Lisa's Lemony Kitchen

Posted 25th January 2013 Another festive atmosphere is in the air, mostly happening in Blog World. In almost every blog I visited, I see scrumptious traditional and modern bake/ spread alike. I could only imagine the taste of almond cookies, peanut  cookies , kuih bakul or Ti Kueh (Chinese Golden Sweet Sticky Rice cakes), and many more... *sigh* Yes...  Chinese New Year celebration in 16 days' time... woohoo... we will soon say hello to the Year of the Snake... my year (hehe... I am letting the world know how *old* I am ... ) I am  Kiasu  (don't want to miss out) Hubby and I experimented and made Penang Loh Bak or Beancurd Roll for the first time. Loh Bak is definitely something new to me. ...my first bite?, many... many Chinese New Year ago... my late Mother-in-law prepared, rolled and fried Loh Baks with love...   But now.. we have to rely on H 's good memories  (which sometimes failed him too, getting 'wiser' aka OLD) and do ...

Easy, fuss free recipe of Angel Hair, Lemon and Olive Oil. ...continue from Gazpacho  last week Posted 18th January 2013 I crawled into bed,  hoping to catch some sleep... turning and tossing looking for my comfort spot... but I could not rest... nor shut my eyes...  my ticking brain... damn !!! Drag myself out of bed again... off to the kitchen and started to boil a pot of water to cook pasta. Pasta cooked, stirred in Olive oil infused with lemon, seasoned with salt and pepper and placed cling film over the salad bowl and refrigerate...then onto making  Gazpacho The 'Hard Work' was done... half an hour before dinner time...just diced tomatoes, crumbled some feta and shred (if needs be) some basil and give it a quick toss, and serve.... By the time I am done with pasta and Gazpacho... the sun was high and too hot to continue sleeping... Have a wonderful weekend, peeps

Fresh cold soup, Gazpacho made from fresh tomatoes, and cucumber! Posted 11th January 2013 My brain slowly became alert and woke up from interrupted night sleep. My eyes were trying to accommodate and adjust to the bright light streaming from my bedroom windows... almost blinding... A quick glance towards the ticking alarm clock... it's almost 7 am. Small beads of sweat started to emerge... Slowly... lazily...  I swung my feet off the bed and head out to the kitchen... in the 'sleep deprivation' state of mind, I reached out to open the door... walked out to the yard... smell the air... The sky was clear without any white fluffy clouds, the air was heavy, humid and almost zero breeze... ... I let out a big sigh...  '... another scorcher day!!'  'what's for dinner?' I could almost hear myself asking... I had no intention to slog over the stove nor am I starting the oven... Half awake and half asleep..., I reached out to open the fri...

Toast to the New Year with Ambarella juice :D Posted 4th January 2013 How was your Christmas and New Year Celebration? Hope you had a wonderful time with family and friends over the long December break. We had a fantastic time and managed to complete 90% of our 'To Do/ Must Do' list. Cooked, Eat. Cooked again and Eat again. These 2 activities were not on the list. Had a couple of invites to my friends' Christmas Party, which I made for the 1st time ever ~ CROQUEMBOUCHE, the only disappointment was the spun sugar kept on breaking up, and Pumpkin with coconut milk Agar-agar too. I (again), for the 1st time, sorry for sounding like a broken record. My roasted turkey and that too turned out moist and juicy. It is a combination of recipes from Ina Garten's new cookbook and my friend's tip on roasting turkey. ... after 10 days of eating...binging spree...it was not a pleasant sight to see my weighing scale needle move a few millimeters to the right....aaar...