A Homemaker’s Diary

Even since our son has been (and still is) super clingy to me, it becomes so hard for me to cook these days. And being in this housing area is a big mistake since all the kedai makan we tried sucks! huhu..there are times that I yearn for home made meals and since there’s no one else to cook for me, I have to train Hubby to do the cooking..heh!

So up till today, Hubby has managed to cook sup daging, ikan sweet sour and goreng bilis with bawang and caipo..(masak nasik tak kira la kan..hehe) of course he cheated here and there like the time he cooked sup daging and the sweet sour using the leftover that his sister brought on Sunday..but still, it was a great effort on his side. Imagine coming back from work, terus masuk dapor masak..I know how tiring it felt during my working years (and that time I only cooked on weekend, 1-2 times in a month)

I hope this clingy phase will soon be over..I miss having the chance to cook whenever and whatever I feel like eating..nevertheless I take it as a life experience and the inconveniences of raising a son. To Hubby, thanks for being my chef!

After so long searching for this tiny packs of Heinz Jam, I finally found them at Jusco last night. I seem to be having problem finishing up jam in big bottle, especially if I buy St.Dalfour, sure end up berkulat coz I forget to put the jam back into the fridge..heh! So when Hubby brought home this tiny pack from his meal in the flight, I was telling him, nak cari jam kecik2 mcm ni..senang nak mkn dgn roti sekali sekala…

Feel like having breakfast in the hotel pulak..heheh..I am still waiting for the butter to be thawed a bit before I put the bread in the toaster..actually dah bosan asyik breakfast cereal, so change the menu to butter and bread pulak..pukul 1 pm kira breakfast ke..hahaha..

Today strawberry jam, tomorrow can try Plum jam..see how it taste..sedap ke tak..heh!

I was blog hopping last night, in an attempt not to fall asleep, konon nak practise because I plan to see the gynae for check up early Friday morning. However after Subuh rasa mengantuk pulak. So while I was blog hopping and Googling here and there, I found a fotopages with recipe for cucur udang and kuah kacang…nak makan cucur udang mcm tu!!! huhuhu..

Told Hubby today about that, he asked nak beli kat mana, kat mana ada jual..kat tepi hi way Penang ada la..even that was like how many years ago, giler betul la..wouldn’t it be much easier kalau teringin nak mkn KFC ke, Kenny Rogers ke..anyway, I told him, NVM bila2 I will beli the senduk besar and make my own cucur udang. The kuah kacang shouldn’t be a problem because I’ve tried that during our open house 2 years ago.

If there is one thing I gain from this pregnancy, it’s the new skills masak benda2 baru, anak aku ni nak suruh mak dia jadi chef kampung kot..all the cravings are lauk pauk authentic kampung, yg susah nak jumpa kat kedai2 biasa. Those 2 big bottles of acar limau I made is still in the process of letting the rempah meresap into the fruits. And the terubuk masin I’ve fried a bit last night to eat with sambal udang.

Today my menu will be nasi goreng sempoi like SIL cook, goreng keropok keping and the leftover sambal udang. Oh, I will fry some pieces of chicken as well as additional lauk for the nasi goreng merah..heh!

We had terrible stomachache on Monday..blame it on the mee kuning. I used brand Win, I think I’ve used that before and the same type of sakit perut the day after..huhu..it’s been quite a long time since my last cooking using mee kuning so I kinda forget which brand gives terrible pain.

I called SIL and she said she had the pain as well but not her husband..heh! I guess I have to make my own mee kuning after this if I were to enjoy the mee kuah or any mee type of cooking.

I seem to be getting terrible headache these days. Hubby said must be the hormone charges and all with this pregnancy. I wish I can do nothing all day but I have a lot to settle for Niece’s wedding. Perhaps after 8th August I can relax all I want..heh! Sometimes I do think that my body never really cut out for such thing like pregnancy..but then again, it’s only 5 more months to go..more or less..

I need to get back to whatever stuffs I have to get done, well at least some for today. Just see how things going on tomorrow, hopefully it’s better and less headache.

I’m not very fond of eating beef these days but I am cooking mee kuah tonight. Well, not really cooking because I am still waiting for the ribs to be tender..huhu..now I think I really need to buy a pressure cooker.

(after almost 2 hours)

I am done with cooking the kuah, in fact since the ribs are bountiful, I have to cook the kuah in two separate periuk..otherwise one pot will be full of ribs and less kuah for the noodle..heh! Note to myself, buy a bigger periuk cap buaya..something bigger than the current 22cm and 24cm! I even did some food tasting, mesti la kan, esok nak bagi org mkn, tukang masak kena rasa dulu. My SIL is coming with her husband, my niece and her fiance, so since last time I didn’t cook anything (just ordered Pizza Hut) malu la plak kan..”rajin” sgt maksu asyik2 order pizza..haha!

Hubby said I shouldn’t feel that way because I am the pregnant one, in fact SIL should bring me food..ada ke pikir camtu..But I did mention to her teringin nak mkn pajeri nenas, bukan bleh kira SIL tu, tgk2 dia masak esok..I feel bad menyusahkan org though I know she really doesn’t mind. Usually if you like cooking you will feel flattered and satisfied if people like your food, especially your loved ones.

Well, I did mention in the title above about acar limau and terubuk masin. The seller online said she will go to Pekan Rabu to look for acar limau..kes ibu mengandung yang mengidam la ni..the terubuk masin I ordered from a seller in Kuching. So once I get the full set boleh la makan dgn nasik panas2 plus kicap..heh! Thanks to online shopping now everything is available.

So I guess since I am full of mee kuah and tired of all the cooking, I better hit the pillow. I hope Hubby will manage to celur the noodle, sayur etc for his lunch while waiting for me to wake up tomorrow…hehe!