Organic Samm

I dont have much time to cook today. My mother-in-law told me she bought some pork spareribs (the soft bones type) this morning. About 600gm or so. I also found a large radish in the vegetables section of the fridge, and a packet of beancurd too.

At first, i thought of making soup with the radish and spareribs flavored with some dried oysters and red dates. But i know how much hubby loves beancurds and decided to make stew instead. It’s way faster and i only need to cook ONE dish, lol.

With my mother-in-law’s help, i put everything into the crockpot in no time. First, rub the pork ribs with salt and leave for about ten minutes or so. Remove the skin and seeds from the radish and cut into small pieces. Next, chop up some garlic and peel and onion or two. As for the beancurd, i did not cut them up.

Wash the salt from the pork ribs and blanch them in hot water to remove the “porky” smell and taste. Place all ingredients into the crockpot and add just enough water to cover the top of everything. Next add soya sauce and some oyster sauce to it. I added a dash of black pepper into the pot before i closed the lid.

I put the crockpot on high. It’ll be ready in a few hours. Since i cooked it before i left the house this afternoon, it’s ready by the time i reached home at around 4pm. I gave some to my kid when he came home from school and he loved it. Hubby had no complaints. I love it too.

I find that it tastes better if you add a dash of soya sauce to it when you eat it. Best taken with a bowl of hot rice. I am downloading Moonlight Resonance Episode 29 now and will be enjoying it with a hot bowl of this delicious Stewed Pork Spareribs With Radish And Beancurd. Moonlight Resonance is quite interesting, you know. You all following this TVB Drama Series?

It’s a beautiful day and my mood isnt as screwed as it was a few days back. I was pretty down but decided to let things pass. Moreover, Malcolm wasnt feeling well and he’s so clingy till i cant really do much with him around. As usual, i left him with hubby yesterday since he doesnt want his Mama. To make him happy, hubby gave him the remainder of the ice-cream we bought from Cold Storage on our last trip there.

It’s all gone and hubby reminded me to go get more. He was surprised when i told him i’ll make some Greentea Ice-cream today after lunch. And so, after our meal, he drove me to Wah Seng, Ipoh’s largest baking supplies store to buy all the ingredients needed for my Greentea Ice-cream recipe. See, my mood must be really good till i want to make Greentea Ice-cream, lol. Something i’ve NOT done before!!!!

So, here’s what i bought. Caster Sugar, non-dairy whipping cream and greentea powder from the baking store. Fresh Milk from the grocery store as the baking store doesnt have any, weird. Eggs came from the kitchen, haha. Ingredients for Greentea Ice-cream cost came to Rm23.40 + Eggs at Rm1.08 = Rm24.48. Not that bad after all.

Ingredients for Greentea Ice-cream Recipe from bottom left to right clockwise:

130g fresh milk
70g caster sugar
2 tbsp greentea powder
250g non-dairy whipping cream
3 egg yolks

Since i dont have an egg whisk, i used my Philips Cucina handheld mixer to do the job for me.

Method:

1) Mix egg yolk and caster together thoroughly. Add in the greentea powder and mix well.

2) Add fresh milk to the mixture and mix it well.

3) Double-boil mixture at low heat until it thickens. Just keep stirring and stirring slowly, k. See the froth. Wouldnt have turned out like this if i’ve used an egg whisk.

4) I then poured the Greentea mixture into a bowl and left it to cool on the kitchen table. The froth disappeared on its own when i went to check on it later on.

5) Pour the non-dairy whipping cream into a separate container.

6) And whisk it till it’s stiff.

7) Pour the cooled Greentea mixture into the non-dairy whipping cream.

Mix it well.

9) Transfer the Greentea ice-cream mixture into a container/containers.

10) Freeze overnight. Yields around 800ml of homemade Greentea Ice-cream.

So now that i’ve shown you how to make Greentea Ice-cream, why not make some for yourself, your kids, your hubby, your boyfriend/girlfriend, neighbor lol. I still have a lot of greentea-ice-cream ingredients left inside the fridge. If this homemade Greentea Ice-cream recipe turns out well (IT WILL, IT WILL, IT WILL), i’ll make more in different tastes!!!!

Every once in a while, Gordon wakes up very early in the morning. By that, i mean 6 or 7am. As you know, i sometimes work through the night. Dont expect me to jump out of bed and cook for him at that ungodly hour, puhleeeeeease.

That’s one of the reasons why i make sure i have bread and egg mayo at home always. Knowing i made egg mayo the night before, Gordon asked for egg sandwich. This is what i dug out of the fridge with my eyes half shut, or are they half opened?

Egg mayo sandwich must be the easiest and fastest nutritious breakfast any mom can prepare for her kids. I can always take the easy way out and sandwich the egg mayo between the two pieces of bread. But, my kids are precious to me and i want them to have the best. So, i spread some Kraft Cheese Spread onto two pieces of bread in two small triangles.

Top it with some mouth-watering egg mayo and shape it nicely.

Squeeze some French’s Classic Yellow Mustard onto the egg mayo.

Put the two pieces of egg mayo sandwich neatly into the Cornell sandwich maker and turn the switch on.

Gordon wanted to know why his mom is taking such a long time preparing a simple egg sandwich for him and came out to check. I told him his egg mayo sandwich is already inside the sandwich maker and he climbed onto a stool to take a closer look.

He then jumped off the stool, dragged me to the fridge and requested for a spoonful of the best egg mayo ever. Okay, i did just that and he ran back inside the bedroom. A few minutes later, the egg mayo sandwich is ready. Remove them from the sandwich maker and cut them promptly along the diagonal lines before they harden.

There should be four pieces of egg mayo sandwich. Dont have to guess who took one away, lol. I stack them this way to cool so that water condensation doesnt turn them soggy.

Mmmmmm…. dont you wish you can sink your teeth into this warm egg mayo sandwich?

Here’s Gordon having some fun with his egg mayo sandwich. He does this all the time.

Malcolm woke up and i gave him a piece of my egg mayo sandwich. Isnt my baby cute? Why not make some for yourself? Here’s my egg mayo recipe for your reference. Do try and share it, ya. Bon Apetit!!