Pasta with roasted tomato pesto

This recipe is from "Good chef bad chef", simple and tasty. Roast cherry tomatoes, chilies, garlic with olive oil, salt and pepper. Blend roasted tomatoes with fresh basil, cashew nuts and parmesan cheese. Mix pesto with pasta.

pasta with roasted tomato pesto

Okonomiyakifu Gohan Oyaki

Today's special is Okonomiyakifu Gohan oyaki. Its actually "Japanese pizza" but it uses rice as its base. I followed youtuber Masa's recipe. Simple and tasty. Add rice, chopped cabbage, spring onions, eggs and Sakura ebi. Mixed and pan fried. Add sauce... delish!

without sauce 

with sauce

okonomiyakifu godan oyaki

Pasta with tuna and zucchini bake

Jaden and I made pasta with tuna and zucchini bake today. Diced zucchini, carrots and onions. Chopped some garlic and bird's eye chilies for heat. Spring onions and cilantro as garnish. Stir fry onions, garlic, chilies with carrot and zucchini. Salt and pepper for taste. Add dill and lime zest for added fragrance. Juice the lime when you mix the pasta and veg. Make béchamel sauce to combine all ingredients.

hot from oven

pasta with tuna and zucchini bake

Fish and Chips

Boys had fish and chips today. I followed Recipe30's recipe, simple and tasty. Of course can't beat the best fish and chips we tasted in Norwich last year.... Grosvenor's! I know my chips doesn't look appetising, I baked them for a healthier version. 

Fish & chips

Kim chi fried rice

Done this before, this time its for Jaden to learn. I added some bunashimeiji mushroom as boys' love them too.

kimchi fried rice with egg 

Cheesy Lasagne spinach & basil

I followed chef Joel Mielle of Recipe30.com for this cheesy lasagne spinach & basil. As the chef uses fresh lasagne sheet, he was able to roll the sheet as per his recipe. Mine was instant lasagne, so I just stack them up like normal lasagne. Boys' love them as it was creamy and cheesy.

hot from the oven 

hearty vegetarian lasagne

Waffles

One of the boys' favourite. Made them today with rolled oats for a healthier version.

waffles 

condiments that they add

waffles with condiments

Curry chicken puff pastry

Lesson today is to bake. I have some leftover curry chicken and we used store bought puff pastry to make today's breakfast. Teaching him how to wrap and bake the puffs.

curry chicken puff pastry

Crispy chicken with Japanese curry

Boys love Japanese curry. We made them with crispy fried chicken today. Marinate chicken with soy sauce, sake and grated ginger for at least 15 minutes. Coat marinated chicken with some flour before shallow frying them. We made the curry with store bought curry cubes, very easy and delicious.

Crispy chicken with Japanese curry 

Takoyaki

I've done takoyaki before but this time it's Jaden who wants to learn how to do it. I cheated as I don't have octopus, I used fake crab roll. Instead of putting the batter first followed by the vegetables, I mixed everything together. 

My recipe for a cheat's takoyaki : plain flour, some rice flour, an egg, Japanese anchovies seasoning, spring onions, cabbage and some water. Garnish with some salmon flakes, Japanese mayo, takoyaki sauce and some aonori(dried green seaweed). Makes 12 balls.

"takoyaki"

without toppings yet

Prawn Pulao

Today teaching Jaden how to make simple prawn pulao, recipe by one of my favourite youtuber "Spice Eats". Turned out ok.

Prawn pulao