Chubby Baby

Took this picture of little Jayden yesterday....ever wondered why every picture taken, which you think is an absolutely gorgeous picture has to be tarnish by something stupid? LIKE THE SNOUT-LIKE THING I CALL A NOSE in the background...just a testimonial of the skill of the photographer..aka baby's dad...and then you think....Photoshop or cropping the picture is a good idea..like I can be bothered..so go ahead look for snot..like I care..BAH

Chicken Pot Pie

My first recipe entry....as you can see...i ran out of pastry to finish up the lattice design for the pie..hee heee...typical...hahaha...I love making this..basically I just use whatever vegetables I have left....




Ingredients:
2 pieces of chicken thigh fillet, diced
2 stalks of celery, diced
2 carrots, diced
4 new potatoes, diced
half an onion, diced
half a cup of mushrooms, sliced
half a cup of peas
1 tsp of garlic, minced
1 can of condense cream of mushroom/chicken soup
1 cup water
1 cup milk
2 sheets of puff pastry for a 9 inch pie dish
1 egg, beaten
salt and pepper to taste

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
2. Stir fry chicken fillet with some oil until cooked. Remove from wok.
3. Stir fry garlic, carrots, celery and onions until slightly tender.
4. Add peas, mushrooms and potatoes and cook until sauce has thicken considerably.
   
5. Remove from heat and let cool.
6. Place a sheet of puff pastry in pie dish, pressing into the dish.
7. Pour cooled filling into the dish.
8. Cover with the other sheet of puff pastry, seal the edges and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape.
9. Brush the top pastry with egg.
10. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbling.

Verbal Diarrhea

Ok...now that I have started..I seem to have loads of stuff to type about...try stopping me....argh...i seem to have lost all sense of grammer...spelling and punctuation...my blog..it's going to be all about my little bub...Jayden...my life in Melbourne..oh..did I mention I was originally from Singapore?...and my greatest lurve of all...FOOD...just ask anyone who knows me...heee...

Currently on maternity leave....before having Jayden...I had grand plans..to cook...bake...go out and not let the little one stop me from doing the things I want to do...PLEASE...none of the above happened...I am a slave to the little one..how can something so small demand so much time and energy..gosh..it's amazing...and do I want to talk about how much poo there is? sigh..don't get me started...

Just thinking of going out of the house...makes me shudder...what takes 5 mins now takes an hour...

I have to admit he is cute though..if I may say so myself...hmmmm....let me insert a pic of him....bugger..how do I do it....aha

First Blog Entry

Never thought I would start a blog. But I guess I am a slow starter..=0)....I wonder if I will keep up with the blog entries...hmmmmm....