Chicken Quesadillas

Hello everyone, it's been 5 months since my last blog update. How are all of you? Hope all of you are doing well.

I guess the long hiatus in my food blog was simply due to lack of inspiration and motivation in the last 5 months. I could not bring myself to check out interesting new recipes nor did I have the mood to cook anything a little more than simple. It was a dull period where I cooked only to eat... and I ate almost the same few things every day. Come to think of it now, I really have no idea what was going on during that time. I just felt so unmotivated. About 2 weeks ago, I made Chicken Quesadilla (inspired by a recipe I saw in one of my cookbooks) because I figured I had left over tortilla wraps anyway. Personally, I simplified the whole recipe into a really easy one because I do not have some of the ingredients as stated in the book. So today, I am going to share my version of this easy Chicken Quesadilla which is quite a good comfort food when you really need some TLC.

Ingredients: (Serves 1)

Tortilla wrap (any flavour) 1 piece

2 slices of Cheddar cheese

1 chicken breast about 120g, sliced

3 shitake mushrooms, sliced

1/4 of a big onion, sliced

10-15 spinach leaves

3 cloves of garlic, minced

Red pepper flakes 1 tsp

Chilli powder 1 tsp

Dried basil leaves 1 tsp

Salt

Coarse black pepper

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Simple Paratha Wrap

Saturday morning and I woke up hell'a early just because I couldn't sleep in any later. Damn... I think I am aging. Since I woke up so early in the morning, I figured I probably should fix a good breakfast for myself. I probably hadn't make a nice breakfast for myself in months just because weekday mornings are too much of a rush and I like to have noodles from the hawker stalls on weekend mornings. Few weeks back, I bought frozen paratha's from Tesco because they were finally on promotion! Still, they cost RM 5 per package and that's equivalent to RM 1 just for a plain piece of paratha. Hence, I still think they are pricey despite being on sale. (heh! me trying to be frugal :P) Initially, I wanted to make it into a paratha roll and slice it up so that I get two pretty rolls for breakfast. Unfortunately, as always, I overestimated my ingredients and I was not able to roll it up. Well, that's okay since I decided to just fold it into two and call it a wrap ☺☺☺

Ingredients:

1 plain paratha

1 small tomato (sliced)

2-3 leaves from butterhead lettuce

1 frankfurter sausage

1 egg (beaten and seasoned with salt and pepper)

Sriracha sauce

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Fried Nestum Chicken Recipe

Today I am going to introduce one of my boyfie's signature dish: Nestum Chicken! It is similar to frying chicken fillets with a coating of breadcrumbs. The only difference is, the chicken fillet are coated with Nestum oats and they taste and smell ten times better! Oh my, I can literally smell the aroma of the Nestum while blogging about it. Such a dish, it is a crowd pleaser. This I can definitely assure you. It is good for picky kiddos, hungry teenagers, and even the elders! Usually I serve Nestum chicken as a side dish with rice but we can always just make it as a fun snack.

Ingredients: Serves about 4-5 people

3 pieces of chicken keel (de-boned and the meat is cut into bite size fillet strips like above)

200g of Nestum oat

300g of all-purpose flour

2 large eggs (beaten)

Oil

Marinade:

2 tbsp of soy sauce

1 1/2 tbsp of oyster sauce

Pepper

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Simple Guacamole Sandwiches - Student Recipe! ♥

Another week to go before I am due to sit for my GIT CA paper, another 2 final papers and also my GIT and RS OSCE.

STRESS LEVEL: ∞

Anyway, took a little break from studying today to make some sandwich for myself, and also the boyfie who has never tried guacamole before. Guacamole is originally a Mexican dish but has been adapted by many parts of the world now. When I told him what ingredients I'm going to put inside and also how I'm going to make the sandwich, he totally thinks he is not really going to like it. I am all set out to prove him wrong ☺

INGREDIENTS:

Wholemeal bread 

1 medium sized avocado

1 medium sized tomato

1 medium sized onion

Salt 

Pepper

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How to Cook an Omelette with the Rice Cooker

I think I've reached another rice cooker milestone today.

 Yes, I fried something with it.

I was really afraid that it won't be a success and I'll just waste all the eggs but luckily, I manage to get it fried properly after one failed try. The hard part about frying an omelette in the rice cooker is keeping the 'cook' button down. First of all, you will definitely need to heat the oil but the thin layer of oil is too light and it will be as if the rice cooker is empty. The 'cook' button will tend to pop up sometimes because of this. It is also super hard to flip the omelette inside a pot which is small in diameter and  deep too. These are the main challenges.

BUT I DID IT! :D

Ingredients:

4 large eggs

1 large tomato

1 large onion

Salt

Pepper

Corn oil

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Deviled Eggs Recipe

I had a lot of eggs left out on the rack and I had to think of something to finish them off quickly so that they don't turn bad. So, one night, I was googling about various ways to cook eggs and I found this : DEVILED EGGS! HAHA! ☺☺☺ Sounds like a devil.

Ingredients:

7 eggs

2-3 tbsps of mayonnaise

Chilli flakes 

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How to Cook Instant Noodles in a Healthier Way

So, the yummy love of my life and forever topping the list of my favourite food would be this: instant noodles.
Yes, the super unhealthy, loaded with fats, first fried then dried, MSG-filled seasoning kind of instant noodles. Who in this world doesn't like instant noodles? I don't know, but I find that most of my peers just love instant noodles as much as I do.

Instant noodles are like the God of all food, especially to a student. Imagine, it is easy to cook, cheap, convenient to get and most importantly, comes in all sorts of flavours and texture. You name it. They are best comfort you can find when you're hungry from some late night studying or when you're rushing assignments. Or maybe, you're just too busy or lazy to even go buy some proper food outside. Instant noodles are like the one-stop solution to your hunger :D

Unfortunately, it is damn unhealthy.Well, it is processed food that can be kept on shelves for like years so, it is kind of obvious that the preservatives alone are a big deal. Plus, their seasonings and the MSG content blah blah blah... yes, in conclusion it has almost zero healthy nutrients except for carbohydrates, fats and a whole lot of sodium content.

So, today I am going to share how I usually cook my instant noodles, in which I think is a healthier way to eat it. I think I learned this from my grandmother... when I was younger. Teehee!

So, this is what I chose to eat for my dinner/supper tonight!

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Homemade Eggs Benedict Recipe

Well, exam is right around the corner but there's a long 10 day break right before it, so I am home! For the time being anyway! ☺ I am determined to experiment with new food and also study at the same time for my upcoming CA. Guess, I really have to manage my time properly for this week! Anyway, done with me. Now, we can move on to our Mr. Benedict today heeheehee!

INGREDIENTS

6 regular eggs

4 slices of bread

4-6 slices of ham

2 lemons

50g of butter

Salt

Pepper

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Egg with Mayonnaise Sandwich - Simple student's recipe!

This will be a simple recipe in which the only appliance that you will need is an automatic rice cooker.

Since I am in campus nowadays, all I have with me is my trusty little 3-cup Panasonic rice cooker to cook with. I guess most of the university students who live in hostels like me, all have the same issue of an incomplete kitchen/pantry.

The ingredients:

A loaf of wholemeal bread

3 large size eggs

Approx. 2 tbsp of mayonnaise

1 large tomato

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Chinese Carrot Cake 萝卜糕

Today's post would be about the carrot cake a made during my holidays a few weeks ago. This particular dish is one of my favorite childhood snack as it is really yummy with its soft texture!

Yes, the picture above is my carrot cake after I pan-fried them a little to make them tastier! ☺

Click 'read more' to see the recipe!

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