I Cooked, He Ate

Some people say that husbands are supposed to put on weight after marriage, a sign of bliss, of being "well-fed". On the contrary, The Boy is losing quite a fair bit of weight, of course not due to me "ill-treating" him, but due to his hectic work schedule.

So this weekend, I made sure he is well-fed, I cooked, I cooked so much.

Yesterday, we had the superheroes and their better halves over for dinner. It was a pity Superman couldn't make it. This was cooking for more than my usual "quota" of 6, so I spent quite a bit of time planning what to cook, worrying about how I would complete the dishes timely.

Made a trip to the wet market in the morning, accompanied by Heng-mummy. It's been a while since I've been to one, so I was quite excited about it. It was then that I realised what Beanbean meant about going crazy with the buying. I had to do a severe reality check to tell myself not to over-stock the fridge. =p

Apart from the amazing feat the lady at the fish stall did, by just grabbing a handful of prawns and she was spot-on with the weight (!!), I was quite speechless at the price of cod too - 1kg for $40!!!!!


The menu consisted some dishes which I've done before and thus am familiar with, such as Braised Chicken in Red Wine with Mushrooms and Jamie Oliver's Super Tasty Spanish Roast Chicken. Trying out for the first time since completing the Basic Cooking course at Palate Sensations, there was the Creamy Pumpkin Soup and Cod with Homemade Teriyaki Sauce.

I guess everyone enjoyed the dinner tremendously. Mudfairy couldn't quite believe that the pumpkin soup was made from scratch. Mudgod thought I bought the cod dish. Only drawback was my Chocolate Fondant which "exploded" again. :( I still haven't figured out why. Sobs. Too depressed to take a picture of it. =p


Was quite touched when Mudskipper sent an sms afterwards, saying "Thanks for the wonderful dinner. Really really good food." Cooking well is one thing. More importantly, it's the smiles of satisfaction that makes me really happy, it's the great company that really matters.




So today, we took it easy, and vegged out for the entire day. And because we were too lazy to go out for lunch as well, decided to cook a simple fare for us, for which I can always count on Jamie Oliver for.

Tried out a new recipe of Spaghetti with Prawns and Rocket. Added some bacon as well, extras from yesterday. The Boy loved it. He described it as "I was looking forward to every bite". He finished an entire LARGE plate of it. Made some green bean soup as well, for a little afternoon treat after a short nap. So we ate well and we slept well. Ah, bliss.