I would like to apologize to any of you that is allergic to pictures of food during this fasting month. But I am sorry la… apart from my work at the office, myself just like most moms/wives out there could not avoid thinking about what to cook for iftar, what to serve to my vegan-wannabe 3 year old, what to feed laki aku masa sahur nanti… etc

So whether we like it or not, food topics are still reflected in the blog. Just like now, I am writing about what we had last night. I made this salsa thingy that I served with pasta (because we need the carbs badly).

It’s packed with tomatoes, celery, beef, onions and some mushroom too. I used tomato puree as the base and I added lots of chunky chopped tomatoes to get the real taste. The main herb that in this dish is basil! My fave!

Above is one of my many organic basil plants in our garden. This one grows so nicely by the plastic fencing Azman uses to divide his sawi patch from the bayam patch. Glorious eh? When it rains especially you can smell the fragrant basil in the air… I love my garden.. hehehe..

Miki on the other hand, loves pasta and everything vegetables. Nowadays he has become a bit picky and prefers hard vegetables than  green leaves like sawi and kangkung. When he saw me serving this last night, he said

“Wow! So goody! My favourite lunch!”
“We are having dinner lah Miki, lunch tu tengah hari!” Mummy commented.
“Yay! It’s dinner time!” Miki jumped with joy! La… ko baru sedar ke hari dah nak malam? Haishhh

Inilah budak notti yang makan dalam pingan plastik tak berlapik else my table cloth will be smeared with the tomato sauce. Walaupun dah besar tapi makan masih comot lagi!!

So what are you guys having for buka puasa today? I am not cooking today because I got an invitation from Holiday Villa! Yay! Wait for my review…

Have a blessed one everybody!

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Last Saturday we went to Sg Buloh to buy flower pots and check out more nurseries that offer grass planting service.  Azman bought some nice pots that he uses to contain water and grows kiambang plants. It’s really nice unlike the grass planting service, still the cheapest of Philippines grass including the planting service costs RM3.50 per sf so our 800sf x RM3.50 = kekurangan helaian baju raya Mummy tahun ini! Mana aci kan?

Anyway while we were pots and plants shopping, we stumbled upon an aquarium where Miki insisted to buy a fish. Lucky enough he picked the cheapest of the bunch – a Fighting Fish that costs RM2.00. Fighting Fish aka Ikan Laga is cute eh? Sayang a few of them couldn’t be kept in the same aquarium, else they would make quite a pretty sight to look at.

And owhhhh.. doesn’t Miki love his little fishy…. He understands now that fishes doesn’t need to be fed every 15 seconds but his main worry is that the fish gets lonely!! Boleyy??

He keeps carrying the little fish bowl around the house very carefully because he knows what Darla did was extremely evil. So when he comes inside, little fishy also has to come inside and when he is out playing in the garden, lil fishy must be getting lonely in the house, maka diangkutlah mangkuk ikan itu merata-rata…

Fighting Fish

One thing he did that I really cannot tahan was last night when we were going to bed. Miki knew so well he couldn’t bring the fish to bed with him so in case Lil Fishy gets bored, Miki lend him some toys! Boleyyy camtu?? *pengsan*

Check out Patrick Star, a Spongebob toy gun, a Pea Shooter, a tiny elephant key chain and last but not least a story book arranged closely around the fish bowl.

When asked what was he doing, “Nanti Fishy ni takde friend!” Miki answered with much concern.

Apa-apa jelah Miki, janji ko bahagia, tak penah Mummy tengok lagi orang bela ikan siap mainan dan buku cerita. Mungkin ikan laga ko tuh genius. Sabar kan je lahh..

To all my Muslim friends, Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan and Selamat Menjalankan Ibadah Puasa.

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Wah wah!! Belum puasa dah fikir kuih raya camana nih??? Tak sesuai betul! hahaha..
Anyway, this time I would like to share a recipe that was given to me by a very health conscious friend of mine. This is due to the fact that a couple of our family members has diabetic but it’s sad if they can’t enjoy food especially during raya.

In fact,  less sugary food is best consumed by all of us not just diabetes patient kan? Ayoo takkan dah sakit baru nak jaga diet kot? hehehe

Diabetic Date and Nuts Cookies Recipe (Resipe Biskut Raya – Biskut Kurma Berkacang)

1 cup Diabetic Orange Marmalade (kat Cold Storage ada jual)
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 cup Shortening
2 cup Flour
1 Egg
1 cup Chopped Dates
1/2 tsp Cinnamon (serbuk kulit kayu manis)
1 cup Nuts
1 tsp Vanilla

Preparation:
1) Mix all ingredients together well.
2) Drop by teaspoon on greased
sheets.
3) Bake 8-10 minutes in a 350oF preheated oven.

Hehehehe senang kan? I am so into these recipes that use cup as measurements instead of grams. Kalau pakai gram-gram ni boleh terkehel jari aku wooo… Maklumlah! Berbakat! ehehhehe

Happy trying!

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