Wednesday, January 29, 2014

My husband can cook - Mussles pasta

Assalamualaikum.

Suka tak makan kupang? 
Percaya tak cik baru pandai makan kupang ni sejak balik ke Malaysia means around 2 yrs ago..gurai hehe.
Masa tinggal di Batu Pahat, selalu nampak org jual bawah payung tepi jalan. Sebab sang suami gemar kupang, ada juga la beli sekali sekala. Tapi tak pandai nak masak la...pernah sekali makan kat ikan bakar Melaka, kupang masam manis kot. Sedappp sangat..sejak tu baru suka jatuh cinta ngan kupang.Padan la kan peribahasa melayu kita tu, tak kenal maka tak cinta ye dak?

Last night menu dinner kami pun inspired by kupang.Nampak ada jual kupang kat Aeon Big, beli jugak la sekantung dalam Rm 8.Ok ke tak agaknye harga tu eh? Sebab jarang beli jadi tak tahu.Teringin nye pasal beli jugak la huhu.

Actually kalau beli kupang memang tak masak lain, mesti buat pasta je. Sebab tak reti ye kawan-kawan.Kesian tak? So nak share resepi mussles pasta kami refer kat allrecipes.com and adjusted sikit by us.




Ingredients:

  • Pasta - cook according to package
  • Kupang - sekantung sesuka hati
  • Butter - 3 table spoon
  • Onion - 1/2 biji chopped
  • Garlic - 2 cloves minced
  • Dried thyme - 1/4 teaspoon
  • Parsley - 6 tablespoon chopped (takde so ganti dengan chopped coriander leaves)
  • Bay leaf - 1 (takde so tak letak)
  • White wine - 2 cups (ganti dengan carbonated white grape juice)

Method
  1. Cuci kupang. Discard those that do not close when you handle them and any with broken shells.( What the heck..about 50% of kupang yang kami beli already open. Takkan nak buang, makan saje :)
  2. Cook pasta according to package.Drain and reserve.
  3. Meanwhile, in a large skillet place 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, onion, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, thyme and grape juice. Bring to a boil and lower heat; cook for 2 minutes. 
  4. Add mussels; cover and cook just until they open, 3 to 4 minutes. Do not overcook.
  5. Divide pasta into bowls and spoon mussels over noodles.
  6. Strain mussel liquid, and return to pot. Add remaining butter or margarine and heat until it melts. Pour over mussels and serve.
  7. Kalau suka, tambah perahan lemon dan parutan cheese.

Review :

The recipe is easy to follow. Siap masak less than half an hour. Grape juice buat rasa hanyir kupang hilang, and tambah rasa manis so be careful not to over adding unless you really love masakan manis. Definitely will use the recipe again!

Oh almost forgot to mentioned, credit to sang suami since he was the chef of the night. Cik tukang makan je kali ni hehe. Well done suami!!

:)

Monday, January 27, 2014

I've got your number - Review

Assalamualaikum.

Cik baru selesai baca novel tulisan Sophie Kinsella tajuknye I've got your number. Ada sesiapa peminat Sophie tak? I know I'm one of them.


Lama dah beli novel ni ..berbulan-bulan yang lalu. Tak sempat nak baca je. Macam takde kesempatan pulak . Akhirnye berjaya jugak habiskan. Best sangat kot cerita nye.

Poppy Wyatt merupakan watak utama disamping Sam Roxton. Poppy jumpa handphone kepunyaan PA Sam dalam tong sampah dan terus guna macam hak milik sendiri since dia baru je kena ragut. Di situlah mereka kenal each other. Just through phone calls dan msg, tak pernah jumpa bertentang mata.

Poppy baru je lost cincin pertunangan dia  (cincin warisan keluarga tunang dia). Ha cuak tak? Esok dah la first time nak junpa mertua.Hadoi mana boleh hilang ni? So, hp yang dia jumpa tu sangat la penting sebab kalau2 sesiapa jumpa cincin tu boleh la call dia kan.

Sam pulak perlu la sangat hp ni sebab company punya. Pulak tu semua email2 untuk dia mesti masuk hp tu. Haruslah hp tu dipulangkan supaya takdela maklumat company ni cicir kat siapa2.

Bermula dari situ, bermula la episod daripada dua org stranger kepada kenalan kepada kawan? kepada peminat?  Yang mana membawa kepada episod Poppy menyelamatkan company Sam daripada fitnah. Sam pula bantu Poppy cari orang yang curang dengan tunang dia.

Lastly, walaupun tunang dia curang, Poppy setuju jugak kahwin dengan dia. Until semua hadirin dalam majlis wedding tu dapat sms dari Sam yang minta mereka stop Poppy dari meneruskan niat dia tu.

Jadi tak Poppy jadi isteri tunang dia agaknye?Sam and Poppy? 

Tak best nye kalau cik cerita semua kat sini. Pernah tak uolls baca novel yang buat uolls terfikir-fikir watak-watak dalam novel tu. And you're wondering what will happen from now on (after the last chapter). You want the chapter to continue and continue.You don't want it to end. You also google to find out more about the character even you realize the person doesn't exit in the real life. You want to find out how the character looks like. Sometimes you don't realize you are smiling because you had the episode in the novel playing in your mind. 

This is one of the story that might take you into that life. If you are a fan of Sophie, this is one of her book that you need to read and keep it in the shelf as you might want to read it again in the future because it is fun and satisfying.

I am looking forward to read another book by Sophie  --> Wedding Night

:)

Friday, January 24, 2014

A new chapter

Assalamualaikum.

Perantau...merantau...di rantauan.
Bila la nak berhenti merantau agaknya?
Apa salahnya hidup dalam rantauan sehingga hujung nyawa sekalipun kan?

Setelah pulang ke tanah air hampir 2 tahun lalu, ini kali ketiga cik berpindah rumah. Kali ni ke negeri Selangor pula.
Merantau lagi...tempat baru, suasana baru dan STATUS baru.

Buat pertama kalinya cik sudah berubah status dari SAHM kepada working mother.
Pertama kalinya meninggalkan anak-anak untuk dihantar ke nursery.
Pertama kalinya mengenali suasana bekerjaya, bersama teman-teman baru, keluar rumah pagi pulangnya petang.
Merasai betapa tidak sabarnya untuk mengambil anak-anak di taska, melihat mereka berlari anak sambil memanggil mama.
Bingung memikirkan pakaian yang akan dipakai esok hari untuk ke tempat kerja. Mana satu yang perlu digosok..
Teruja menunggu ketibaan hari-hari cuti samada cuti hujung minggu atau cuti-cuti am. Kalendar meja sudah penuh ditanda dengan cuti-cuti yang ada setiap bulan.

Sama tak kita? U olls rasa yang sama??

Taman dalam bangunan office cik. Hijau : nyaman.


Alhamdulillah dengan rezeki yang Tuhan beri. Syukur dan teruskan mensyukuri segala nikmatNya.



:)

Thursday, January 23, 2014

She and she

Assalamualaikum.

Hi semua.

Do you still remember this chubby baby ?



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She celebrated her second birthday





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And now she is already turn 3 !







And she also has


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a little sister who just turn 1 in November





Alhamdulillah, I am blessed with having 2 little princesses in my life now.
Just can't believe how quick time flies...













RINDU

Hi all,

How are you doing?
I really miss to blog. I do :(

I wish I can write soon.