A Homemaker’s Diary

I’m running out of ideas to cook for dinner, on weekend it’s even worse because I have to think what to cook for lunch and dinner. In my attempt to have a frugal living, I intend to cook at home as much as possible and I hate it (not that I hate cooking, hate the idea of living frugally). It’s not fun to discipline yourself when you used to spend without thinking.

Well, that would be a different topic, but now I’m going to share what’s cooking on the stove last few days. Since I’m on healthy cooking regime, I thought eating fish would be nice for a change. So the usual menu would be Ikan Masak Taucu. It’s like a one complete meal where you have everything in it. Plus the fish would be fried before they were dumped into the kuah (gravy) so I can guarantee that there will be no waste…hehehe..

So for those not sure what is taucu and feel like cooking this, kindly leave a comment or email me for the recipe. Good Wednesday everybody, it’s CSI night tonite..muahaha!

I went to Pameran Kraf Negara last Friday and there were so many things crafty to see. Of course I’m going to go again because there is one shop in the Kompleks Kraf area which conducts batik painting class for RM15 for cotton cloth. Not sure whether the price is promotional or that’s their normal rate.

I think those shops (they have ceramics, bronze welding, iron etc) will be around at the complex area even after the 2 weeks duration of the exhibition is over because it seems that they are not outside exhibitors. And I found few suppliers for my business too. There were live show and demonstration of handicrafts works like tenunan pua kumbu, pottery making, tekat, henna and there were people playing congkak and other heritage games. And if you’re looking for batik and songket pieces, they have lots and lots of batik and songket sellers at the expo.

Oh, for those who don’t know what’s in the picture, it’s the weaving machine for Songket Tenun Pahang. Not sure whether the techniques of weaving differs from Songket Terengganu.

This one was made with chicken sausage, mushroom and tomato fillings. I had this for late night supper and I tried to emulate how the egg chef at the 5-star resort do it..it tastes great but of course if you have someone else make the omelette for you, it will taste much better…hahaha..

My herb plant is blooming, it blooms a lot that sometimes I noticed the leaves wilted due to dehydration. Some people call this plant as Jarum 7, my MIL said if you eat 2 leaves everyday, you can avoid cancer…huhuhu..but when I read the herbs plant article in my usual weekly magazine the same effect can be achieved if you eat Sambung Nyawa plant, and the picture in the article does not show the same picture as Jarum 7 plant I have. Who cares, I dont grow them for the prescription usage. All the herbs plants are grown to fill up my herbs garden, which I dont know when it will be realized..hahaha..maybe in 10 years time.. 😛

Since there were some leftover of the sirih leaves, I’ve decided to make full use of it. So instead of using fresh flowers for this sirih junjung arrangement, I used artificial velvet and satin roses in my collection. Furthermore I need to try the weird looking discounted basket I bought on Friday.

I think this arrangement will do if you really dont have enough sirih to make the traditional looking arrangement. Using artificial flowers will have the advantage of no risk of the flowers wilting during the long trip to the wedding. But nothing can beats fresh flowers in such arrangement. Except for it’s not long lasting and once the wedding is over you will be left with empty basket and smelly, rotten flowers and leaves. 🙂