To tie down a guy's stomach..

Every 1 around me noes i cannot cook..okie, mayb onli maggie mee..whahha even my colleague, who had not known me 4 long told me tt i dun look like those who can do hse work, let alone cook..damn,he is damn rite..but hey, i am learnin as time goes along kk...4 i am nt livin with mummy now, i gotta depend on myself on alot of things...

Realli, I am not praisin myself..You shd see the change in me...i used to nt lift a fingers to do hse work, heheh cuz mummy thinks i am tired enuff dealin with work n sch, n she finds tt my standard of hsework is way below her expectations...but when i got my own hse, i haf no choice..even my hse cleanin skills are sub standards, i gotta do it on my own n fine tune it till i get it rite..plus hubs dun realli complains...whahah unless he wans to do it himself..hehehe

Recently, i found a secret weapon to start cooking...the slow cooker..whahah i was chattin wif my colleague over lunch 1 day and she told me she makes tonic 4 herself regularly..basically, her way is to throw everything into the slow cooker, add water, stew 4 2 hrs and volia! the tonic is ready to drink..whahah it sets me thinkin, i love drinkin tonic or soup for tt matter, mayb i shd get myself a slow coooker and start frm there?

我的秘密武器。。。

I called mummy and asked her wat size of slow cooker or brand shd i buy to make enuff soup for hubs n me..i dun wanna to cook too much and end up we cannot finish it..she reminded me that i still have a slow cooker that i put in her hse...it was some free gift n tt time as i dunno wat to do with it, i brought it bak to her..whahah it was time to take bak...

I tried makin soup for the past 2 sats..hmmm it started with i found a paste like thingy from NTUC from Eu Ren Shen and Maggie..which says all i need to do, is to add that to water and throw in some meat to stew...heheh i follow suit lo.. and mummy told me to use pork instead of chickie cuz she says is better..on top of it, i brought a pack of guo qi zi..which is suppose to be good for our eyes..then i rem my mum in law teachin me tt can add a bottle of chicken esscence when makin soup..and yes, it was a success!hubs say nt bad..whahhhaha he beri give face kk, drank the soup even though he dun like soup..hehehe

we went Carrefour last wk and i saw those off the rack herbs pac and i brought 3 packs of it..hehe hoping to make different soups for hubs..hehe..yest i try out the new receipe le...heheh..its 杜仲补腰汤..cuz hubs been playing tt for quite some time n with all the exercising, i tink this soup is more suitable for him...

Brought off the rack from Carrefour

I went NTUC in the mornin to get the meat required..Y dun buy from market, is becuz i dunno how to ask the uncle..whahah so in the end, i got it off rack, plus it is cheaper..hehe n i need the meet for making the soup onli, need not get those fresh frm market, which will cost twice as much...then i aso got a soup makin receipe book..whahah the NTUC cashier was askin me whether the soup inside nice or nt..n i told her, i juz brought the book leh, haven try out..heheh i will find time to go see wat soup hubs wanna drink and try to make..but i will start with the simple 1 1st..

1 thing the book taught me is, to boil some water 1st and scale the meat before throwing them into the soup as it will remove the strench and blood in the meat, aso makin it less oily..this mummy had not taught me leh, in fact, i was the 1 who called home n told her after readin it in the book..whahah...

Pork I brought from NTUC

As the recommended amt of water is 1litre, and my cooker is a smaller 1..i separate half the herbs and keep it for next cooking..hence, it will nt make the soup too concentrated and bitter to drink..this time rnd, however i did nt add chicken essence as this soup is nt for 提神purpose...

Soaking the 枸杞子


Cut the meat into dice, washed it, waiting for water to boil now...

i let it boiled for 2hrs, before switchin it to heatin mode while waiting for hubs to reach home to drink..in the midst of boiling, i aso went to clear my weekly hse work tasks of ironin clothes, clearing the laundry baskets and cleaning my room..

Throwing everything into the slow cooker..

Hubs told me tat he looked forward to me lookin a proper meal for him in time to come ..which i promise that i will try..whaha but 1st thing 1st..let me master my soups 1st kk?whahah its an easier task..heheh..well, it is nt easy being someone's wife isnt it..hhehehehe