its not big anymore, its a HUGE lunch!! :p

My sunday noon filled-up with food food and food! Aww guess what, today im late to wake up again (as always :p). Im planning to clean my messy room, and im hungry!! Actually i ate milo cereal at morning, straightly after i woke up. But its wasnt enough you know it! LOL. So i order McDonalds! I consider to order a set of spicy chicken, but bcs my dear lovely stomach 'singing' loudly, so I get the fillet'o'fish set and spicy chicken ala carte bcause i consider to eat the chicken for my dinner.!! XD


I sent SMS to tell my catering service not to settle one for me, but she said it delivered already. WOoosh! I guess i wont eat that food bcause i think it wasnt yummy like yesterday's menu...


Someone rang the bell and tadaaaa. McD's boy are ready! I open the door, and the same time my food from catering hanging on my door holder. Okay perfect, i gazed through my catering's food, and it was BATAGOR! OMG... I miss this indonesian food so much! *so i wont regret if they delivered the food already*


I have batagor, 2pieces of spicy chicken, fillet'o'fish, frenchfries, orange juice! wasnt able where do i start from to each the bunch of foods...

look at my dirty desk.... :p

batagor. Indonesian food consists of boiled potato and egg, fried tofu,

chili, 'bakso ikan', and peanut sauce *havent mixed yet*

 

fries and fillet'o'fish. i think after eat these, people will fuckin full already right?

and look at to another side of my desk, there is still 2 pieces of McD's spicy chicken... (even only look at the pic im full already =__=)

would u believe this minute-maid finished even before i start to eat....?

The Guinness Challenge

You may have noticed...I have moved! I

am no longer "Produce Princess"....but rather, I am now "PreventionRD". I wanted to switch my domain name (I'm not too tech savvy...is that correct blog terminology?) to something that was related to my blog site name. Does that even make sense? Anyways, I have moved to here. I hope you all find me...or I find you, or else...I will miss you!

So, today was the Guinness Challenge and we had a blast! Just for you, blog world, I was a picture-takin' fool....

 

Let's start this blog post recap from the beginning. Irish bar hosting the run = bag pipers! 

I LOVE bag pipes!

  

 Here's the group ready to run...Bailey, too. I'm the SHORT blonde (I'm 5'3...these folks are just giants!)

  

 Here's the start of the race. We started in the back 'cause we were a lil late getting our bibs and chips...

  

 And here I start my runtography. A view of our Tulsa skyline and a fairly good shot of some elevated course ahead (uggggggggh)

  

 Beer stop #1

THIS was SUPPOSED to be at 1.5 miles. Thanks to my Garmin 305, however, I knew it was at 2.2 miles. Thank you, Garmin.

  

 This is a timed event, people. Lady like manners not required.

  

 Still beer stop #1 here...Matt and I were fairly hardcore about our carb stops, but not hardcore enough to omit time for photographic memories!!

  

 Here I am showing off my Guinness...and my Garmin 305, most importantly.

  

 Hello, HILL. Bahhhhhhhh!!!!

  

 On the down-hill...but a longggg ways to go to beer stop #2.

P.S. HATE races where people ahead of you are passing on the opposite side of the road!!

 

Dun dun! Beer stop #2! Workin' hard or hardly working, folks?

  

 Ok, they worked hard enough....but not at the right times. Warm Guinness = drinking bread.

  

 Beer stop #2 photo opp of Matt and I (lookin' a lil rough here, not gunna lie!)

  

Translation for those of you who don't know sign language...2 down, 1 to go

  

 ...Back over that blasted hill

  

 FINISH LINE IN SIGHT!!!!!

  

....but not before our last beer at mile 4. Mid-gulp, sorry about that face. This is a timed event, remember?

  

 Husband, me, and Matt. Drinking our congratulatory brews from the race sponsors (like we needed them)

...I did give away my second one, however!!

 

 The Guinness Challenge Finishers!!!

It probably goes without saying, but I have a headache and a warm bath calling my name. Ciao for now, bloggies!

A Scottish Mother's Spaghetti Bolognese Sauce

There is clearly a bit of a story attached to this recipe which it is better to relate before I proceed with the recipe itself. This recipe differs from any other that I have included on this blog - or anywhere else, for that matter - in that it is not one which I created or at least adapted. No, I am not committing plagiarism, nor have I been chatting up any elderly ladies of Italian descent: the recipe is actually my mother's.

This is a recipe which I vividly remember my mother (who has no Italian links) preparing from my earliest childhood but - even as a food writer and editor - I have strangely enough never asked her how she actually makes it until very recently. This is especially surprising, given the fact that it is so good. I therefore deemed to put that fact right and share it with the wider world at large. My mother (a vegetarian!) devised the recipe through trial and error, without clearly ever tasting it herself. I was certainly surprised myself both by certain inclusions and omissions from this recipe but please try it out for yourself before judging it.

The quantities in this recipe provide for two people.

Ingredients

1/2lb minced/ground steak (or beef)
2 small carrots (scraped and diced)
1 medium white onion (moderately finely chopped)
2 large closed cup mushrooms (moderately finely chopped)
8oz tomato puree
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
A little boiling water

Method

Brown the minced/ground steak in a large pot. Ensure that it doesn't burn. Add the carrots and the onion then enough boiling water to ensure that everything is submerged. Simmer gently for ten to fifteen minutes.

Add the mushrooms, followed by the tomato puree and ketchup. Stir very well and leave to simmer gently while the accompanying spaghetti is prepared according to the instructions on the packet.

Drain the spaghetti and arrange on the serving plates, prior to spooning the bolognese sauce on top. Freshly grated parmesan cheese can be added if and as required.

Footnote: I have to admit that there is one thing I always add to this recipe and that is salt. That again, however, is a matter of personal taste.

Bonus Recipe Today! - Bolognese Sauce with Cheese on Toast

I couldn't bring myself to publish this post with my own sole contribution to the recipe being the addition of some salt, so I decided to share with you a way in which I love to eat any leftover bolognese sauce.

Ingredients

2 tbsp Bolognese sauce
1oz grated/shredded cheddar or other hard cheese
1 slice of bread
Freshly ground black pepper

Method

The first step is simply to re-heat the Bolognese sauce. Toast the bread thereafter on one side and turn it over before spooning on and smoothing out the Bolognese sauce. Sprinkle the cheese carefully on top and grind the pepper liberally on top of the cheese. Place back under the hot grill until the cheese has melted and begins to bubble furiously.

This makes a great lunch idea for the day after the Spaghetti Bolognese has been served but remember to ensure that the sauce is refrigerated if being left overnight and very thoroughly re-heated prior to use.

Yet Another Bonus Today

Do you ever have a problem judging how much spaghetti to make per person? I know that it used to be a common problem for me! Not long ago, however, I found this clever little tool on Amazon. You simply determine how many people you are cooking for and use the appropriate hole to determine how much spaghetti to cook. Obviously, it is not foolproof, as peoples' appetites vary, but it should at least significantly reduce the amount of unrequired and cooked spaghetti you are forced to discard - or even worse, the number of occasions upon which you come up short!

Click on either the Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk panel below to go a long way to ensuring that your cooked spaghetti is of the right quantity in future.



Relevant Associated Links for your Further Information

Tomato and Basil Pasta Recipe

Healthy Beef Recipes

How to Easily Make your own Homemade Pasta

Quick, Delicious, Homemade Pasta Dishes

A Pasta Guide from A-Z

Food Tip of the Day - Saturday, November 14th, 2009: What Can I Eat When I Have Tonsillitis?

Tonsillitis or any form of sore throat brings not only pain and discomfort but very often problems in determining what we are or are not capable of eating. It was while suffering from a bout of tonsillitis myself that I produced the website linked to below from a very personal perspective. I hope that anyone who is suffering from a sore throat at this time - or simply recognises that the possibility always exists in the future! - will find this site to be of benefit:

What Can I Eat When I have Tonsillitis

I cant

i like you. maybe i started love you a little. but i know i cant love you. let me just bury this feelings.

Kiku hana 菊の花

14 November 2009, sabtu
Pagi pagi rencana mo ke mall ma anak2, tapi batal, gara2 temen ngajakin liat pameran bunga kiku di Okudogo hotel n onsen. Bunga kiku, kalo bahasa inggrisnya bunga Chrysanthemum, kalo bahasa indonyaaa apaaa ya??? Bunga krisan? ga tw deh.

Pagi jam 10.30 langsung tancap gas ke tempat temen, trus dari situ kita beriringan deh ke tempat tujuan, yang ternyata lumayan jauh, skitar 30 menit. Nyampe disono, uda rame bangettt, ga dapat parkir yang deket, terpaksa deh parkir diatas, naik tanjakan gunung.
Parahnya, gw bawa baby car, ngedorong turunnya n manjat naiknya setengah teler...heboh banget, kan ga bs naik tangga, jadi harus lewat jalan mobil yg nanjak gitu dah.







Nyampe disono, harus bayar karcis per org 500yen, anak2 si gratis. Temen gw ternyata dapat tiket gratisan dari ortunya, jadi kita tinggal masuk aja deh. Lumayan...
Pameran bunganya bagus, tiap tahun skitar bulan 10 pertengahan mpe bulan 11 akhir. Dulu pernah pergi sekali, waktu Mei masih digendong, blom 1 th...wiiih lama banget ya ga pergi2, baru sempet tahun ini aja pergi, itu juga bunganya uda mo layu, untungnya masih bisa foto2 deh.











Yang parahnya, ternyata batere kamera gw langsung abis, baru juga moto2 2 lembar zzzzz, menyebalkan sekaleeeeeee...untungnya keingetan ada hp, ya uda foto lewat hp deh, daripada ga ada sama sekaleee..lumyan deh.

Pulangnya, mampir di tempat temen, makan siang disana. Mei puas deh main2 ma anaknya temen gw itu...kita main mpe stngh 4 sore...wow...dari pagi mpe sore nih ngelayapppp..
Nyampe di rumah gw yg ribet bangettt, coz blom masak makan malem...hohohoho