, this one turned out ok. The thyme was a bit stronger than the other seasoning, so I figured I’d balance it out by putting in more salt. It tasted better afterwards.

Abby said she liked it, I’m glad. ^_

A day later though, when I looked in the pot I saw that the pasta had absorbed all of the broth. >_< Oh well, it’s still edible.

I just became a chef so im now cooking for 11 hours a day most days but i still wanna cook more at home and experiment with new ideas.

left bowl: grilled teriyaki chicken
right bowl: rice & steamed baby asparagus

This one would’ve gone well if I hadn’t multiplied all the ingredients in the recipe by four… lol. I wanted to make a lot of it so that it would feed the family for at least a few days, but I didn’t take into account the size of the pot that I was cooking it in. So I couldn’t put in all the vegetable ingredients, and I also made a mistake with adding too much black pepper.

But, it turned out ok (not good, but not bad) in the end and I’m confidant that I’ll do better with it next time. Cooking this dish showed me that I’m starting to be capable enough to cook for a family and not just myself, which is good.

Whenever my man is home I make actual meals for us to eat, but when I’m by myself I tend to just rummage around for snacks and I don’t make much of an effort. What’s that about?! I deserve some good food too! So tonight I’m making a big batch of gazpacho, plus some muffins to have for breakfast over the next few days.

I am going to roast a whole chicken on the bbq pit, cook butternut squash, mashed potatoes, string beans, and possibly artichoke…

Since I have recently moved back home, I have been cooking a LOT more. I have made some new dishes (for me :P) like Chess Cake Squares, Dirty Rice, Chicken Fried Rice and others. It has been a great experience to cook more while I have been at home, and it has also been a great bonding experience for my parents and I as well as my friends. I hope to try out new recepies in the soon time :)