DG wannabee is back in business

DG = domestic goddess

today i made cheesy banana french toast with a honey mustard dressing for lunch. monday night's dinner was fusilli ala puttanesca and apple slaw. and for dinner on tuesday i cooked my version of 101 recipebooks style curry noodle soup with tofu and fish balls and bakchoy.

you see, i'd made a mental resolution to cook more this year. so far so good!

we eat out very often due to the nature of life here so it's nice to be able to whip up a meal at home once in a while. my goal is to cook 2 dinners a week. resolution_2011 #1

cooking begins with getting groceries. so one of the first things i did was to stock up on the building blocks of spices, condiments, grains, noodles and other longer lasting basics like onions, garlic, olives and root vegetables. the plan is to go get the fresh stuff like milk and vegetables once a week.

honestly, i wonder how those working mums with no help manage to be full-time employee outside and in the home. kudos to them, and all mums and DGs in general. i don't have any kids and i'm working on one teeny little project from home. and i don't where all those hours go. :P

happy 2011!

think i must have caught a bug at the karaoke on thursday night 'cos i was fever-ish by the time i got home from crab (adventure) lunch on friday afternoon. we were supposed to have dinner with okm's parents and their friends but we pulled out and had a "3 course" chinese dinner at esquire kitchen. (ultra slow service, dishes came one at a time instead of altogether). ... after dinner, we came home instead of going to watch night service as planned and crashed. slept through the countdown like the old foggies we are. woke up to the sound of fireworks and then came downstairs to pop open a bottle of sparkling grape juice and watched a couple episodes of glee. 

not such a great start to the year. ... things can only get better! :)

well, happy new year everybody. i hope that the optimism with which we greet the new year will continue throughout. and my prayer is that our hope lies in Him who is able (Ephesians 3:20) 

it was a bit of a downer that i didn't get to sing auld lang syne this year at the stroke of midnight. but i got to toast the new year with my bubie which is always the most perfect way to spend new years anyways.


cheers!