Baked chicken pasta with minestrone soup

Not updating my blog for sometime now. Fear Jean will not add me anymore hahaha....Well one of the reasons was I have been repeating some of the previous food and busy with some other things.

Ok I made these easy baked chicken pasta and minestrone soup today. The baked chicken is super easy yet delicious. Recipe from good food channel uk. Use chicken breast or whole chicken and throw in some fresh rosemary, lemon, garlic, bay leaf and drizzle with some olive oil. The baked till cook. Voila!

penne pasta chicken salad with walnuts 

another view

Soup was actually requested by Ryan... think he's gonna love it... everything tomatoey...

minestrone soup

perfect for rainy days

Well...ma has been on this project for some time now... guess the flower...

close up 

any clues?

It's a..............


Passion fruit flower.. Yeah!! finally its blooming... Jaden's favourite fruit!

Mini quiche

These mini quiches are easy to make and eat too :) this time i added some luncheon ham, garlic sausages, leek, asparagus, onions & some carrots. 

a dozen of them.. ready to be eaten 

the boys' breakkie for today

Milo muffins are curtesy from Jen's bakery...

Soba noodles salad

Got this inspiration to make this dish from "Easy Chinese" programme on tv. I added some bacon and chillies to spice up the dish.

Soba noodles salad 

Luncheon ham and vegetables fritata

Very ambitious this time bcos it was quite a success making mini fritata earlier. My crust was made using bread... as i am no expert in making pastry crust yet. I made bigger portion, maybe i added too much milk, so my fritata was not up to my liking. The boys loved them... hehehe.. thats the complimentary part..

hot from the oven

another view 

jaden's portion... which he later asked for more :)

Sausage rolls

Made some sausage rolls today.

sausage rolls 

Pizza

The boys love this very much. I used "mission wraps" as the pizza base cos they like thin crust.

hot pizza from the oven

My friend has been very interested in "rainbow loop" lately. She even made a set of the loops for me. Thank you very much Vicky!

bracelet & ring set

Fried orzo with dried prawns

Today's menu is fried orzo (yeah its a type of pasta which looks like rice grain) with dried prawns and  artificial crab meat. Hope my takers like it.

fried orzo with dried prawns 

closer look

Quiche toast cups

Bro brought a few loaves of bread home.. After a round of sandwiches, some bread are still idle.. i managed to browse on this interesting recipe which uses bread as a base for quiche... easy to make yet delicious! For recipe reference : http://www.recipetineats.com/quiche-toast-cups/

hot from the oven

quiche roast cups

closer look

Oriental tossed noodles

Its been a while since i cooked something new. I created this noodles dish as there are a few packets of nissin noodles in stock which Jaden dislikes. I put in some veg such as cabbage, spring onion, onion, fresh chillies and mushrooms. As for the meat part i opted for smoked pork loin. Also added some chilli flakes for some heat.

oriental tossed noodles

Ma's nasi ulam

Bro went to Kuantan recently and bought 2 big salted fish. Since ma has all the leaves that are needed to make nasi ulam, ta-dah we were lucky to taste her signature dish.

Ma's nasi ulam

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Tuna pancake

Since i still have a quarter of the korean pancake mix, i made tuna pancake. Added some shredded carrots, chopped onions and corns into the pancake mix with tuna flakes. Don't forget a dash of pepper.

tuna pancake

Ryan's breakfast

Fish burger

Bought a packet of fish fillet for sometime and thought of making a simple fish burger for breakfast today. Also added a slice of bacon & pickle to give it a kick.

the boys' share of fish burgers

Onion bread ham sandwich, haloumi salad and roasted peppers & tomato soup

Jen made 2 loaves of onion bread and volunteered to prepare dinner tonite. On top of the sandwiches that she made, she added a haloumi peaches salad. I made roasted pepper & tomato soup. So here's our dinner tonite:

Our dinner.. sorry for blur pic .. hands shaking

Onion bread with ham & cheese with omelette

Haloumi & peaches salad with lemon sour cream dressing

closer look

roasted pepper & tomato soup

Bulgur wheat with roasted vegetables salad

Jen bought a packet of bulgur wheat. Had tried it once and quite like the texture. Roasted some veggies and pine nuts  to compliment the wheat, with some vinaigrette drizzle.

Gourmet pork burgers

We made these juicy & succulent pork burgers on week day...woohoo.. it was good! Jen made the burger buns... yeah it was wholemeal homemade..

yummy pork burgers

the burger was extremely big for his mouth

"Chicken" Shepherd's Pie

Yoo Hoo! finally the water rationing is off. To celebrate it i made this easy "chicken" shepherd's pie. Boys loved them and they are super easy to make. I followed the recipe by Veronica's kitchen.

fresh from the oven

another view...