I'm a full-time mummy

For this post, I am sharing my next food recipe, Chicken with Ginger & Scallions (in Cantonese, we called this 'Keung Choong Kai'). We normally order this when we have family gathering in restaurants but hey, this is my 2nd attempt at cooking this. Without further ado, here is the recipe for Chicken with Ginger & Scallions:

Outcome:

If you prefer your chicken to look a bit darker in color, you may add a dash of dark soy sauce (caramel dark soy sauce). Picture below is my 1st attempt of this dish.

Picture below was cooked on 5th May 2015.

I was told by hubby and my MIL that the chicken dish is delicious, that the meat is bouncy and springy (thanks to marinating with baking soda) It is very easy to make this dish, little ingredients, easy to follow steps. This recipe is definitely for keeps!

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Looking back on some pictures of the dishes I cooked since this year and came to these few conclusions...

1. I'm really proud of myself for buckling up and cooking for the family since this year (prior to 2014, my mum-in law cooked for us mostly)

2. I'm grateful for hubby in pushing me on to cook and start me off with few recipes (ABC soup, lotus root soup, steam salted chicken)

3. I'm not a chef so some of the dishes might not look presentable but I'm proud to attempt cooking those dishes.

4. I'm a Chinese so there are dishes I cooked which are more geared towards Asian style with lots of braising and stir-frying methods.

5. I'm from Malaysia so there are dishes I cooked which are a mixture from other cultures here (spicy dishes normally)

6. I'd be lying if I tell you I don't feel hurt reading comments like 'The food looks gross' or 'Yuck!' or 'Ewww' or etc, but at the end of the day, when I see the dishes are all eaten cleaned (rarely any leftovers unless I cooked too much) that is more important.

7. I am happy knowing my family and kiddos are eating home-cooked foods that I cooked and did my very best.

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We were out for lunch last weekend and saw this antique shop selling historical stuff on Malaya (that's our country name before it became 'Malaysia')

We decided to step in and browse around. We saw an old TV set and I immediately went on to explain to our 5.5 years old boy this was an old TV, how TV looks like long long long time ago.

He looked at the TV and asked me where was the remote. I wanted to laugh at this innocent child. So much to teach! I went on to explain to him the big black colored knobs at the side of the TV was how we control the TV back in those good ol' days. We can turn the knobs to adjust the volume, brightness and etc. We also politely asked permission from the shop owner so that we can snap some pictures of the items in the shop for memories.

All in all, a wonderful visit and lots of great teaching moments!

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