Meal Planning

Do you plan your meals for the week?  I do a lot of cooking so I make it a point to organize my schedule and try to think of ways to be more efficient.  A huge chunk of my Saturday morning was spent slicing, mixing, mincing.  At the end of the day I had jars filled with pesto, minced garlic, crushed ginger with green onions and shredded carrots.  I also had about 20 cups of chicken stock and several types of marinated chicken.  Yum :)

Seems like a lot of work but it's really worth it since I get our meals prepared faster during the week.  For lunch today we had Bibimbap without the rice (we're limiting our carb intake so yup no rice).  It was easy to make considering that I had a lot of the stuff needed ready - just had to prep the spinach, sprouts and the fried egg. 

Next time I'd like to try freezing herbs and essential juices like lime, lemon and calamansi.  Hope I remember!  Happy Sunday folks :)

Things that make me happy

Watching Kumo give Nugget a massage :D

Yummy treats from Bacolod.  Thanks Isa :)

Spotting interesting drawings on a wall

homemade chicken nuggets

and finally receiving our Wedding book!  It traveled all the way from Malaysia.  Btw, our wedding was also featured on Bridal Book the other day :D  I can't believe that we'll be celebrating our first anniversary next month.  Time is so fast!

Dumpling Sunday

I've been thinking about dumplings lately.  So glad that I finally had the chance to make some this afternoon for lunch.

It took me a while to prepare all the veggies, but it's okay since the end product is really yummy!

The filling I made is a mix of finely minced mushrooms, carrots, onions, turnips, garlic and spinach.  I also added sesame oil and oyster sauce.  I didn't follow a recipe for this one so I don't have exact measurements.  It's always like this when I cook but I steamed a couple of test dumplings before making a lot just to be sure.

I need to practice my dumpling folding skills!

 Freshly steamed!  I also made chili garlic sauce to go with the dumplings.  Yum :)